On Saturday 25th of February I'm off to Chamonix on a snowboarding press trip. I was last in Chamonix three years ago attempting to improve my snowboarding but my strongest memory is of three of us rodeoing up the button lift before someone plugged … [Read more]
I’ve always been attracted to cities where I’ve developed a bit of a Love / Hate relationship. There’s something about that right mix of grit and intrigue that sends me away, yet always keeps me coming back. Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter exemplifies … [Read more]
I have traveled far and wide over the years and after spending two years in exotic locations, I thought it was time to visit some of the interesting and historical sites that are right on my doorstep, in England. It’s often the case that travelers … [Read more]
When it comes to travel, can you be selfish? Can I keep special certain places to myself, or is it even more immoral because I am a travel blogger? Don’t I have to share everything; the good, the bad and the ugly? Well, I have often … [Read more]
Toledo is one of the oldest cities in Europe and it is a great day escape from Madrid alongside popular Avila, Segovia and El Escorial day tours. A UNESCO World Heritage site since 1986, the medieval fortress city of Toledo was the capital of the … [Read more]
Put yourselves in your audiences shoes. This is the sound bite I get from my first session at social media week, a extremely interesting and effective session about "Social Media for Events" hosted by Like Minds. Registered for an event, or am … [Read more]
Tom Robinson first set foot in Marrakech with his Olympus OM-1 back in 2003, guided by his sister. According to him it was the first real place he'd been traveling, it was a place that really influenced him in his love for both travel and … [Read more]
What has happened to me? I feel a nervous twitch. I feel like I'm missing something, for two seconds I can't remember what it is. It's like that strange feeling when you know you got something you have to do but you can't quite remember what it is. … [Read more]
After a slight delay we've finally compiled our list of top travel blogs in Google. The latest results are split independent travel blogs and non-independent travel sites (coming soon). The results work like this: We take the estimated traffic from … [Read more]
I don’t know if it needs a presentation but the tale is still worth sharing. The famous Coyote Ugly Saloon was born from a great life story, Lil’s story which sounds pretty much like this: Lil was born in NYC in a middle class family, she attended a … [Read more]
I recently moved to London and I'm enjoying being able to take weekend city breaks whenever I have time off work. Sometimes a little bit too much when it comes to checking my bank balance. My latest city break was in lovely Madrid where a close … [Read more]
Many bloggers have focused criticism on certain types of articles that they believe have been done to death. Produced over and over again. The discussion has often been focused on articles such as "things to do in..." a city, place or country, … [Read more]