General Travel – DISSENT! Sans Frontières

25 Ways You Know You’ve Hit Hygiene Rock Bottom as a Traveller

June 15, 2016

Sometimes I even disgust myself.

16 Tips for Packing A Bag Like a Pro

February 1, 2016

There's nothing more beautiful than a well packed bag, and nothing uglier than a bag packed like a dog's breakfast.

Travel Doesn’t Broaden The Mind, People Do

September 23, 2015

Done wrong, travel can be can be one of the most closed-minded, narcissistic experiences possible. The world flattens into two dimensions, like those cheesy backgrounds used in driving scenes in old Hollywood flicks. The background moves, but there's no sense of motion. The frame remains focused on you, because you're the only constant. What could possibly be more narcissistic?

Tourism as a Planned Economy: It Totally Works!

May 14, 2015

The Ecuadorian village of Oyacachi is a brilliant example of community-managed tourism at its best.

Why You Should Travel to More Shitholes

April 2, 2015

Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar, is a typical shithole.

Backpacking Survival Part II: Respect, Immersion and Those Stupid Wheely Luggage Things

October 6, 2014

If your country had a role in invading the country you are visiting it, colonising it, looting it, dominating it, abusing it – at the very least read about that before you go.

Backpacking Survival Tips Part I: From Blending in Like a Chameleon, to the Fine Art of Vomiting in a Garbage Bin

October 3, 2014

These are just a few helpful survival hints I’ve picked up after five years of backpacking and living abroad.

Wild Costumes at Venezuelan Tourism Festival

November 11, 2013

The Good, the Bad, the Beautiful and the Bloody: Photography from South America, Asia and North Africa

August 20, 2013

Backpacking 101: What to Bring

May 23, 2013

Living out of a backpack is surprising rewarding, but figuring out exactly what you need, and what you can do without is one of life’s greatest conundrums. After years