• The rhythms of Bogota [20/50]

    The rhythms of Bogota [20/50]

    Bogota, the capital of Colombia, is a large modern metropolis of about eight million people that sits atop a mountain range of 2500 metres. Because of this, it has a cool, temperate climate, that is in stark contrast to the other, tropical parts of the country. I have been here for two weeks now, taking…

  • Berlin: where histories collide [19/50]

    Berlin: where histories collide [19/50]

    After I had left Spain, I went to Berlin for three days. I have been to Berlin on numerous occasions and indeed, my first trip to Berlin was only a couple of months after the fall of the Berlin Wall. I remember watching the wall being pushed over by the Berlin crowds on the television…

  • Barcelona: spank the architect [18/50]

    Barcelona: spank the architect [18/50]

    After walking the Camino Portugul, I flew from Santiago de Compostella to Barcelona where I spent a fantastic few days with a good friend, Xavi, that I met in Hampi in India a few years back. And after walking for such a long time, it was good to be in a city where walking is…

  • Walking Camino Portugal, Camino de Santiago de Compostella [17/50]

    Walking Camino Portugal, Camino de Santiago de Compostella [17/50]

    The Camino de Santiago (the Way of Saint James) is a pilgrimage in Southern Europe that begins in countries like France, Spain, Germany, England and Portugal and ends in Santiago de Compostella in Spain. Pilgrims take many different routes to walk the Camino, and some of these routes are over a thousand kilometres long and…

  • London, city of contradictions [16/50]

    London, city of contradictions [16/50]

    London is a city of contradictions, from a copious amount of public transport, to royal chariots for the Queen, from numerous homeless people, to lavish townhouses for Russian oligarchs, from one of the World’s most open and multicultural populations, to European-skepticism and a distaste for the mono-brow and excessively Modern (watch out Perth). London is…

  • Pattaya, city of bodies…[15/50]

    Pattaya, city of bodies…[15/50]

    A good way to make the transition from South Asia back into the (over) developed countries of Europe and the New World is via a stopover in Thailand. This is because Thailand is an easy country to travel within and serves as a segue for other more challenging journeys (well, in reality, Thailand gets 14…