Yep, it’s that time of the year again. I’m giving a talk about travelling through Africa at the TNT Travel Show next week. The talk starts at 2.30 pm and will go for about an hour. I’ll be flogging and signing copies of my books for a fiver after the show and then nipping down [...]

Caught my first episode of Flight of the Conchords the other day. It was called Unnatural Love and explored what happens when Kiwis and Aussies get it together. Favourite line: When Brett asked Jermaine what the Aussie chick Keitha’s accent sounded like – ‘It was like an evil version of ours.’ Favourite song: ‘Too Many [...]

I caught up with my American mate Marie the other night. She was on her way to Kuwait for the opening of a theme park. The theme park has been ‘re-imagined’ so that it is based on characters from the comic series, The 99. Marie used to work for Marvel Comics and has brought her [...]

This weekend the Blimey road trip comes to Cardiff. I’ve got to say I’ve been looking forward to visiting to Cardiff for a while. Everyone I have spoken to who has been or lived there raves about it. Saturday arvo I’m going to the Six Nations match between Wales and England, getting in a few [...]

Today I picked up my first ever pair of glasses. Years spent squinting at a computer screen have finally taken their toll. They’re just reading glasses at the moment. But I can’t help feeling that they’re the first step on the slippery slope to permanent visual impairment. At first I thought it was my long [...]

When you ride a scooter choosing what to wear can be a bit of a dilemma. Especially when the weather is crap. Or you want a bit of a protection. Sure, you could whack on the same stuff motorcyclists wear. But all that kevlar looks a bit ridiculous when you’re on a Vespa. And it [...]

Way back in the ’90′s I wrote my first book No Shitting in the Toilet. In it I advised my readers to hit the road and see as much of the world as they could before they were burdened by the dreaded three M’s – Marriage, Mortgage, and Midgets. A decade later I still don’t [...]

Came home on the weekend to have a belated Australia Day BBQ. It wasn’t particularly warm but it was sunny enough to burn a dozen chipolatas and a few chicken thighs soaked in Teriyaki. Sainsburys had a special on prawns so we stuck some on kebab skewers and threw them on the barbie as well. [...]