Posts Tagged ‘Travel Blog’

Oct
22/10
Leaving Brazil
Last Updated on Sunday, 31 October 2010 04:01
Written by Dom Reid
Friday, October 22nd, 2010

Brazil is a country that is changing from it’s fractious roots into something the world and indeed itself can grasp. It is so vast and encompasses (more…)

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Oct
21/10
Sao Paulo to Florianopolis.
Last Updated on Thursday, 21 October 2010 04:19
Written by Dom Reid
Thursday, October 21st, 2010

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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Oct
15/10
Pico do Baepi
Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 11:33
Written by Dom Reid
Friday, October 15th, 2010

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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Oct
14/10
Hospitality
Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 04:57
Written by Dom Reid
Thursday, October 14th, 2010

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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Oct
08/10
Ilhabella
Last Updated on Saturday, 9 October 2010 02:14
Written by Dom Reid
Friday, October 8th, 2010

I’m sitting looking out to sea on the veranda of a house that clings to the western side of Ilhabella. (more…)

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Oct
07/10
Heading South
Last Updated on Thursday, 7 October 2010 01:46
Written by Dom Reid
Thursday, October 7th, 2010

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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Oct
06/10
Stupid has the balls!
Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 October 2010 12:32
Written by Dom Reid
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010

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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Oct
03/10
Sleeping bags and stuff sacks
Last Updated on Sunday, 3 October 2010 11:32
Written by Dom Reid
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

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…)

Sep
27/10
Gurdjieff and Social Networking
Last Updated on Monday, 27 September 2010 11:34
Written by Dom Reid
Monday, September 27th, 2010

One of my favourite characters in the realm of all things philosophical has to have been Gurdjieff. (more…)

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Sep
09/10
The anatomy of an Independent Traveller
Last Updated on Thursday, 9 September 2010 10:35
Written by Dom Reid
Thursday, September 9th, 2010

I remember it snowing when we left the house where we lived with my father, a snowy winters day in Stoke Newington, North London. (more…)

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Sep
06/10
What happened to Toughbooks?
Last Updated on Tuesday, 7 September 2010 07:20
Written by Dom Reid
Monday, September 6th, 2010

One thing that I find to be conspicuously absent from the average CyberGypsy baggage check-list is a tough book. (more…)

Sep
01/10
11 Things every Cyber Gypsy needs…
Last Updated on Sunday, 31 October 2010 04:23
Written by Dom Reid
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

So here’s a check-list of things that I have decided will go with me around the world this winter. (more…)

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Aug
31/10
Location Independent Digitally Nomadic Cyber Gypsy Travel Checklist
Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 August 2010 11:02
Written by Dom Reid
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

So here’s a check-list of things that I have decided will go with me around the world this winter. (more…)

Aug
24/10
Cheap flights with Ryanair
Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 August 2010 11:15
Written by Dom Reid
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

So tomorrow I have to go to Spain to meet a client. It’s lucky that I love flying (more…)

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Aug
23/10
Why a digital nomad?
Last Updated on Monday, 23 August 2010 11:16
Written by Dom Reid
Monday, August 23rd, 2010

I have managed to achieve my dream of earning my keep whilst on the move (more…)

Aug
21/10
Where Next
Last Updated on Saturday, 21 August 2010 11:52
Written by Dom Reid
Saturday, August 21st, 2010

So where did the whole idea that we had to travel to broaden our minds come from. (more…)

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Aug
19/10
10 Reasons why I like Blogging
Last Updated on Thursday, 19 August 2010 11:51
Written by Dom Reid
Thursday, August 19th, 2010

I told a friend of mine that I was keeping a blog (more…)

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Aug
18/10
Google voice UK update
Last Updated on Saturday, 5 March 2011 08:31
Written by Dom Reid
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Well this is turning out to be quite a widely anticipated tool (more…)

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Aug
16/10
Swim Trek
Last Updated on Monday, 16 August 2010 03:43
Written by Dom Reid
Monday, August 16th, 2010

As I swim regularly in this great local lido that just happens to be 100 yards long (91.44 metres) (more…)

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Feb
19/10
Leaving India
Last Updated on Sunday, 25 July 2010 01:50
Written by Dom Reid
Friday, February 19th, 2010

My last day in India has been spent around the Jangli Maharaj Road or Revenue Colony area of Pune. It’s a student area full of colleges, it has an old sunken temple carved from stone as if it were scraped from the very ground, there are vegetarian restaurants nestling across the road from McDonald’s where the students are getting a taste for Silicon Valley (more…)

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