Sunday’s Inspiration: Depression, Disillusion and Distractions

Sunday’s Inspiration: Depression, Disillusion and Distractions

“Illusion never changed into something real” – Natalie Imbruglia. I promised I would write some more about the mental and psychological aspects of my travel lifestyle and I will but just a quick one today on a wet Sunday in Kaliningrad City, typed live from the Kruassan WiFi Cafe in Victory Square. Hour on hour, Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: Depression, Disillusion and Distractions[…]

Sunday’s Inspiration: Adjusting to Life As A Resident Rather Than A Backpacker

“You do the walk. Yeah, you do the walk of life” – Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits). It’s pretty hard for me to believe that it is now 18 days since I last slept in a hostel dorm room – the Hostel Cycle On. I am no longer a moving, nomadic backpacker. I did a walk, Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: Adjusting to Life As A Resident Rather Than A Backpacker[…]

Sunday’s Inspiration: My 24 Hour Friends

“We may never meet again, so shed your skin and let’s get started” – Split Enz. Whackpacking the world like some kind of lost lunatic (new moniker for himself) brings with it an emotional rollercoaster of friendships and I’ve come to learn – it has its ups and downs. In equal measures. Snakes and ladders. Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: My 24 Hour Friends[…]

Sunday’s Inspiration: I Don’t Know Where I’m Going #gawa

“I look to the future, it makes me cry. But it seems too real, to tell you why. Escape from our history. Free from the memory” – Nicky Wire. I didn’t know what to write today so my heart is just pouring out some emotion here while I jot this down, live from the Hostel Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: I Don’t Know Where I’m Going #gawa[…]

Sunday's Inspiration: Half My Life Ago, This Week

Sunday’s Inspiration: Half My Life Ago, This Week

“Time’s running out the door you’re running in” – Ian McCullough (1997). “In the blink of a young girl’s eye, glory days.” – Bruce Springsteen. They say time flies and they don’t lie. Whoever “they” happens to be. As I head to Italy and France this week to live out a childhood dream of watching Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: Half My Life Ago, This Week[…]

Sunday’s Inspiration: Challenge the Majority. Majority Doesn’t Mean Right.

“I want to be the minority” – Green Day. Do you know what I thought about recently when I reflected on my life for the briefest of seconds? The whole “majority is right” brown substance. One thing I have rarely done in life is follow the majority. I’ve always tried to do my own thing and gone Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: Challenge the Majority. Majority Doesn’t Mean Right.[…]

Sunday’s Inspiration: Some Kind of Bliss? My Secret Adventure is Less Than a Week Away

“I’ve been chasing rainbows all my life” – Rick Witter. I have hinted the last few weeks that I am heading on a secret adventure, it will be to a country in Africa and I will be leaving in less than a week from an airport in London. I’m on tour with MoneySupermarket.com on a Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: Some Kind of Bliss? My Secret Adventure is Less Than a Week Away[…]

Sunday's Inspiration: Just A Nervous Tequila Sunrise

Sunday’s Inspiration: Just A Nervous Tequila Sunrise #grodigbet

“It’s a nervous tequila sunrise stirring slowly cross the sky to say goodbye.” (altered lyric by Glenn Frey/Don Henley, original word is ‘another’ instead of ‘a nervous’). The photo above was taken in Prague in the Czech Republic in 2007. The photo was taken by the famous “Lock In Lee” Adams, my friend, long lost Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: Just A Nervous Tequila Sunrise #grodigbet[…]