Day 520: Yemen Jelly
04.06.10: Bright and early Luke’s mate Dave dropped me at the bus station for the bus to Yemen, but there was trouble in paradise. Al-Qaeda has a large presence in…
Day 519: Left of Port
03.06.10: One thing that’s great about Salalah is that all of the Port Agents are in the one place, which makes it a little easier to get hold of shipping…
Where Do We Go From Here?
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks in the Omani town of Salalah trying to find a way to catch a lift on a container ship to The Seychelles. Three…
Day 518: Midnight At The Oasis
02.06.10: I was planning to do my hop over to Yemen today, but looking at the bus schedules I thought better of it. I could get the 9:30am bus there,…
Day 517: Salalalalalalalalalalalah!
01.06.10: OMAN: Last night I travelled through The Empty Quarter – the rather large swathe of the Arabian Peninsular that is, as the name suggests, emptier than Paris Hilton’s noggin. …
The Final Forty
Only forty more countries to go!! But as you can no doubt see, I wasn’t joking when I said that the leaps were going to get harder! This time last…
Day 516: The Burj Is The Word
31.05.10: UAE: Damien kicked me awake at the marvellous hour of 6:30am (5:30am in my still-in-Kuwait time zone) and after stuffing my stuff in my bag I headed out into…
Record Breakers United!
Last Sunday I had the great pleasure of meeting the legend that is Mr. Kashi Samaddar – the current Guinness World Record™ holder for visiting every country of planet Earth…
Day 515: Encounter at Farpoint
30.05.10: UAE: The big task of the day was getting my bumper to bumper passport back to the UK so I can get a new one – if you’re keeping…
Day 514: Cyclic Redundancy Check
29.05.10: UAE: I arrived in Dubai at precisely three hours later than the bus company promised, but that just meant three hours more kip… which is never to be sniffed…