Here is a list of all my travel writing, arranged in chronological order (or, strictly speaking, the order in which they should be read, which is not quite the same). Some articles appear more than once, which indicates that they cover more than one time period. It's a good way to see how the mind of a long-term traveller changes with time, and it's also interesting to see how my writing develops over the years. Compare the first few articles with the last few, and I hope you'll see a change for the better...
Australia
- Sydney ()
- Sydney to Melbourne ()
- Melbourne ()
- An English View of Australia ()
- The Pig Hunt ()
- Lawbreaker ()
- Dock of the Bay ()
- Hobart ()
- Cygnet ()
- Bicheno ()
- Launceston ()
- George Town ()
- Launceston to Port Arthur ()
- Session Musicians ()
- Buying a Car ()
- Australian Greetings ()
- Great Ocean Road ()
- The Grampians ()
- Mt Gambier ()
- The Coorong ()
- Adelaide ()
- World's End ()
- Flinders Ranges ()
- Nullarbor Desert ()
- Esperance ()
- Albany ()
- Pemberton ()
- Cape Leeuwin ()
- Drop Bears ()
- Kalgoorlie ()
- Rottnest Island ()
- Perth ()
- The Baby Ward ()
- Drive-through Heaven ()
- Nambung (Pinnacles Desert) ()
- Top-up, Sir? ()
- Kalbarri ()
- Shark Bay ()
- Carnarvon ()
- Coral Bay ()
- Cape Range ()
- Nanutarra Roadhouse ()
- Karijini (Hammersley Range) ()
- Start of the Breakdown ()
- Millstream-Chichester ()
- Cleaverville Beach ()
- Pilbara Bushwalk ()
- Port Hedland ()
- Broome ()
- The Kimberley ()
- Kununurra ()
- Purnululu (Bungle Bungles) ()
- Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) ()
- Kakadu ()
- Darwin ()
- Litchfield ()
- Elsey ()
- Travelling Possessions ()
- Daly Waters ()
- Alice Springs ()
- MacDonnell Ranges (Western) ()
- MacDonnell Ranges (Eastern) ()
- Watarrka (King's Canyon) ()
- Uluru-Kata Tjuta (Ayers Rock) ()
- Coober Pedy ()
- Selling a Car ()
New Zealand
- Auckland ()
- Whangarei ()
- Rangitoto ()
- Finding Wheels ()
- Wellington ()
- Low Patch ()
- Down the Casino ()
- Christchurch ()
- Dunedin ()
- Southern Scenic Route (East) ()
- Peel Forest ()
- Twizel ()
- Mt Cook ()
- A Glacial Christmas ()
- Queenstown ()
- Kepler Track ()
- Lake Ponderings ()
- Hollyford-Pyke Route ()
- Bush Bastards ()
- Milford ()
- Southern Scenic Route (West) ()
- Routeburn-Greenstone Track ()
- West Coast (South Island) ()
- Arthur's Pass ()
- Nelson ()
- Catchpool Valley ()
- Taranaki ()
- Tongariro ()
- Taupo ()
- Mahia Beach ()
- Coromandel ()
- Northland ()
- Submarine Car ()
- Kiwi Trivia ()
- Learning to Dive ()
French Polynesia
- Anatomy of a Yacht ()
- Sailing to French Polynesia ()
- The Strange World of Sailing ()
- Gambier Islands ()
- Gambier Islands (Mangareva) ()
- The Sociability of Yachties ()
- Cooking on Board ()
- Rikitea Harbour ()
- Gambier Islands (Southeast) ()
- Gambier Islands (East) ()
- Man vs Cyclone Kelly ()
- Amanu ()
- Amanu Street Scene ()
- Makemo ()
- Escape from the Yacht ()
- Tahiti ()
- Bushwalking in Tahiti ()
Australia
- Brisbane ()
- Cairns ()
