Great Train Journeys, Jungfraujoch
A train journey that brings you through the heart of a mountain. A train journey where the platform is on an ice glacier. Snow fields, ice caves, ice sculptors, snow treks, all sounded exciting after our few days walking the beautiful trails around Wengen in the Swiss Alps. Photos and Videos Lauterbrunnen Wengen is an…
Great Hikes,Slieve Donard, Ireland
Back in July, when the weather was fine and sunny, we set off from Dublin to the small town of Newcastle in Northern Ireland. Newcastle sits below the Mourne Mountains on the edge of the Irish Sea. In summer it is a holiday town for famlies from Belfast and across the North (of Ireland) We…
The Great Indian Train Scam
While travelling you can expect a scam once in a while. Maybe it will be a taxi charging a fix fare that is twice the meter rate or some unsrcupulous market trader passing you the wrong change or a kind passerby offering to assist,as you stand checking a map at a street corner and next…
Hiking, Folegandros,Greece
We had’nt planned to hike while on a few days break on Folegandros, one of the more south western Cyclades Islands, but then we hadn’t considered how the Meltemi might change our plans. On our first day on the island the Meltemi, the annual wind which blows from the north picked up to a lively…
Great Train Trips – Oslo to Stockholm
After spending a week or so around Bergen and the Fjords, we headed back to Oslo. The train trip to and from Bergen, must be one of the most memorable ever. A trip I may right about some time. But here are some videos and photos to whet your appetite. http://www.travvid.com/norway/norway-west After visiting Flam, the…
Island Hopping
After days, in sweltering, draining, energy sapping Phnom Penh, I needed a rest. Sometime to relax and unwind after the mind sapping Killing Fields. No matter how many times I return and walk around the short circuit of the memorial park and see the horrors we can inflict on our neighbours, friends, unknowns, I will…
Cycle in Luang Pra Bang, Lao
After a week relaxing in what must be one of the most relaxing places to be and having visited one temple after another, Wat Pak Than being my favourite and having visited the amazing waterfall Kuang Si Falls and swam below the thundering falls of water, it was time for something new. The beautiful goddess…
Death of the Back Packer
Greece, Island Hopping, synonomous with back packing. Droves of young or early twenties streaming on board the ubiquitous Greek Ferry. Haversack with clothes and maybe tent or thin rolled foamed mattress tied precariously to the top or bottom. All the requirements for a week, fortnight or month of easy living on a remote Greek Island….
Paris
Last week I headed to Pais by the Euro Star train from London. Oh the pre boarding security and check in was easy compared to flying from Heathrow. The train departed Kings Cross St. Pancras at 10.20am. I arrived at the station at about 9.30am. As there was also a train to Brussels leaving at…