Today I start a series of tips on backpacking accommodation across the world. I will look at different regions of the world and talk a little about the best places I have stayed - mind you they will all be budget options! They certainly won't be four or five star hotels, but instead hostels and …
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Central Asian tips and photos
So I know I peddle this and that, and recently I have been peddling Central Asia, in particular Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, today I am not stopping! (LOL) I wanted to talk about the place as a region. If you take the Lonely Planet Guide to Central Asia, it considers the region to be six …
My World – Finding me! (Oh) :D
Sorry for the very lame joke as the subject! Today's post is something of an attempt to list all the ways to find me on the interweb. Well I stand with two days of teaching left in Japan, but still over two months before I head back home. It means more feverish work on …
Thoughts on Graduation
I’m sure I am not the only Gaijin in Japan blogging today about their thoughts on graduation. Across Iwate at least, today was graduation at many high schools including my own, and it’s a very strange day in so many ways. For starters, we are saying a big goodbye to many students, students I have …
T’riffic Tashkent
Hi all a short extract from my latest ebook - Short Journeys: Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. I have been talking lately a bit about Kyrgyzstan, so here is a bit of information straight from the book about Tashkent, the Uzbek capital. The book is available now for Kindle, and is only $1.39. Please support independent epublishing! Short …
Introducing Short Journeys: Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan
Central Asia. It's bloody brilliant. Seriously. In 2011 I visited Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, all brilliant places. My only regret is that I didn't work in Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Oh and I should have spent longer in all three countries. For travelling, they were simply brilliant. As a backpacker, kind of perfect. The transport is …
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The Return
From this: to this: The date is fast approaching now, in May I will be returning to Australia to live with my wife. The final, main piece in the puzzle has been put into place now - my wife's partner visa came through yesterday ending months of stress and worry about it …
Cover quandary
Working on the cover for Short Journeys: Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Should be up on Kindle by tomorrow. Here are my choices for cover... hard to know which way to go but I think I've made my choice. What do you think?
Confessions of an Ebook Writer
I’ve been wanting to write about my experiences publishing online for a long while now, but have been looking for the right moment to sit down and bash out a page or two on the ol’ keyboard. I thought it might be interesting for those who know me, or those looking to have a go …
Coming Soon: Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan
Hey everyone a quick update, I have just about finished editing my latest Short Journeys: Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, and so stay tuned because it's due for release on Amazon (Kindle) this weekend. Here's the cover to tide you over 🙂