“What’s his name” – A bi-cultural view on the US president’s first 100 days
DISCLAIMER: This article contains adult language, sorry no nudity. Do not read if you are easily offended, or worse yet if you are a fan Donald J. Trump. I'm very critical of him, and I enjoy calling him all sorts of nasty names. Also, it is 2,678 words long, so if...
Ross’ Stories – Two – My Hometown
I’m Ross, long-term traveller, digital nomad and borderline alcoholic. Over my years of worldwide adventure travel I have collected a large set of stories. The content of each varies wildly, from hilarity to destitution, from kindness to fear and from mishap to...
Ross’ Stories, Volume One – Banged up in Bangkok.
I’m Ross, long-term traveller, digital nomad and borderline alcoholic. Over my years of worldwide adventure travel I have collected a large set of stories. The content of each varies wildly, from hilarity to destitution, from kindness to fear and from mishap to...
America’s demonization of Mexico: An overland traveller’s perspective
I have spent the last ten months travelling through both the USA and Mexico. I have covered over 4,500 miles in Mexico over four months. As such, I have a unique perspective on both America's fear of Mexico, and of the actual reality within Mexico... Donald Trump has...
FEATURED TRAVEL VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Christian Grewe “Colombia/ Slow Motion/ Travel”
For this week's travel video of the week, we have selected; COLOMBIA/ SLOW MOTION/ TRAVEL by the talented travel videographer Christian Grewe. This video is a beautiful, artistic portrayal of the 'real' Colombia. Grewe has used poignant imagery and sound to depict the...
Featured Travel Video Of The Week: Tyler Fairbank “SAFARI | South Africa”
For this week's Travel Video Of The Week, we have selected "SAFARI | South Africa" by the outstandingly talented travel videographer Tyler Fairbank. This short travel film is set in South Africa and shows a quest to spot the "Big Five"; lion, elephant, buffalo,...
This keeps happening: Overlander Ross Ruddell finds a taste of home in Mexico
We follow one photographer, surfer, and overland traveller – Ross Ruddell, as he prepares to embark on an epic journey down the pan-American highway, surfing his way from California to Tierra del Fuego, over the course of three years. This is his story. You can keep...
Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest: A visit to the world’s only pirate cemetery
In the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, wild pirates and buccaneers ruled the seas. They sailed the seas in pirated galleons, took what the pleased from trade vessels of any country, and were famed for their brutality and ruthlessness. Pirates were wanted men. There was...
The Most inaccessible places in the world: Oymyakon – The coldest town on earth
The coldest town on earth. Those words are easily dismissed until one actually considers their meaning: This frigid place holds lowest recorded temperature for any permanently inhabited location in the world. People actually choose make their homes and eke out a...
Featured Travel Video Of The Week: Hasta Alaska “USA Here We Come”
For this week's travel video of the week, we have selected "USA Here We Come" by Hasta Alaska. 'Hasta Alaska' comprises of a group of people making their way up the pan-American highway from Chile to Alaska in their Volkswagen bus. This video contains footage from...
Ciudad de México: Overlander Ross Ruddell explores Mexico City
We follow one photographer, surfer, and overland traveller – Ross Ruddell, as he prepares to embark on an epic journey down the pan-American highway, surfing his way from California to Tierra del Fuego, over the course of three years. This is his story. You can keep...
Featured Travel Video Of The Week: Heather Aberdeen “Cairo to Capetown”
For this week's travel video of the week, we have selected "Oasis Overland- Cairo to Cape town 2014/15" by Heather Aberdeen. This travel video documents the travels of a group of friends travelling with the tour operator 'Oasis Overland' from Cairo, Egypt, to Cape...
Roadblocks and protests across Mexico: Is the country on the cusp of civil unrest?
Roadblocks, protests and occasionally violent clashes with police continue to occur across Mexico. Fuel supply group G500, which supplies most gasoline stations in Mexico, have closed more than 1,000 gas stations in their group, with a further 1,800 slated for closure...
The ‘Zion Curtain’ – Examining Utah’s unique and baffling alcohol laws
We sat down at a table outside a Utah bar and restaurant, dry and dusty from a day’s offroading in 40c heat in Moab. I ordered a beer from the waiter, my companions ordered beers and cocktails. The waiter took this down, asked what food we wanted with that. I...
Second Start: Overlander Ross Ruddell’s Pan-American journey begins again
We follow one photographer, surfer, and overland traveller – Ross Ruddell, as he prepares to embark on an epic journey down the pan-American highway, surfing his way from California to Tierra del Fuego, over the course of three years. This is his story. You can keep...
Featured Travel Video Of The Week: Casey Naistat “Make It Count”
For this week's travel video of the week, we have selected "Make It Count" by the talented filmmaker and vlogger, Casey Neistat. First of all, Happy New Year to everyone reading! We hope you are not nursing too bad a hangover after any NYE celebrations and are feeling...
Six Things You Learn Visiting Home During a Long Term World Trip
One of the (admittedly few) curses of the long term traveller, is the overall inability to spend much, if any time with family and friends. This year, having been away for nine months, I was lucky enough to get a flight back to the UK to spend ten days with good...
The most inaccessible places on earth: Point Nemo, oceanic pole
Point Nemo. For me, this evocative name conjures images of nautical adversity, sea monsters, galleon ships, the Captain in Jules Verne’s ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea’ and of submarining and the age of oceanic exploration. The word “Nemo” is Latin, meaning...