Wandering along a winding road through Ulcinj, Montenegro in what I hoped was the right direction, I was only shouted at three times by men who wanted to ask me where I was from, why was I alone and where was I going, or to tell me they liked my tattoos or my hair. I […]

If you ever hitchhike anywhere in the world, you always hope that whoever picks you up will be going as far as possible in the direction you’re heading. And if they’re not a serial killer, that’s an added bonus. Luckily for one guy trying to get from Brisbane to Byron Bay, a distance of approximately […]

Morocco is renovating the cores of some of its ancient cities in an ambitious project to help preserve the country’s architectural heritage and culture. The medinas (the old part of the city that’s enclosed by high walls) of Marrakesh, Essaouira, Salé, Meknes and Tetouan have been promised facelifts in a new multimillion-dollar project. A view […]