Monthly Archives: October 2015

Sao Paulo is like Prince Harry in Vegas; a good idea that got out of hand. I recommend that anyone with an ego problem visits Rodoviaria Tiete, the principal bus terminal, and any lingering delusions of grandeur will swiftly pale into feelings of insignificance. Around twenty million residents have created the third largest metropolis inContinue reading “Charging into Battle”

“Hi sir, you want ganja?” The red-eyed man poked his scraggly head and cracked palms through the space where the train’s door presumably once stood. Picking up weed in Sri Lanka, it seems, is easier than Jamaica. After a polite refusal, Thaksin introduced himself and stepped past me onto the Colombo to Hikkaduwa express. IContinue reading “Buddhism and Blackmail”

It was 2013 and I was in Dubai, selling advertising space in private airport lounges to earn enough money to travel again. My colleague Michael and I were transporting furniture to our new office in the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building. As we stumbled into reception carrying a cumbersome desk, we were shunted offContinue reading “Trapped in the World’s Tallest Building”