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Driving in other countries
If you are planning on driving in other countries when you are travelling you should get an International Driver’s Permit. They’re cheap and it means that you shouldn’t have any problems with hiring a car or leave yourself open to requests for bribes or other trouble in some parts of the developing world. … Read the rest
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Official travel advice provided by your home country
Your home country will most probably provide what is called “travel advice”. This is information on the risks and dangers they’ve identified with their nationals travelling to other countries. Virtually every country in the world has a travel advisories against it. … Read the rest
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Renewing your UK Passport
A lot of countries won’t let you in if your passport is within 6 months of expiry. If you have a UK passport, you can renew it up to 9 months before it expires and when its renewed it includes the unexpired period of the previous passport in the validity time.… Read the rest
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Have you got your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)?
If you are resident in an EU country and travel in the EU, you should have an European Health Insurance Card. This entitles you to access the national health care system of the country you are in if you get sick or injured in Europe and you need treatment. … Read the rest
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Amazon Kindle Freebie Time – The Independent Traveller’s Guide to Tropical Getaways – This weekend only
This weekend, Immersive Digital and Amazon Kindle eBooks give you a chance to download a copy of the Independent Traveller’s Guide to Tropical Getaways for free. The promotion lasts from 8am BST (UK) Saturday 18th May until 8am BST Monday 20th of May and I’d really appreciate some reviews or feedback, either via Amazon or drop me a line here.… Read the rest
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Reading Kindle eBooks without a Kindle
If you’d like to read Kindle eBooks but don’t own a Kindle, there are plenty of options for you to choose from to get access to them. Kindle eBooks can be read on many different types of hardware, including your Android smartphone, your iPhone or your PC. … Read the rest
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J’accuse
All of you who work for LL are complicit in the decline. You’re spoilt teenagers who take the piss by ignoring the business needs of the company as you stroke yourselves, and each other, as you indulge in things that look great on the CV.… Read the rest
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The Independent Traveller’s Guide to Tropical Getaways – out now!
I’ve just had my third eBook published by Immersive Digital Publishing. I didn’t bother telling you about the second because it has nothing to do with travel. The Independent Traveller’s Guide to Tropical Getaways lists my 6 favourite tropical hideouts that I’ve discovered as I’ve been traipsing around the world. … Read the rest
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Making sure your eBooks are up to date
This is a quick how-to that I’ve lifted from the Immersive Digital site for those of you who have Kindle eBooks. One of the beauties of eBooks is that you can have them update if a new version of the book comes out. … Read the rest
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Taxis from Heathrow
If you don’t fancy lugging your bag down to the Underground or using the Heathrow Express, you can consider catching a cab. There’s a black cab booking desk in the Arrivals Hall of each terminal which will give you a better deal than if you just jump in one and have a metered fare. … Read the rest
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KLIA gate scans
When you go through to the gate you’ll have your baggage scanned. They also want you to take your cameras out and be put in the tray as well as your laptop.
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Wi-Fi in KLIA Malaysia
The airport will give you 3hrs worth of free Wi-Fi. This may not be enough if you’re stuck on one of those up to 12hr stopovers that seem to be a feature of changing planes there. It starts from when you first hook up to the service so don’t link your gadget to it until you’re ready to use it. … Read the rest
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KLIA Airport Malaysia: Using foreign currency
Most shops in KLIA will accept most foreign currency (including Chinese Yuan thankfully) to pay for things but be warned, most of the stores will round up and won’t give you any change. Try going to the money changer on the ground floor and changing everything you want to get rid of before you shop, you’ll get a better rate.… Read the rest
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KLIA Airport Malaysia Smoking Rooms
There are two smoking rooms in KLIA both on the top level by the prayer rooms at the end of the North and South wings. The North room is modern and has seats but is usually crowded and you’ll be fighting for oxygen. … Read the rest
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Useful information for travellers
I came across this site the other day and it is so useful that every traveller should bookmark it. It’s called Help for World Travellers and lists all the electrical, phone and TV standards around the world. The really important one for me is the electrical one, now I can easily find out what plugs I need to take when I’m planning my packing.… Read the rest
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Get a taste of Cambodian Travel for Free: grab The Independent Traveller’s Guide to Cambodia on Kindle
I’ve just released my first Kindle eBook. It’s called The Independent Traveller’s Guide to Cambodia. It’s a travel guide aimed at independent and solo travellers, whether newbies or old hands. Everyone has one of the big guides like the Lonely Planet or Rough Guide that are packed full of everything you need to know (I have a shelf full of them, I’d never do a major trip without one these days) and this is designed to give you a more personalised look at travelling around Cambodia.… Read the rest
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Don’t times change? The Lonely Planet goes middle class.
I’m about to hit the road again, so I thought I’d grab myself the latest copy of the Lonely Planet for where I’m going.. and my, haven’t times changed! When I first started using them, a guest house would be rated well if there were no bedbugs and there was hot water.. … Read the rest
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Where have you been?
I’ve always had a soft spot for this map, it goes a little bit more red every time I update it. Despite all the travelling, I’ve not even made it to 20% of the world yet. Although it didn’t allow me to specify the Azores (Portugal) and Tibet and Hong Kong have been absorbed into China.… Read the rest
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Have a cool yule everyone :)
The compliments of the season (and those other various mealy mouthed ways of avoiding wishing people a Merry Christmas) to everyone. For all of you who do celebrate the day in whatever form, I wish you a joyous day filled with love and laughter. … Read the rest
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Buying a television licence in the UK
Did you know that despite paying for an annual licence, the first year you get one you probably won’t get it for the full year? Apparently due to the cost of actually billing you on your anniversary, they actually end the licence on the last day of the month prior to you buying it.… Read the rest
