Not Really Cycling New Zealand
We had a go. A little bit of a go, at least. We bought bicycles and panniers, and we cycled a couple of hundred kilometres through rain and wind. That is our experience of cycling
By Jamie| 2016-03-04T02:10:02+00:00 February 26th, 2016|Stories|
We had a go. A little bit of a go, at least. We bought bicycles and panniers, and we cycled a couple of hundred kilometres through rain and wind. That is our experience of cycling
By Jamie| 2015-06-12T01:45:40+00:00 June 12th, 2015|Stories|
As I turned 28 in Australia, I decided to spend my birthday snorkelling in Coral Bay with some friends, hoping to see some manta rays. That first meant getting into my newly converted green home on
By Jamie| 2015-01-08T17:24:04+00:00 January 7th, 2015|Stories|
This is part three of the journey to Trolltunga blog posts. You can read the earlier parts by clicking the links below: Part one: Hitchhiking to the edge of the world. A multi-day hitch across
By Jamie| 2015-01-08T17:27:45+00:00 January 5th, 2015|Stories|
This is part 2 of the 'journey to Trolltunga' articles. To read part one, Hitchhiking to the Edge of the World, click here. To read part three, sleeping at the edge of the world, click here.
By Jamie| 2015-01-08T17:22:19+00:00 January 4th, 2015|Advice|
Four people, one guitar, four days to hitchhike (and return) several hundred miles in search of Trolltunga (troll's tongue), seemingly the edge of the world. Would it be possible? Of course it would. Anything is
By Jamie| 2014-09-01T23:57:07+00:00 September 1st, 2014|Stories|
If there is a best way to travel around Jeju, I would have to say that it is by bicycle. I have done it twice now, just to make sure. First I did it with
By Jamie| 2014-08-01T16:10:32+00:00 August 1st, 2014|Stories|
I've actually gone and done it: committed to a month of living on a Norwegian farm and taking the time to learn about communal living, farming, beekeeping, and many other things that I have wanted
By Jamie| 2014-03-21T11:11:00+00:00 March 21st, 2014|Photo, Stories|
Officially named Jeju Field Burning Festival, this was every pyromaniac's fantasy: large volumes of fireworks being launched into the air, followed by setting a whole orum (volcanic mound) alight. As a child who repeatedly had
By Jamie| 2014-03-11T15:05:00+00:00 March 11th, 2014|Photo, Stories|
When I come across an abandoned building, I normally find myself encountering a building that has fallen into disrepair, but never looked like it was too great to start with. Paradise Resort on Jeju island
By Jamie| 2014-03-01T05:56:05+00:00 March 1st, 2014|Photo, Stories|
On the South Korean island of Jeju, I have continued my explorations of abandoned buildings. This particular building was next door to the abandoned circus. This hotel (Green Resort Hotel), also had a quad bike
By Jamie| 2014-02-13T08:42:35+00:00 February 13th, 2014|Photo, Stories|
One of the most delightful and simultaneously frustrating things about South Korea, is that you never know quite what to expect. When I heard that there was an abandoned hotel movie set on the island
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| 2014-01-06T17:12:00+00:00 January 6th, 2014|Photo, Stories|
After the demise of the Pirate ship, our Danube adventure was abandoned and I decided to hitchhike instead. From Budapest, I headed first to Poland and then into Ukraine. The only bad thing that happened (apart
By Jamie| 2013-12-22T11:12:44+00:00 December 22nd, 2013|Photo, Pirates of the Danube|
I don't like funerals. I never have. Although when I actually think about it, I don't suppose anyone really enjoys funerals. Least of all the instigator of festivities. After several months of grieving, it is
By Jamie| 2013-12-21T12:35:35+00:00 December 20th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
2013 has been one of the most varied years of my life. Here is a run down. I began the year in a very bad place: teaching English in Istanbul. My home was awful, my
By Jamie| 2013-12-05T18:01:48+00:00 December 4th, 2013|Pirates of the Danube|
When you have no responsibilities in life (and you think you're a pirate), if you see a crazy big building ominously perched on stilts, you climb it. Obviously. Then you take photos to send your
By Jamie| 2013-12-12T02:16:06+00:00 August 15th, 2013|UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes|
After crossing Germany and it's mountains, we entered the Czech Republic. While we knew that Czech Republic was mountainous, we were delighted at crossing our first big country (we'd only crossed Holland and part of
By Jamie| 2013-12-12T02:22:00+00:00 August 12th, 2013|UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes|
When I started out on this adventure, I had the great idea of doing it on a fixie bike (one gear, always pedalling). Thank God that didn't work out. My old bicycle has served me
By Jamie| 2014-05-07T03:38:37+00:00 July 20th, 2013|Photo, Stories|
Here are some images from when I hitchhiked from Istanbul to the UK. The whole trip cost less than €45 for two people and took nine days (via mountains, beaches, and Venice). I even made
By Jamie| 2013-12-13T01:45:20+00:00 June 2nd, 2013|Photo, Stories|
If you've been watching the news, you may have heard that Istanbul is currently experiencing some turbulent times. I have just got back to my apartment and will share more views and videos on the