• Podcast Episode 18. French Stereotypes

    Having spent a few months in France, I think it’s fair to say I’m now an expert in French culture. Considering this, I feel it’s my duty to address a couple of stereotypes of French people that were popular when I was growing up…

  • Podcast Episode 17.  Back in North Africa, Morocco

    Podcast Episode 17. Back in North Africa, Morocco

    It was a relief to finally touch down in Tangier, Morocco, and good to be back in North Africa.

  • Podcast Episode 16. Driving the Nordschleife, Germany

    Podcast Episode 16. Driving the Nordschleife, Germany

    Armed with a completely inappropriate car, I embarked on a lap of one of world’s most feared and revered motor racing circuits

  • Podcast Episode 15. Outside the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

    Podcast Episode 15. Outside the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

    Having spent the first day of my visit to the Pyramids of Giza getting a feel for the place, and venturing inside the Pyramids of Khufu and Khafre, I returned the following day ready for some wider exploration.

  • Podcast Episode 14. Inside the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

    Podcast Episode 14. Inside the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

    Not only was I visiting Giza, Egypt, one of the most amazing historic sites on earth, I was about to enter two of the Great Pyramids.

  • Podcast Episode 13. The Panathenaic Stadium,  Greece

    Podcast Episode 13. The Panathenaic Stadium, Greece

    The Olympics are a two week festival of sport that has me enthralled. Consequently, when I arrived in Athens, I was keen to visit the Panathenaic Stadium to soak up a little Olympic history.

  • Podcast Episode 12. Searching for Kiwis, New Zealand

    Podcast Episode 12. Searching for Kiwis, New Zealand

    I discovered that due to both luck and good management, the kiwi is relatively common in the forested hills behind the town of Whakatane. And when I say ‘relatively’, that’s in comparison to places that don’t have any at all.

  • Podcast Episode 11. The Minibuses of Sharm El Sheik, Egypt.

    Podcast Episode 11. The Minibuses of Sharm El Sheik, Egypt.

    I had been too nervous to jump on the taxi minibuses in Egypt’s heaving cities, but figured I couldn’t go too far wrong in the beachside resort town of Sharm El Sheik. Riding the minibuses turned out to be a really enjoyable local experience.

  • Podcast Episode 10. A Chance Meeting in Wadi Rum, Jordan

    Podcast Episode 10. A Chance Meeting in Wadi Rum, Jordan

    When I pulled up to help a bloke in a broken down vehicle, I had no idea it would lead to an amazing night as a guest of the Bedouin.

  • Podcast Episode 9. The Cemeteries of Gallipoli

    Podcast Episode 9. The Cemeteries of Gallipoli

    The cemeteries of Gallipoli hold tens of thousands who died in 1915; every one a story of a life cut short by the tragedy that occurred here in this beautiful place.

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