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Moving to Bulgaria

  • by Adventurous Hermit
  • Posted on December 27, 2020December 27, 2020
  • Bulgaria

The English summer came and went in the blink of an eye, suspended in an anti-COVID bubble. There’s nowhere prettier (or more fun) than England in the summertime but this time there were no parties, […]

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House hunting in Bulgaria

  • by Adventurous Hermit
  • Posted on March 29, 2020March 29, 2020
  • Bulgaria

When ‘the virus’ exploded across the world stage, we were house hunting in Bulgaria. A bit random you might think, but we’ve had this idea for a while – or more of a ‘wish’ really […]

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From the Black Sea to Bignall End

  • by Adventurous Hermit
  • Posted on February 20, 2020February 21, 2020
  • Bulgaria

In my last post – Good times in Georgia, we’d just crossed the Black Sea by cargo ferry and arrived in the Bulgarian port of Burgas. The sea wasn’t black at all in Bulgaria but […]

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Good times in Georgia

  • by Adventurous Hermit
  • Posted on July 29, 2019February 20, 2020
  • Europe

Georgia is a breath of fresh air. We seem to have been crossing the hot dry desert for ages and ages. Now that we’re in the green mountains, it feels like coming home. At last […]

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Oil, fire and pomegranates

  • by Adventurous Hermit
  • Posted on July 11, 2019July 29, 2019
  • Azerbaijan

We were rudely awoken from our cabin on the Caspian Sea ferry and unceremoniously dumped in Azerbaijan at 4am. I was still asleep on arrival and would have really liked to just curl up in […]

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From the Aral to the Caspian Sea

  • by Adventurous Hermit
  • Posted on July 2, 2019July 11, 2019
  • Kazakhstan

I hadn’t heard of Karakalpakstan (Qaraqalpaqstan) until I found myself here. It’s actually the ‘Autonomous’ Republic of Karakalpakstan but since having that name it’s been part of the USSR and now part of Uzbekistan. ‘Autonomous’ […]

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The wonders of Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva

  • by Adventurous Hermit
  • Posted on June 19, 2019July 2, 2019
  • Uzbekistan

There is no straightforward overland route from Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan to Tashkent in Uzbekistan. You have to go the long way ‘round – either all the way back down to Osh in the south and […]

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The Circumnavigation of Issyk-Kul

  • by Adventurous Hermit
  • Posted on June 5, 2019February 20, 2020
  • kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan is just a little bit scruffy. Not in a sad, rundown, slummy, dirty kind of way but in an offhand, cool and slightly messy, ‘don’t care what the neighbours think’ kind of way. It’s […]

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Camping in Kyrgyzstan

  • by Adventurous Hermit
  • Posted on May 27, 2019June 5, 2019
  • kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan is all about the spectacular scenery. The Tian Shan (Heavenly) mountains cover most of the country. Pretty much the whole country is above 1500m and almost half is between 3000m and 7500m. In between […]

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In Xinjiang

  • by Adventurous Hermit
  • Posted on May 13, 2019May 28, 2019
  • China

Even though it was only a few hours from Gansu on the fast train, Turpan feels like we’ve been transported to the Middle East. The Islamic influence is obvious – in the bread and food, […]

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Sea baths in Sliema. Nobody seems to remember exactly where they came from but it’s thought they were carved out by the British during the 18th or 19th century and probably had walls to preserve women’s modesty.
The moon’s up over Birgu.
The narrow winding streets of the ‘silent city’ Mdina.
The walls have ears
Triton fountain Valetta. Giant mermen holding up the world.
Another beautiful day in Malta.

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About me

I have always been a wanderer, a traveller, a seeker-of-adventures.

Growing up on a farm outside the small, pretty village of Urbenville at the edge of the Border Ranges, Northern Rivers NSW Australia, I spent my childhood poring over atlases and dreaming of faraway places.

When I finished school I worked for a few months, saved some money and set off travelling to Europe – and I never really stopped. The longest I stayed in one place between Urbenville and the age of 40 was 3 years.

Somehow, in the middle of life I got stuck. The longer I stayed still, the harder it was to move. I got so comfortable that I put down roots and turned into a hermit.

So, in the spirit of shaking things up, my partner JH and I are off on adventures outside the hermit-hole. This blog is about the journey.

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