Recently a 16 year old sailed around the world solo setting a new record and a 13 year old climbed Mt Everest. Weeks after Jessica Watson completed her solo RTW sail another 16 year old girl was rescued in the Indian Ocean. A 14 year old Dutch girl has recently been allowed by a court to attempt the same feat. Recent media coverage of extreme sports and arduous expeditions seem to attract a largely negative response from the general public. Heli-skiers, Base jumpers and many mountain climbers and the like are generally deemed to be idiots and selfish morons, that is unless the achieveme

I’m walking back to my room from a houseboat on the river Kwai in Thailand, the jungle path is wet and slippery and I’m wondering if there are still Tigers around here, it’s pretty much pitch black and I can hardly see where I’m going so if I’m mauled by one at least I won’t see it coming. I look to the stars scanning for satellites or shooting stars. There is a satellite, and it’s moving awfully fast, and moving erratically, am I seeing UFO? Its light is pulsing, it’s crazy, nothing man made could move that fast. The light is getting brighter and closer, it seems to be comi

I've barely scratched the surface of places I want to explore but something tells me that Cambodia is somewhere that I'd be happy to visit over and over again.

I have to say I’m pretty lax when it comes to health on the road. Street food? No problem. Near rare meat? Ok. Tap water? As long as it’s not brown. Anti-Malarials? You mean DEET?

It’s funny how some people talk about backpacking like it is a club, the dress code is whatever you want as long as it hasn’t been washed in at least a week, and of course, a backp

Although this movie was released in 2008 I’ve only just discovered it and searching for review I could not find any reviews on any travel blogs. This movie has a really, really we