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Stories from the road, often outrageous, frequently funny, occasionally bizarre. Ideally, you should print them out and read them before bed, on a bus, toilet, or toilet on a bus (to enjoy the literal and literary bumps). Each report was written on the fly, so to speak, and it's just like being right there with me, the world without the bugs.
Armchair world travelers, begin your journey!
Search by country or scroll below. Note: many of the reports follow in sequential order
- A Catch-22 in the Urban Jungle
- A Letter to My Grandmother
- A New Year, A New Brazil
- A Nice Cup of Serendipity
- A Revolution in Cuba
- All Aboard the Vodkatrain
- And then the Bastard shot me, in Dubrovnik
- Antigua, and Rain Delays Play in Honduras
- Armed and Dangerous in Phnom Penh
- At Play in the Fields of the Warao
- Barbados: Yes Please
- Blindfolds and Bulls
- Cancun to Palenque, the Whole Enchilada
- Chasing Ghosts in the Midnight Sun
- Cherry Bombs in Bombay, a Night Train to Goa
- Copcabana, La Paz, and the Most Dangerous Road in the World
- Cowboys and Heli-Fun in the Rockies
- Crocodiles and Cowboys in Melaka, The Brave New World in Shanghai
- Cruising the Yangtze and the World’s Most Dangerous Hike
- Cusco and the Inca Trail
- Delhi, and Finding Myself in Rishikesh
- Digging up the Past in Lithuania
- Dogsledding the Great White North
- Dune Buggies in Boomtown Dubai
- Esrock Meets the Harajuku Girls
- Fear and Loafing in London
- Fear and Loafing in London
- Finding a Home in Sydney
- Flying Doctors and the Migration of the Wildebeest
- From Budapest to Istanbul
- Glowing in Chernobyl
- Goodbye India, Hello Malaysia
- Great Walls, Vodka, and Galloping the Mongolian Plains
- Hanging by a Moment in Slovenia
- Hanging on the Edge in Bariloche
- Happy Daze in Laos
- Having a Riot in Seoul
- Heat, Dust and Dirt Bikes in Egypt
- Helsinki, Lapland, and the Midnight Sun
- Holiday in Cambodia
- Home Away from Home
- Honeymoon for One in the Maldives
- Hoop Snakes, Drop Bears, and Life in Western Oz
- Hunting Paradise in New Caledonia
- Hvar Out of My Element on the Dalmatian Coast
- Iguazu Falls, and Flying in Rio de Janeiro
- In Paradise, Life is a Buffet
- Indulgence in Italy
- It All Begins in Lima
- It Took a Brave Heart
- It’s Not Every Day - St Cristobal to Panajachel
- Jericoacora - A Slice of Paradise
- Kota Bharu to Terengganu
- Lalibela, Addis Ababa, and a Road Trip to the Omo Valley
- Last Tango in Buenos Aires
- Legends on the Trail
- Life’s a Trampoline in Corfu
- Lost in Nippon
- Mardi Gras Millennial Madness
- Meat Me at the Deli in Montreal
- Melbourne: Goldilocks, Killers, and Tennis
- Modern Gonzo in Albania
- Modern Gonzo on the Eurail
- Monkeying Around in Borneo
- Monsoons and Tattoos in Goa
- My Life as a Circus
- Northern Thailand and the Slowboat Down the Mekong
- Of Fevers and Fairy Chimneys - Cappadocia and Ankara
- Off the Rails, on the Eurail
- On Fire in Taipei
- Phuk’et in Package Tourist Hell
- Prague and Beyond
- Puno, Lake Titicaca and the Island of the Sun
- Pura Vida in Costa Rica
- Putting the NZ back in GoNZo
- Red Dawn in Moscow and St Petersburg
- Return to Nicaragua
- Return to the Island of the Sun
- Rio Redux and Life in Sao Paulo
- Romania - The Folks I Meet on the Trail
- Running Riot in Bangkok
- Salvador and Morro de Sao Paulo
- San Pedro, Death Valley, and the Colour of Valparaiso
- Santiago, Pucon & Climbing Mount Doom
- Schnitzeled in Austria-Hungary
- Science Fiction in Star City
- Selcuk, Koycegiz, and Paragliding in Olu Deniz
- Shamans and Guinea Pigs in Ecuador
- Shooting it up in Bogota and Cartagena
- Split Down the Middle of Central Europe
- Springing Forward, Looking Back
- Storms on the Black Sea
- Sweet As the South Island
- Taking it to Edge, and Jumping Right Off
- The Great Gonzo Blowout: Rotorua
- The Great LA Blowout Pt 1
- The Great LA Blowout Pt 2
- The Luck of the Irish
- The Meaning of Life in Dharamsala
- The Nature of Tasmania
- The New Year’s Eve Incident in Sihanoukville
- The Not-a-Week Off: Sydney to Auckland
- The Other Side of the Brochure in Jamaica
- The Pantanal, and a Little Carnaval
- The Salar de Uyuni and a Trip to the Moon
- The Spice of Life
- The Truth Behind the Byline
- Thoughts About My 12-Month Round the World Adventure
- Travel by Camel and Serving up Desert in Jordan
- Tropical Storms in Olinda
- Urfa, Adiyaman, Nemrut and Eastern Anatolia
- Volcano Boarding in Nicaragua
- Wine and Weapons in the other Georgia
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Latest Reports
- Flying Doctors and the Migration of the Wildebeest
This week in East Africa, I discover two sides to a coin. The luxury, beauty and exotic wildlife of the ultimate safari, complete with butlers, five-star tents, and the migration of the wildebeest. In Nairobi, a different story, as I take to the air with the Flying Doctors, participating in a medical evacuation, and seeing the human cost of violence. This is Africa, and there is nowhere else like it.
- Heat, Dust and Dirt Bikes in Egypt
The traffic, chaos and 3000 years of bureaucracy take their toll, but I manage to Belly Dance over the Nile anyway. After clocking in at the pyramids, it’s off to the Sinai to rock the desert by ATV, dirt bike and dune buggy. Egypt has stayed much the same since my last visit 16 years ago. I haven’t.
- A Revolution in Cuba
Plenty of thoughts about this controversial island in the Caribbean, where tourists are herded into all-inclusive resorts while the songs of Revolution still stir. When you add a large group of journalists, expect something in the middle in this gonzo-fuelled rant about the beating heart of change.
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