Sukhothai

Phra Atchana

The colourful wooden framed songthaew bounces you along the road. The splintered and worn army-style benches in the back bash your bones and bruise you a little on the short ride from the new town to the ancient. As your journey takes you out of the unremarkable small city you head to a much emptier […]

Tarxien

Holy of Holies, South Temple

The new bus leaves on time from the central bus station of Floriana, just outside the ancient defences of Valletta. The day is still young, but despite the early start, you still feel the unrelenting heat of the Mediterranean sun every time the doors open to let people on and off. The winding roads take […]

Horca del Inca

Craggy Path

Walking through the colourful Bolivian town on the shores of Lake Titicaca, the glittering waters tickle the buildings with their bright reflections. The rainbow of colours lights up the green banks that frame the sapphire blue lake. Copacabana is a small, ramshackle town on the Bolivian side of the lake. As you explore, you see […]

Fushimi Inari Taisha

Torii

Sitting in an immaculate wooden booth, you nurse your traditional Japanese breakfast of soba noodles in a smokey dashi broth. The restorative kake soba noodle soup and the accompanying sencha tea wake you from your early morning drowsiness and give you the vigour you need to begin your day’s traipsing in Kyoto. The restaurant, Honke […]