- Feeling Old in Cairns ()
- Great Barrier Reef ()
- Hinchinbrook Island ()
- Townsville ()
- Magnetic Island ()
- Fraser Island ()
- Noosa ()
- Familiarity Breeds ()
- Thoughts on Leaving ()
Indonesia
- Kuta ()
- Balinese Public Transport ()
- Learning Bahasa Indonesia ()
- Ubud ()
- Curse of the 60-day Visa ()
- Types of Traveller ()
- Ampenan ()
- Gunung Rinjani ()
- Indonesian Peace and Quiet ()
- Sumbawa ()
- Labuanbajo ()
- How to Survive Indonesia ()
- Bajawa ()
- Indonesian Habits ()
- Moni ()
- Loneliness on the Road ()
- Maumere to Ujung Pandang ()
- Ujung Pandang ()
- Bada Valley ()
- Togian Islands ()
- Wild Mood Swings ()
- Poso ()
- The Torajan People ()
- Rantepao ()
- A Torajan Funeral ()
- Unwell in Tana Toraja ()
- Ujung Pandang to Surabaya ()
- Surabaya to Yogyakarta ()
- McDonald's, Indonesian Style ()
- Yogyakarta ()
- Borobudur ()
- Prambanan ()
- Dieng Plateau ()
- Thoughts on Leaving ()
Singapore
Malaysia
- Pre-Malaysian Apathy ()
- Melaka ()
- Malaysian Politics ()
- Kuala Lumpur ()
- Rainforest Statistics ()
- Taman Negara ()
- Walking the Rainforest ()
- Meeting the Orang Asli ()
- Cameron Highlands ()
- The Company of Travellers ()
- The Cavalier Roundhead ()
- Pulau Pangkor ()
- Georgetown ()
- Thoughts on Leaving ()
Thailand
- The Currency Crisis ()
- The Thai Language ()
- Hat Yai to Phuket ()
- Ko Samui ()
- Beach Bums of Thailand ()
- Bangkok ()
- Chiang Mai ()
- Thoughts on Leaving ()
India
- Thoughts Before Arriving ()
- Calcutta ()
- Puri ()
- Hinduism and Indian History ()
- Konark ()
- Travellers in India ()
- Religious Tolerance ()
- Hyderabad ()
- Golconda ()
- Hyderabadi Conversations ()
- Music on the Brain ()
- The Indian Film Industry ()
- Chennai ()
- Buying Music in India ()
- Mamallapuram ()
- Slowing Down ()
- Pondicherry ()
- Trichy ()
- Thanjavur ()
- I'll Have a Limca, Please ()
- Madurai ()
- The Sound of Indian Politics ()
- Kodaikanal ()
- Travellers' Opinions of India ()
- Kollam to Alappuzha ()
- Kochi ()
- James Bond in India ()
- Mysore ()
- Bangalore ()
- The Post Office ()
- Reflections in Bangalore ()
- Kama Sutra ()
- Hampi ()
- The Holi Festival ()
- Bijapur ()
- Aurangabad ()
- Ellora ()
- Daultabad ()
- Ajanta ()
- Cricket and India ()
- Mandu ()
- Bhopal ()
- Sanchi ()
- Thoughts After Three Months ()
Nepal
- Annapurna Circuit ()
- Annapurna Circuit: Stage 1 ()
- Annapurna Circuit: Stage 2 ()
- Pokhara ()
- Kathmandu ()
- Floundering in Kathmandu ()
- Death in the Afternoon ()
- Janakpur ()
India
- The Toy Train ()
- Darjeeling ()
- The Power of Authority ()
- Death of the Ganges ()
- Varanasi ()
- Death on the Platform ()
- Air Coolers ()
- Gwalior ()
- Agra ()
- Fatehpur Sikri ()
- Service Station Hell ()
- Jaipur ()
- Pushkar ()
- Udaipur ()
- Louis Armstrong ()
- Bhavnagar ()
- Alang ()
- Palitana ()
- Hindi Pop ()
- Diu ()
- Lies, Damned Lies ()
- Mt Abu ()
- Indian Television ()
- Yogi and Babaji ()
- Jodhpur ()
- Pigs Over Jaisalmer ()
- Jaisalmer ()
- Camel, One Previous Owner ()
- The Thar Desert ()
