Throwing My Girlfriend Off a Cliff
To celebrate Leah's birthday, I had her thrown off a cliff. Being a gentleman, I too was thrown off the cliff. More specifically, it was the Shotover Canyon Swing in Queenstown, New Zealand - a 109m
By Jamie| 2016-03-30T02:53:50+00:00 March 30th, 2016|Stories, Video|
To celebrate Leah's birthday, I had her thrown off a cliff. Being a gentleman, I too was thrown off the cliff. More specifically, it was the Shotover Canyon Swing in Queenstown, New Zealand - a 109m
By Jamie| 2016-01-23T03:42:49+00:00 January 23rd, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration, Video|
Four years ago, I met a girl who was living through a life she wasn't particularly happy with - sound familiar? Throwing caution to the wind, she gave up her home, her job... her life...
By Jamie| 2015-08-25T03:33:35+00:00 August 18th, 2015|Stories|
Sharks, jellyfish, snakes, spiders, we all know that Australia is home to innumerable beasties that can end our lives without breaking a sweat - after all, only mammals have sweat glands - but you might not
By Jamie| 2018-02-25T09:57:06+00:00 February 23rd, 2015|Advice, Thoughts and Inspiration|
While in Poland, I met an American girl who was on a short vacation. We were both volunteering as part of a language exchange program and during the first evening, a group of us went
By Jamie| 2015-01-13T06:30:41+00:00 January 13th, 2015|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Steven Emerson, the Executive Director of the Investigative Project on Terrorism, recently made the headlines for all the wrong reasons when he said live on Fox news, "There are actual cities like Birmingham that are
By Jamie| 2015-07-03T02:26:56+00:00 October 3rd, 2014|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Fear is a little pink ghost that has the ability to change into any form more terrifying than your worst nightmares could even dream up. He can cripple you, taking everything. When he is around,
By Jamie| 2014-02-05T07:02:40+00:00 February 5th, 2014|Thoughts and Inspiration|
I recently spoke online with Derek Cullen (No Hanging Around), who practically introduced himself with the line, "I have a massive ginger beard myself." After six months of growing it, my ginger beard has now
By Jamie| 2016-09-09T09:39:51+00:00 January 22nd, 2014|Photo, Stories|
According to Listverse, the Hoia-Baciu Forest is second on the list of the world's most strange and unique (read haunted) forests. When I heard this, I was staying at a friend's house in Romania after
By Jamie| 2013-12-07T01:56:37+00:00 November 28th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
To call Roz Savage (MBE FRGS) 'merely' a triple ocean rower is an understatement. She is the first woman to row three oceans solo, holds four world records, was nominated as National Geographic Adventurer of the Year
By Jamie| 2013-12-07T02:04:49+00:00 November 25th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
A few days ago, I was with a friend and we were talking about jobs. This friend does not like their job and asked what my thoughts were, knowing full well that I would tell
By Jamie| 2013-12-12T02:48:09+00:00 July 9th, 2013|Pirates of the Danube, Thoughts and Inspiration, UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes|
Dear World, I am glad that you could be here for this, so thank-you for stopping by. I've made an awfully big life decision. I shall have an adventure and it will be bolder than anything I
By Jamie| 2013-12-17T05:11:45+00:00 March 29th, 2013|Advice|
Because dying on a plane is bad for your health. Despite air travel being statistically safer than most other forms of transport, many of us are still scared of it. It's probably due to the
By Jamie| 2013-12-17T22:14:47+00:00 March 25th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
It was with a heavy heart that I recently read about the passing of an individual I met this summer while hitchhiking through Europe. The concept of death is quite an abstract idea that we
By Jamie| 2013-12-27T00:31:21+00:00 February 19th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Fear terrifies me. Literally. It always has. Learning from people far wiser than I, here are some wonderful quotes related to fear. “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else
By Jamie| 2014-05-29T09:49:58+00:00 June 9th, 2012|Thoughts and Inspiration|
First, came Christianity. Dinosaurs, specifically the frilly one from Jurassic Park, came next. Ghosts, cannibals, germs, and social interaction followed in due course. The blue van in the forest, that man with the beard, the