A British Ginger Abroad

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Stories from every corner.
No filter. No itinerary.

Honest tales of getting lost, finding the best food, and burning in places the sun shouldn't reach.

Fresh from the road

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Every pin,
a story.

From sun-scorched islands to rain-soaked cities. Click any dot.

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One passport.
Zero sense of direction.

Dave. British. Ginger. Chronically sunburnt. Writing about the world from wherever the wifi connects.

"Not all those who wander are lost."
— J.R.R. Tolkien

Although Dave has been genuinely lost in at least fourteen countries.

SPF 50.
Still burnt.

Being a ginger abroad is less a travel style and more a dermatological challenge.

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness."
— Mark Twain

It's also fatal to comfortable shoes and a sensible budget.

No itinerary.
No problem.

The best stories happen when the plan falls apart on day one.

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page."
— Saint Augustine

This blog is at least forty pages in. Some of them slightly sunburnt.

Lost in translation.
Found in food.

Pointing at a menu and hoping for the best has never once failed. Mostly.

"Once a year, go somewhere you've never been before."
— Dalai Lama

Dave interpreted this as a minimum, not a suggestion.

Wrong turn.
Right story.

Every misread map, missed bus and midnight border crossing ends up here.

One Hundred Days Uncategorized

9 Jun 2011  ·  4 min read

One Hundred Days

One hundred days in, sitting in a café somewhere in Southeast Asia with a coffee and the particular kind of

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"We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us."
— Anonymous

And occasionally to escape British weather.

Cheap flights.
Expensive mistakes.

The middle seat was worth it. The layover in Newark was not.

"Not all those who wander are lost."
— J.R.R. Tolkien

Although Dave has been genuinely lost in at least fourteen countries.

The world is wide.
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