Human Powered Raft
After crossing two dams on our pirates ship, we knew that had only travelled around ten kilometres in two very difficult days, but that there would be no more dams for several hundred kilometres. While
By Jamie| 2013-12-07T01:47:23+00:00 December 2nd, 2013|Pirates of the Danube|
After crossing two dams on our pirates ship, we knew that had only travelled around ten kilometres in two very difficult days, but that there would be no more dams for several hundred kilometres. While
By Jamie| 2013-12-07T02:44:42+00:00 November 4th, 2013|Pirates of the Danube|
Jamie originally thought of titling this post, 'Rafting Under Stars with Wine,' but shortly afterwards, he had the niggling notion that 'Night Rafting' seemed to be a somewhat more respectable title. Hoping not to dissuade
By Jamie| 2016-04-18T07:02:04+00:00 October 14th, 2013|Pirates of the Danube, Video|
Following on from Pedal (our cycling movie), Emily Dobbins-Dale has once again demonstrated her wonderful video editing skills by creating Paddle; the short film showing our (pirate) rafting adventure on the Danube (and Morava) river(s). The
By Jamie| 2013-12-09T21:57:15+00:00 September 19th, 2013|Pirates of the Danube, Thoughts and Inspiration|
"Are those they guys from the paper?" a guy asked as we sat down for a beer in a small town outside Budapest. Photo above is three of the four 'Pirates' in a Hungarian school
By Jamie| 2013-12-09T22:19:34+00:00 September 16th, 2013|Pirates of the Danube|
It's been over a month and a half since I was last arrested. On that occasion, I was arrested in Amsterdam for sleeping outside and given two choices: pay €390 (between three people), or go
By Jamie| 2018-03-01T09:47:57+00:00 February 4th, 2013|Euro Hitch 2012|
Waving goodbye to Brno and struggling to find enough change for a bus, our hitchhiking journey took us from Czech Republic towards southern Hungary and the town of Szeged. At the border of Hungary, we
By Jamie| 2018-02-25T10:39:45+00:00 December 18th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012|
I was in Budapest and my hitchhiking journey had already taken me through more than ten countries. On one of the first mornings in the city, I woke early and I wandered through the streets, marvelling
By Jamie| 2018-02-25T09:59:42+00:00 December 6th, 2012|Advice|
Budapest is the architecturally rich capital of Hungary, located on either side of the Danube river. Previously, Pest was on the East bank while Buda and Óbuda were on the West side. It wasn't until 1873
By Jamie| 2013-12-08T19:24:55+00:00 October 26th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012|
It took many hours to reach a small back street somewhere a few kilometres outside Split late at night. After many days of bread and cheese dinners, it was quite delicious to visit a supermarket
By Jamie| 2013-12-08T19:25:17+00:00 October 20th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012|
I was heading South. Then I decided to have dinner with my new Polish actor friend in Warszawa where I had just left. I turned around, headed north a few hundred kilometres and had a