by Peter | Sep 16, 2015 | Adventures, Gallery |
Getting in touch with nature is such a catch phrase these days that it’s easy to become complacent. The novelty of sitting next to a 500 pound Gorilla, on the other hand, I doubt would ever wear off. And after trekking 90 minutes through the Virunga forests of...
by Peter | Jul 30, 2015 | Adventures |
Catching a bus in Bahir Dah was tricky, but when you’re at 3900 metres above sea level, sunburnt, wind chilled, and the bus you’re waiting for is nowhere in sight, strange things happen. Especially when you’re 3 hours from the airport, and the flight out of Ethiopia...
by Peter | Jul 28, 2015 | Adventures |
The adventures on the bus in Addis were just the beginning. I had a night flight up to the northern City of Bahir Dah and needed to organise transport the next morning out to the source of the Nile. At 11pm at night, in a dark and dusty town, I met four unlicensed,...
by Peter | Jul 23, 2015 | Adventures |
Catching a bus is easy. In a new city, with no sense of direction, and being fluent in 3 words of the local language, is not so straightforward. The concierge at the hotel I was staying at told me how to get to my first landmark, Lucy, the first homo Sapien. “Get the...
by Peter | Dec 1, 2013 | Adventures |
Life in Ubud, Bali is uncomplicated. Ceremony and ritual blend into the everyday, and nature surrounds you in a rich tapestry of rice paddies and jungle valleys. Pull up a chair in any café in town and you could be sitting sit next to a corporate executive on career...
by Peter | Aug 8, 2013 | Adventures |
It came down to the wire. I’d planned a two-week vacation diving in the Philippines and received an email two days before the flight over there. A Client wanted to know if I was available to work in Beirut. Turns out I was free to work, it meant cutting the vacation...
