“All travel is circular … After all, the grand tour is just the inspired man’s way of heading home.” —  Paul Theroux, The Great Railway...

‘Travel is flight and pursuit in equal parts.’ – Paul Theroux, The Great Railway Bazaar Paddling around a bend in the river, I finally...

“It is hard to see clearly or to think straight in the company of other people.” – Paul Theroux, The Old Patagonian Express There are...

Winding up away from the buzz of tuk tuks and taxis, beeping horns, the smell of diesel and gasoline, cooking and garbage, barking dogs,...

I’m in the Punjab for a few days on my way north towards the Tibetan plateau and a river I’ve got a date with.   Here in Amritsar is the...

I’m sitting in the middle of Delhi train station, shielded by a wall of duffel bags and pelican cases.  Waiting for the Shatabdi Express...

Friends and family,   As you know it’s been over a year since I embarked on our “Roof of the world” film expedition. We started with an...

Kathmandu.  8:00PM. I’m sitting in the lobby of the Yak and Yeti, eerily bereft of the typical bustling tour groups and tourists this...

I’m hiking with a team of Global Medic relief workers along a rugged jeep road to Kodari – a remote village in the Sindhupalchok district...

It’s 6am.  From my tent I hear birds and the familiar sound of the Bhote Khosi river flowing by our camp.  I’m back at Sukute Beach, a...

6:47am.  I can’t hear anything but my own breathing and the soft crunch-slide of my skins against the groomed corduroy snow.   My breath...

I’ve been on the road for 105 days and it definitely shows…I don’t want to see another plate of dal bhat for quite awhile…my bike’s been...

Kathmandu – just the name itself evokes something exotic for most people.  It’s been my home away from home for the past 32 years.   At...

Anyone who knows me knows I have a special place in my heart for the city of Pokhara. When I first came here 30 years ago, it was an...

I’m sitting in the Moondance Restaurant Lakeside, Pokhara, getting ready to hit the trail but watching the weather on BBC world news.  ...

The Bedouin have a great saying about faith and personal responsibility: “Trust in God…but don’t forget to tie up your camel!”  I think...

I’m sitting cross-legged in a small Ashram with about 20 other people – mainly Westerners.  We’re awaiting the arrival of Swami G – the...