January 22nd, 2010 by Boris | Category: Articles
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I've sat outside an airport or a train or bus station more times than I care to remember, crying my eyes out or feeling generally just like crap, because a loved one or a friend has just left. Over time I've developed a few habits to deal with leaving or being left while travelling.
Never ever make any promises. I know you'd like to see your latest one-night-stand again after a good nights romp around the bedsheets (who wouldn't), but if you're not at all serious then a peck on the cheek...
December 31st, 2009 by Boris | Category: Articles
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It's that time of the year again. One day left in this year, in this decade, in fact. I hope all of you have had a great year, seen some new things, met new people and simply had fun.
2009 has seen some of the best travelling I have done up till now. A year ago I was stuck in Kuala Lumpur, waiting for my Indian visa to be approved. I didn't have anything planned for the night, except watch the fireworks. In the end I met a couple really nice people and I ended up in the Reggae Bar and still...
December 16th, 2009 by Boris | Category: Articles | Continent: Asia | Country: Afghanistan
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Why should we care about Afghanistan? It's a valid question. You probably haven't heard any good news from that place for a long time. It's been at war since 1979. That's as long as some of us have been alive. Maybe even longer.
I read a lot of stories from the golden age of travelling, when you could still get from London to Kathmandu on a red double-decker bus for a few quid. Ok, probably more than that, but you know what I'm trying to say. Not so long ago Afghanistan was a highlight on...
December 11th, 2009 by Boris | Category: Articles
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The first time I went off to travel Southeast Asia people kept telling me that I'll become a travel-addict very soon. A lot of people use that analogy and there's quite a bit of truth in that statement. You can take it quite far actually!
The last 10 years of my life I have basically been a junkie. Isn't admitting the problem the first step or something? I was constantly on the lookout for my next fix, the next place to go to, the next country to explore.
Being away meant a constant high...
October 12th, 2009 by Boris | Category: Articles
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I was kind of hoping that eventually people get tired of the ongoing tourist vs traveller debate and it's offsprings. It seems to pop up now and again on the blogosphere and loads of people comment on these blog posts and it gets really heated sometimes. I tried to stay away from starting one of these discussions myself, cause, honestly, it really annoys me. I mean, it supadupa annoys me. More than two years I held out (that's approximateley how old this site is), but today I just can't hold...
October 5th, 2009 by Boris | Category: Articles | Continent: Asia | Country: Indonesia, Philippines, Samoa
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The team at Travel-Junkie has strong ties to the area with the recent catastrophies, especially Indonesia. I lived there for almost 2 years and travelled all over it and it saddens me that once again a disaster has struck, almost simultaniously in various countries. Because of this we ask everybody, who has a little extra to spare to donate.
Donations do have their misgivings. We understand that. During the 2004 Tsunami I lived in Indonesia and have talked to many people who were there and...
October 3rd, 2009 by Boris | Category: Articles | Continent: Asia | Country: Indonesia | City: Gili Trawangan
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Following on from the last three parts, today I have a little anecdote in two parts where things suddenly went wrong.
Jaques came into my office on Gili Trawangan to book a dive. I checked his credentials, sized him up, took his money and signed him up for a dive at Manta Point the next morning. He hadn't dived for almost a year, but refused the offer of a little refresher. Fair enough. He seemed to be very confident and let's not forget that a refresher plus a dive is the same price as...
