It begins. The pushing and shoving, hustling for a better vantage point; tutting and kvetching, giving the death-stare. Manners are fleeting, like patience.  No, it’s not another Next clearance sale, or a Black Friday event. It’s not the biblical Armageddon… It’s the early morning Huddersfield to Leeds line. Tracks […]

My student years have taught me I am certainly not 18 anymore. An all-night party makes me tired the day after and I don’t deal with hangovers as easily as I used to. I am 23, sometimes  feeling a little older. It’s ok, being 23 is not too old, but […]

The world is one giant buffet full of savoury soups and delectable desserts. Travelling gives you the opportunity to explore the many offerings around the world. Ensure that you explore your palette with destinations that include some of these delicious dishes: 1. Taiwan Taiwan’s culture involves many small dishes; however, […]

After making my descent from the pinnacle of Viktoriapark I began to feel very peckish, so when I stumbled across Berlin’s famous Currywurst vendor, Curry 36, I was ecstatic to say the least. The previous day, I had been to the official Currywurst Museum, which not only offered a light-hearted […]

Monsoons, Tigers, Temples and Rickshaws. These are just a handful of the words we immediately equate with the mystically enticing subcontinent. On a recent month-long visit to India in which I visited family and saw some of the sights, something occurred to me. This country ,which is steeped in ancient […]

Hitch-hiking was the best way to travel for me back in the ’70s. I’d pack a rucksack and sleeping bag and head for the nearest motorway service station. I always picked the height of summer, July or August, and went for it. I’d save around fifty quid for the trip. Most of […]

Online dating sites, historically receiving mixed reviews anyway, have gone and innovated yet again in the form of MissTravel.com: which I’ve been told is something like a hybrid between couch-surfing and a brothel. Unlikely to get the boisterous thumbs up from the religious sector, then. The site invites women (or […]

Many of us have the craving to travel, especially when there are so many different ways of doing so in today’s globalized society. In this article I would like to make the case that inter-railing is not only thoroughly enjoyable, but also one of the most cost-effective forms of travelling. […]