- Bikaner ()
- Nuclear Testing ()
- Amritsar ()
- Surviving India ()
- Schrödinger's Cat ()
- Dharamsala ()
- The Dogs of Bhagsu ()
- Delhi ()
Morocco
- Arriving in Morocco ()
- Marrakech ()
- Car Rental Scam ()
- Rock Men of the Hammada ()
- Aït Benhaddou ()
- Morocco, German-style ()
- Drâa Valley ()
- The Hammada ()
- Merzouga ()
- The Sahara by Camel ()
- Driving in a Sandstorm ()
- Space Invaders ()
- Desert Food ()
- Ouarzazate ()
Senegal
- Dakar ()
- Île de Gorée ()
- Homesickness ()
- Senegal v Nigeria ()
- Unstable Continent ()
- St-Louis ()
- The Language Barrier ()
- Toubab Dialao ()
- Senegalese Transport ()
- Joal-Fadiout ()
- Palmarin ()
- Djiffer ()
- Foundiougne ()
- Kaolack ()
- King of the Café ()
The Gambia
- Banjul ()
- Bumster Trouble ()
- Fajara ()
- Tendaba ()
- Kiang West ()
- Tendaba to Jangjang Bureh ()
- Travelling Cushion ()
- London Calling ()
- Jangjang Bureh ()
- One Pen, Gambian-style ()
- Blister Bug ()
- Basse Santa Su ()
- Basse Santa Su to Tambacounda ()
- Thoughts on Leaving ()
Senegal
Mali
- Tambacounda to Kayes ()
- Kayes ()
- Kayes to Bamako ()
- A Serious Loss ()
- Black Music ()
- Bamako ()
- Saturday Night at the Movies ()
- Mopti ()
- Mopti to Timbuktu ()
- Marmalade! ()
- Timbuktu ()
- The Waiting Game ()
- Camel Trekking in Timbuktu ()
- Down on the Upside ()
- Tuareg Tea ()
- Bloody Nora ()
- Timbuktu to Gao ()
- The Floating Market ()
- Gao ()
- Gao to Mopti ()
- Sahel Food ()
- Djenné ()
- The Best Laid Plans ()
- A Financial Perspective ()
- Remember Me? ()
- The Right Staff ()
- Dogon Country ()
- Thoughts on Leaving ()
Burkina Faso
Ghana
- The Struggle into Ghana ()
- Kumasi ()
- The Road to Jesus ()
- The Cedi Shuffle ()
- The Auditor-General ()
- Accra ()
- Kokrobite ()
- Turtle Wars ()
- Trucked Off ()
- A Change of Heart ()
- Rastafarian Christmas ()
- Kakum ()
- Down the Den ()
- Drink in a Bag ()
- Cape Coast ()
- Elmina ()
- The Prempeh Room ()
- Nzulezo ()
- Axim ()
- Busua ()
- Visiting Jimmy Moxon ()
- Pouring Petrol on the Flames ()
- Thoughts on Leaving ()
Cyprus
- Pafos ()
- Troodos ()
- Kakopetria ()
- Mt Olympos ()
- War Zone Accommodation ()
- Nicosia ()
- Agia Napa ()
- Larnaka ()
- Kourion ()
- Pissouri ()
- Polis ()
- Cypriot Architecture ()
- Place Names in Cyprus ()
- A Brief History of Cyprus ()
- Thoughts on Leaving ()
Cuba
- Heaving on a Jet Plane ()
- Havana ()
- Driving in Cuba ()
- Playa Girón ()
- Trinidad ()
- The Man in the Red Hat ()
- Camagüey ()
- Música de la Casa ()
- Cayo Santa María ()
- Remedios ()
- Santa Clara ()
- A Funny Sort of Socialism ()
- Thoughts on Leaving ()
India
- The High Commission ()
- Falling into Place ()
- Varkala ()
- Hippy Heaven ()
- The Shirt off My Back ()
- Lagging Behind ()
- Blowing the Budget ()
- Beer, What Beer? ()
- Cash Card Crisis ()
- The Keralan Backwaters ()
- The Beer Shop ()
- Kochi ()
- Munnar ()
- Periyar ()
- Ringing the Changes ()
- Kovalam ()
- Thoughts on Leaving ()
Mexico
- About Time Too ()
- Man Down! ()
- Playa del Carmen ()
