Play It Forward
I was driving home from the beach this evening and saw a young guy with a suitcase hitching from a bus stop. Having hitched several hundred rides myself, I try to always stop whenever I
By Jamie| 2018-07-29T18:53:09+00:00 July 29th, 2018|Stories|
I was driving home from the beach this evening and saw a young guy with a suitcase hitching from a bus stop. Having hitched several hundred rides myself, I try to always stop whenever I
By Jamie| 2017-10-20T08:39:59+00:00 October 20th, 2017|Thoughts and Inspiration|
I have written one article in the past three months and not published a video for nearly half a year. If you have followed along over the past few years, you will know of the
By Jamie| 2017-04-27T22:11:56+00:00 April 27th, 2017|Stories, Thoughts and Inspiration|
Eleven years ago, almost to the day, I left England for the first extended period of my life. I was eighteen years old, my hair was dyed electric-blue-black, and there was a very blatant scar
By Jamie| 2016-10-28T17:25:12+00:00 October 28th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
When living my life on the road, the decisions I have to make each day are fairly ungoverned and simple. Where do I want to go today? Should I climb that hill / mountain and look at the
By Jamie| 2016-07-18T17:00:17+00:00 July 18th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
After multiple years of travelling around the globe and living in various places, I find myself being asked the same question again and again: "What is your favourite country in the world?" This is an
By Jamie| 2015-03-02T11:37:55+00:00 March 2nd, 2015|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Three years ago, I didn't know what a blog was. In all honesty, I'm still not entirely sure as I struggle to see much difference between a blog and a website and when people ask
By Jamie| 2014-12-05T11:57:51+00:00 December 5th, 2014|Thoughts and Inspiration|
For ten months, nobody has been able to call me. For ten months, my attention has not been demanded by this small device in my pocket. For ten months, every time I meet a friend,
By Jamie| 2014-09-21T14:55:41+00:00 September 21st, 2014|Stories|
I would like to introduce you to someone. This is Mr. Cat. Mr. Cat is the farm cat in Norway, where I spent one month living, boat building, and planting raspberries. Mr. Cat is very
By Jamie| 2014-02-18T08:26:41+00:00 February 18th, 2014|Stories, Thoughts and Inspiration|
Back in July, I received an email that begun, "I was working from 9-5 a job I didn't like that much but was comfortable enough I didn't want to quit." It was from a Romanian
By Jamie| 2014-01-27T06:49:16+00:00 January 27th, 2014|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Last night, I awoke to confrontational sounds coming from the hallway. A Korean couple (I am currently in Seogwipo on Jeju island, Korea), were clearly not getting along very well and their voices were raised.
By Jamie| 2013-12-12T03:01:46+00:00 July 16th, 2013|UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes|
Despite being 26 years old, I am still largely incapable of growing any facial hair. This distinct lack of facial hair in combination with both my face and lifestyle has ensured that I still get
By Jamie| 2013-12-15T23:02:08+00:00 May 8th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Two months ago, I released The Avant-Garde Life, a collection of scribbles concerning how to escape from society in the hope for a better life. An alternative tag is 'quitting your job to travel the
By Jamie| 2013-12-16T11:05:29+00:00 April 26th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
'I thought they were going for the kiss but it was the hug and now I just drooled on their face then head-butted them in the nose. Please bury me now.' If you have ever experienced getting
By Jamie| 2013-12-17T05:08:11+00:00 April 1st, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
I love to eat. Across the world, you will find that each country has it's speciality food of which, they are very proud. As a vegetarian, there are many speciality foods that I cannot eat.
By Jamie| 2013-12-21T22:53:22+00:00 March 17th, 2013|Photo|
Sometimes you come across a photo that takes your breath away by capturing a little piece of your imagination that you thought was reserved for the realms of fantasy. I came across several such photos
By Jamie| 2013-12-21T23:07:19+00:00 March 13th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
We all know what a map of the world looks like. How would it be if we rearranged it according to culture so that similar countries were placed next to each other? Based upon findings
By Jamie| 2013-12-27T00:20:50+00:00 February 17th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
A new obsession has taken hold of people. The smart phone. I was on a subway in Korea a while back and I looked up from the book I was reading. Twenty-five people were in
By Jamie| 2014-01-06T18:14:47+00:00 January 29th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
How often does $300,000 fall into your inbox? Quite often I have found. Normally the letters are so badly written that they are quite unreadable and you can understand very little other than the idea