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I'm writing this post from the Royal Suite at the Bangkok InterContinental Hotel. It's the largest suite in the hotel. I'm seated at a glass coffee table in the lounge;…

I met Calvin in Siem Reap on 27 December. It had taken me two days to get there from Athens. A flight from Athens to Dubai, which was delayed a…

Most of my last post was written on the ferry to Patras. I had decided to spend two nights there, not because there's anything particularly cool about it, but because…

If you asked me right now to name my favourite Star Wars film, my answer, without hesitation would be Episode VII: The Force Awakens. It’s the funniest of the Star…

It’s raining like crazy today, so I’m postponing my visit to Pompeii until tomorrow, which is my last full day in Sorrento. I arrived here on 3 December. There have…

I’ve made a lot of mistakes in the past few months. Here’s one. I’ve been booking the cheapest possible hotels on trivago.com and booking.com. I can’t afford to stay in…

Not Volcano Day I never really planned this holiday. Calvin booked the plane tickets and the hotel accommodation at the start and the end of the trip, and helped me…

Not actually my photograph of Sirmione Sirmio, jewel of islands, jewel of peninsulas,jewel of whatever is set in the bright watersor the great sea, or either ocean,with what joy, what…

Tonight I’m staying on the Côte d’Azur, extremely annoyed at the quality of the wifi access. This is the end of my first full day in Antibes. I’ve never been…

11.30 PM I bounce my arse over to the next stool at the bar, next to the American boy with the goatee. His name is Aaron. I haven’t spoken to…