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Ok, so when I was an innocent University Fresher unused to clubbing and the general alcohol induced merriment associated with University, I endured what I still consider to this day to be both my worst...

What if the worst journey of your life ironically became the most memorable one? What if that one journey that makes you cross your fingers every time you remember is the same journey that makes you wish to experience...

My finger is deep inside my right sock when I spot Him. Furtively glimpsing over the headrest in front of me, I spy the dark uniformed figure holding out an imperious palm to halt the bus.

Sitting next to this stranger - wandering what to say next, or should I say anything at all? What was wrong with me? Why did I marry this man?

There have been many epic journeys: Columbus’ voyage to the New World, Moses’ pilgrimage out of Egypt, Armstrong’s moon landing. Few were as nerve-wracking, time-consuming or rain-soaked as our trip to Corfu...

I suppose I should have known I was going to be in trouble when the bottle of water arrived at my dinner table without the cap on, but the waiter was such a nice man. Surely he wouldn't play Russian roulette with my innards...

I’ve travelled some trying journeys in my time, a rickety 13-hour train from Shanghai to Beijing with only a toilet-hole straight onto the tracks, a mental prickly-skinned 36-hour plane ride home from New Zealand...

Traveling cheap, on a shoestring, is truly a balancing act, requiring trapeze-like skills. Every cent saved comes at a price, a trade-off with one of the finer elements in life. But every adventurer taking the economical route...

Flip flops. They’re not really that practical in the summer, let alone in winds strong enough to blow a house down. But we were Brits abroad and we were going to wear them even if it killed us, which in a way, it nearly did.

“Wakka wakka eh eh, This time for Africa”, I unconsciously drummed my fingers on the steering wheel as I drove my white BMW through the uninhabited suburbs of Bahawalpur, Pakistan. I slowed down the car’s AC since the car...