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When you say this to someone who hates being on the sea, so many stories come to mind. The ferry journey to the Scilly Isles; the boat trip to see the mail being delivered to Bishop Rock lighthouse...

It had never been my intention to live with rats but sometimes life takes a surprise turn.

KABOOM! “What the heck was that?” “Think the engine’s blown up and it’s on fire.” “When’s our flight leave?”

We had just spent the best part of 3 days on the sauce. Nha Trang is the party capital of Vietnam and we now understood why. I was by far feeling human.

A keen sense of adventure led me on an ancient trek along an old pilgrim's route in the Himalayas. I had just conquered the Kuari Pass, 5000m high and nicknamed ‘the doorway’.

My friend has exams in a few days so I cycled to his house with a bag full of fresh mangoes. It was afternoon and jasmine was out, and also being Hanuman Ji's birthday...

“Imshi! Imshi!” Our driver shouts, pounding impatiently on the car’s horn. His wrath "Go! Go! Hurry." directed at the car creeping slowly along the road ahead of us, its hazard lights flashing.

It was a Saturday, When we were in Bhubaneswar (Odisha, India). A road trip by car was finalised to explore ‘Lalitagiri Caves’, around 90 Kms from Bhubaneswar city.

Had I known the harrowing anguish about to befall us, I would have booked another night at Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls Hotel and saved many grey hairs and considerable expense.

I’m at the side of the track, which more resembles a muddy swamp, watching in disbelief as one jeep after another makes a desperate bid for freedom only to become stuck at this impasse.