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A Bonnie Wee While

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Lou

When the weather is good, there really is nowhere better in the world than the Scottish Highlands. Wild and rugged, the landscape evokes feelings of times gone by, when life was simpler but made you tougher. Monroes (mountains) roughened by … Continue reading →

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Back at Home

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Lou

It has been more than a month since I arrived home now. A lot of travelers I have met talk about the dread of going home and the post-trip blues. I cannot relate to either of these as being home … Continue reading →

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Monty’s First UK Outing

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Lou

Well, I’m finally home! After more than a year and a half away, travelling overland to Asia and back again with Monty (my bike), Arron and Jessica (his bike), it feels strange to be in somewhere so familiar.  Cycling the … Continue reading →

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A Charmed Life

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Lou

What a wonderfully​ charmed life I live! I sat on a tree trunk with knees bent like those pictures of woodland fairies on toadstools. It had fallen to the ground years ago and was now covered in a sprinkling of … Continue reading →

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A New Horizon

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Lou

Karakol is a small town in the east of Kyrgyzstan, most famous for the largest saline lake in the world after the Caspian Sea, Lake Issyk-Kul. However, it was not the lake that drew us to Karakol, but the mountains, … Continue reading →

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Feeding the Rat

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Lou

“the need to get out, to test yourself, to flush out the system, and, above all, to have some fun…” So Al Alvarez writes in his book “Feeding the Rat” about climber and adventurer Mo Antoine. A friend of mine … Continue reading →

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A Waking City

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Lou

I arrived in Bangkok this morning. To be precise I arrived in Bangkok at 5.45am this morning. I was not dropped in the bus station, but in the middle of a random street in a random part of the city. … Continue reading →

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Chiang Khong

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Lou

I spent my first evening back in Thailand in Chiang Khong, a small border town on Mekong river. It felt amazing to be back in a country in which I felt so at home. I stayed in a small hotel … Continue reading →

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Dali

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Lou

It was a lot of hassle to get from Yangshuo to Dali overland. After a couple of hours on a bus from Yangshuo to Guilin, I boarded a train which would be my home for the next 20ish hours. I don’t mind … Continue reading →

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A Day in the Hills

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Lou

  On our first couple of days motorbiking, Sanne and I were wondering if it was worth it. We biked from Hanoi to Haiphong over two days on one of the Highways. The roads were big and busy, the scenery … Continue reading →

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