A while back I was contacted by Peter Roudiak-Gould who wondered if I was willing to write a review of his first non-academic book, “Surviving Paradise: One Year on a Disappearing Island”. He would have his publicist send over a complimentary copy. Naturally, I agreed. Apart from never refusing free stuff, I was also intruiged by what Peter told me about his book. Continue reading
It’s that time of the year again. Actually, it’s almost over. Today the aptly named Phuket Vegetarian Festival ends. Despite spending years in and around Thailand, somehow I always managed to miss this little happening. Continue reading
I was really looking forward to seeing some hammerhead sharks during my time on the Maldives. But even though I managed to always avoid these sharks I did get to see loads of other types of sharks, most notably the blacktip reef shark. Continue reading
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 back anymore (damn these beers and half-drunken conversations!). Here’s what some sites around the web have to say on the matter… Continue reading
I saw this little lizard while I was walking back to the bar in the afternoon after sorting out my first few dives on Kuramathi on the Maldives. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Following on from the last three parts, today I have a little anecdote in two parts where things suddenly went wrong. Continue reading