Malcolm's Round-the-World Trip – 30 Years On
A Solo Overland "Lap" of Planet Earth – Retold
Malcolm's Round-the-World Trip – 30 Years On
A Solo Overland "Lap" of Planet Earth – Retold
Reaching Mexico City’s huge East bus terminal to buy a ticket to Oaxáca, my supposed knowledge of Spanish pronunciation failed me. I asked for a ticket to “O-AK-sa-ca” and the man behind the glass looked …
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From Querétaro the bus ride took me to the Norte terminal of Mexico City from where I took a metro train to the city centre. Or at least tried to – I ended up going …
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For some reason that I can’t explain, I want to move rapidly through Mexico. I could have spent a day seeing Monterrey, but some inner urgency made me check out of the hotel and walk …
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My last couple of days in Texas involved a wide variety of activities. On the 2nd November my sister took me to see a play at a local high school, called “Run for Your Wife”. …
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After an eternity during which the day eventually turned into night I finally saw the lights of Texas get bigger as the KLM jumbo approached Houston. So this was America, which I’d seen so much …
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Arriving in Schiphol I had a few hours to kill. I noticed something rather interesting in an electronics shop. It was a tiny short wave radio, no bigger than a pocket dictionary. I own a …
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It felt most strange walking from my sister’s house to nearby Leighton Buzzard railway station, with my modest backpack filled to the brim with what I have finally decided are the essentials for a 7 …
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My departure date of 30th October is approaching rapidly. I have decided to travel light! Though I want to take a sleeping bag, I don’t intend to camp, and I would like to be able …
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I have a US Visa! Finally… What a pain in the neck that was. I shouldn’t normally need one with a UK passport, but the fact that I will be leaving the USA by land …
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It’s now mid October 1990, and time to start telling people about a crazy spur-of-the-moment trip that I have been concocting over the last week, since life took an unexpected turn… How did I get …
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