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Against my cooler instincts, I had ceded to my parents’ plead to check myself into a Contiki resort before I arrived on the island - even though my Balinese sights had been set on the cathartic.

Crouched in the back of a truck amid the stench of hundreds of oranges I catch a glimpse of my travel companion's sunburnt face shining back at me through the moonlight. I smile – we both know we've just had...

The Place you Didn’t Want to Be – but were glad to arrive: Holiday Inn, Sarajevo

I remember it so well! It was October 1985 and I’d just spent 5 months travelling around Europe with a mate. We’d had a great time but after a short earning session back in the UK I headed off again.

I am neutrally buoyant, a trail of bubbles behind and above me, as I scuba slowly through the water. I cannot see the bottom of the ocean. Expelling a little air from my BCD, I sink a little, confirming the top...

It had been a long morning rambling around LokrumIsland.The midday heat was now steadily rising and I was ready to take a plunge into the sparkling water.

What does not kill you makes you stronger. This made me stronger.

I walked into that restaurant with an echelon of courage that could be equated with that of a cat on a mission to strangulate a rat for a meal. Being elected by my fellow students to represent them in the...

Without warning Ray went very pale and then vomited over the potted plants in the hotel lobby. One minute later he dashed for the toilet clenching his buttocks. When the doctor came he spoke in a low voice about low...

My back was stuck to the plastic bus seat and sweat dripped down my face. As the bus lurched to a stop I heaved my overstuffed rucksack onto my back and staggered out onto the frantic Cairo street.