On a recent trip to Beirut I saw billboards posted all around the city with a picture of a scantily clad lady with a slogan underneath reading – “freeze away your fat”. My heart sank. All those years studying dietetics and advising people on strategies to lose weight had been wasted – all they had…
Hiking in the Accursed Mountains, Albania
In August 2018 I travelled briefly to Northern Albania, a trip which included three days of hiking in the majestic Accursed Mountains. Recently emerging from 50 years of brutal Communist rule, Albania, with its miles and miles of beautiful coastline and absolutely stunning mountain scenery, will no doubt attract an increasing number of tourists in…
Walking (briefly) in the Garden of Eden
In August of 2018, I hiked for 6 days on the Alpe Adria trail, a 43 stage, 750 km marked trail that covers parts of Austria, Slovenia and Italy. The byline for the trail is “Hiking in the Garden of Eden”, thus the corny title of this post. I started on Stage 23 in the…
Getting off the grid in Nepal
In 2017 my wife and I traveled to Nepal in what turned out to be one of the most memorable and rewarding holidays we have ever had. I really hope that some of the photos featured here will do justice to the beauty and diversity the country has to offer. We usually trekked for 4 to 6…
A weekend in Beirut
The “Paris of the Middle East”, Beirut is a city I had heard many good things about but had never got around to visiting. Part of my reluctance to travel there was due to the fact that the city, and the country of Lebanon as a whole, always had the specter of conflict hanging over…
Living the simple life on the Portuguese camino
Wake up early, put on smelly hiking gear, have coffee, find and follow the yellow arrows, walk, have breakfast, walk a little more, have lunch, walk for another 2-3 hours, find a place to rest our heads, shower, then head out to explore a new town. Such was the beautiful simplicity of our life on…
Comfort recipes
For those who like cooking, there are recipes that define us, like an actor who is typecast into playing certain types of roles. These are the recipes that are generally our “go to” when we have people around for a meal or more importantly, the ones we use to impress our significant others. They also…
Eat, travel, run 