Category archives: Travel

to/kyo/to - part 3

Already regretting the whistle-stop nature of this trip, I make the most of the following day and it’s sensational weather by charging around as much [...]

to/kyo/to - Part 2

Rolling into Kyoto Central at precisely 14.26 and with 42 minutes to kill before changing trains onwards to Hiroshima, I munch on a chicken katsu san[...]

to/kyo/to - Part 1

“Look at him! He's supposed to be at work!” Laughs my new bff Kei, pointing at his colleague across the road, frantically lying to his boss on the pho[...]

Going off season

There’s no getting around it. The lure of the Mentawai’s high season is nigh on impossible to ignore for most surfers who want to give the world’s mos[...]

Here be dragons

"In that dragon's eye which looked into me, as I hung precariously above it, I realised I had seen how old and strong is the dragon's history - and ho[...]

Psychedelic Grooving

I have an ongoing fear of shoving my £2000 Nikon into an underwater housing and then swimming around getting battered by waves, but doing exactly this[...]

Drive By

Trying to take pictures from a moving car is a nightmare. Jumping from side to side, camera at the ready, pointing it this way and that like the boom [...]

Bali Legong

Believed to have been initially reserved for the enjoyment of centuries of Balinese royals, traditional Balinese dance is a deeply creative and unique[...]