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The Indian Finale

The run-in to the finish line has felt more like a parade at times if I’m being totally honest. It

This trip of mine – this wonderful journey – is nearing its end. No longer am I counting in months

If you’ve read a few of these posts of mine, by now you’ll have picked up on a common thread:

I’ve blubbed a few times on this trip, it’s been emotional. Mostly happy tears, like witnessing an otherworldly sunrise from

Pakistan is a busy place. The streets are thick with traffic and hum with activity, the train stations are positively

At 8126m, Pakistan’s Nanga Parbat ‘only’ places at number 9 in the world’s highest mountains (pah, I mean seriously…?!). With

‘Slow travel’ might have become a bit of a buzzword phrase recently, but it has real meaning and value behind

Crossing land borders has always been one of travel’s joys for me. They’re so much more meaningful than crossing some

As travellers, rather than tourists, perhaps, we pride ourselves on scratching beneath the surface and tickling the underbelly of the

With a 2.40am departure, I wasn’t much looking forward to the Tehran to Isfahan leg, but the effort was more