After dumping my baggage at my accommodation, I stepped out onto the street and got shot - machine gun style - by a boy aged under ten with a coat hanger. Welcome to Israel. Two hours ago I had arrived

A friend and I were discussing today about flying cattle-class economy. Especially low-cost airlines and their limited room to move. Should passengers be allowed to recline on short city-hops? We agreed

I logged back into Steemit and noticed my last post had been 9 months ago. I have been missing-in-action with no access to Internet. Yes, still possible in the world and outback Australia. Yesterday, a

I have been offline for a few weeks as so busy setting up our land for Spring and the coming growing season. Here is a photo of our wild pig (the sow) and her new boyfriend the piglet who we brought this

Darwin was the last of the Australian State capital cities I visited. It took me years to get there as it is closer to Asia then the majority of the Australian population centres. With a modest population

Sorry I haven't been on steemit for awhile. I am super busy in real life and not online much at all. Here is a photo of the view from the pub. The only pub where I live. Usually full of tourists but currently

My taxi driver from the airport asks what brings me to Sarajevo. He is surprised a female travelling alone would come all the way from Australia to Bosnia. On the way into town, he proudly points out

Riga, Latvia - Latvian football - Skonto FC vs Liepajas Metalurgs The infographic sign above the ticket office at Skonto Stadium shows bombs and guns are banned inside, along with syringes. Tickets to

Memento Park, Hungary Hungary’s Socialist past has been preserved at Memento Park and within easy reach by public transport (tram or bus) 10 kilometres outside of Budapest centre. It was snowing on the

I’m sitting on the terrace out the front of my apartment on a Sunday morning. A group of tourists stop in front of me taking photos of my street, my house, the neighbours and me. I live in Vauban, a suburb

The main claim to fame of Nis was that Constantine The Great was born here. It's not on the tourist trail. Unfortunately Serbia is not on the tourist trail as it should be. With the stigma of the Balkan

It is possible to travel around England by very slow transport. A network of man-made canals criss-cross Great Britain. Canals link up with rivers for a popular lifestyle of leisurely floating from place

Melbourne is constantly voted as the “Most livable city in the world” yet it is also for the budget traveller a costly money pit. There are many guides on how to save money in Melbourne, but I've noticed

The first time I heard about the Glasgow Necropolis was from a friend in the 1990's. They would tell me how he and his Goth friends would hang out there and drink at night. While bats flew around them

When I arrived in Vilnius by bus my first impression was disappointment. With new office buildings to the north side of the Neris river and on the south a compact old town spotted with pastel coloured

So we are busy at the moment on the oyster farm we have out in Moreton Bay. The past couple of days we have been going out just before low tide to sort out the baskets of oysters to see which are ready

Why go to the Orkney Islands in winter? Because I was in the middle of doing a lap around Scotland for £1-a-journey using Megabus. While in Aberdeen, I made a last-minute decision to book a £30 return

Qualification for the UEFA League Championships 2012 Unfortunately my photos don't show justice to the atmosphere. I only took my ipod as I wouldn't dare bring a decent camera to the game. When going to

From Amity looking at Brisbane skyline. Not a great advertisement for the waters of Moreton Bay but there is a reason. After a winter storm the current has corralled the sea grass towards shore for a few

After three months in Vietnam cruising around with my fellow Aussie traveller Wes. After sleeper buses and motorbikes it was time to leave Saigon and head to Phnom Penh and check out Cambodia. In a tourist