- Day of the Dead ()
- Panic in Paradise ()
- Cozumel ()
- Diving Rain ()
- Making the First Move ()
- Tulum Pueblo ()
- Tulum Ruinas ()
- Valladolid ()
- With this Ring ()
- Chichén Itzá ()
- Hotel Illness ()
- Mérida ()
- Five Day Rule ()
- Cenote Diving ()
- Diving in Cozumel ()
- Thoughts on Leaving ()
Belize
- Playa del Carmen to Caye Caulker ()
- Caye Caulker ()
- Diving in Ambergris Caye ()
- Travelling by Internet ()
- The Great Blue Hole ()
- San Ignacio ()
- Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave ()
- Caracol ()
- Thoughts on Leaving ()
Guatemala
- Flores ()
- Tikal ()
- Río Dulce ()
- The Sun Dog ()
- Dampened Enthusiasm ()
- Antigua ()
- Lago de Atitlán ()
- Up the Indian's Nose ()
- Monterrico ()
- Living in the Eighties ()
- Guatemala City ()
- Thoughts on Leaving ()
El Salvador
- Love at First Sight ()
- Santa Ana ()
- Parque Nacional Los Volcanes ()
- Ruta de las Flores ()
- Suchitoto ()
- Cerro de Guazapa ()
- Playa El Tunco ()
- Playa Esteron ()
- Thoughts on Leaving ()
Nicaragua
- Playa Esteron to León ()
- León ()
- Volcán Telica ()
- Estelí ()
- Cañón de Somoto ()
- Matagalpa ()
- From Bean to Cup ()
- The Chocolate Factory ()
- Granada ()
- Flying to the Corn Islands ()
- Little Corn Island ()
- Granada to Isla de Ometepe ()
- Isla de Ometepe ()
- Thoughts on Leaving ()
Costa Rica
- Culture Shock ()
- Monteverde ()
- La Fortuna ()
- San José ()
- Thoughts on Leaving ()
Panama
- Bocas del Toro ()
- Boquete ()
- Just Passing Through ()
- Pedasí ()
- Panama City ()
- The Taxi Scam ()
- All Aboard The Black Dragonfly ()
- Portobelo ()
- Portobelo to San Blas ()
- San Blas (Cayos Holandeses) ()
- San Blas (Cayos Coco Banderos) ()
- San Blas to Cartagena ()
- Thoughts on Leaving ()
Colombia
- Cartagena ()
- The Song Remains the Same ()
- Santa Marta ()
- Taganga ()
- Ciudad Perdida ()
- Walking Tips for Ciudad Perdida ()
- Flying Through Colombia ()
- Medellín ()
- The Medellín Metro ()
- Bogotá ()
- The Bogotá Transmilenio ()
- Zipaquirá ()
- Thoughts on Leaving ()
London Loop, United Kingdom
- Erith to Old Bexley ()
- Old Bexley to Jubilee Park ()
- Jubilee Park to West Wickham ()
- West Wickham to Hamsey Green ()
- Hamsey Green to Banstead ()
- Banstead to Kingston ()
- Kingston to Donkey Wood ()
- Donkey Wood to Uxbridge ()
- Uxbridge to Moor Park ()
- Moor Park to Elstree ()
- Elstree to Cockfosters ()
- Cockfosters to Enfield Lock ()
- Enfield Lock to Chigwell ()
- Chigwell to Harold Wood ()
- Harold Wood to Coldharbour ()
Capital Ring, United Kingdom
- Woolwich to Falconwood ()
- Falconwood to Grove Park ()
- Grove Park to Crystal Palace ()
- Crystal Palace to Streatham ()
- Streatham to Wimbledon Park ()
- Wimbledon Park to Richmond ()
- Richmond to Osterley Lock ()
- Osterley Lock to Greenford ()
- Greenford to South Kenton ()
- South Kenton to Hendon Park ()
- Hendon Park to Highgate ()
- Highgate to Stoke Newington ()
- Stoke Newington to Hackney Wick ()
- Hackney Wick to Beckton Park ()
- Beckton Park to Woolwich ()