Ilhabela was starting to become too comfortable. You know, like when you’re reclining in a summer orchard looking up at the trees through lidded eyes, (more…)
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Pico do Baepi
Ilhabela has peaks that are higher than anything in the U.K. at just under 1400 metres The only peak that has a clear trail to it’s summit (more…)
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Hospitality
We’re staying in a collection of houses perched on the side of a steep, sea facing hill that plunges down into the Atlantic. (more…)
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Heading South
One thing that really stood out in Rio was that there were no beggars. In the short time we were there nobody asked us for anything. People smiled and offered us food, (more…)
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Stupid has the balls!
It hit me when I was about half way over the Atlantic, a swelling of joy passing though me. I had my cheek pressed to the plane window looking out at the clouds like flak (more…)
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Sleeping bags and stuff sacks
Fitting as much into a confined space as possible is becoming a bit of an obsession. I now have, in one small crumpler laptop rucksack the tools needed to: (more…)
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Gurdjieff and Social Networking
One of my favourite characters in the realm of all things philosophical has to have been Gurdjieff. (more…)
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The anatomy of an Independent Traveller
I remember it snowing when we left the house where we lived with my father, a snowy winters day in Stoke Newington, North London.
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What happened to Toughbooks?
One thing that I find to be conspicuously absent from the average CyberGypsy baggage check-list is a tough book. (more…)