I was definitely pretty distracted. Toward the end of my time in Devon, most of my thought was consumed by what the future held. Making sure I had the correct documents submitted, I had everything I needed for a move to China and just generally considering what the hell kinda…
It’s been a month! A whole month since I posted about my possibly having tuberculosis! So let me let you in on a little secret. I don’t have it. I am free from disease, as much as anyone can tell anyway, and I even have a letter to prove this.…
Quickly Doug, before you forget everything. Write down everything you remember from Stockholm. That’s what I’ve been telling myself for a few weeks now. In this new life in China, everything goes by at such a pace that it’s easy to just leave a memory behind. Not that that’s not…
It never quite goes away. It doesn’t matter how much you travel, the feeling that something’s going to go wrong, or that you’ve forgotten something really important, sticks with you till the end. This time, for me, it was my luggage. I was sure it was going to be discovered…
I know, I’m a bit late on this one. It has been nigh on 18 months since I arrived back in the UK from my great South American sojourn, but after writing about it the whole time I was there, and a little when I got back, I never really…
Maybe it was the wrong decision. After all, it was almost midday by the time I set off, but something told me I had to. The sun had finally peered out from behind the clouds on a day I was off work, and just because I hadn’t gotten out of…
Here you will find the (hopefully) up to date adventures of the incredibly handsome pioneering explorer, Doug. As modest as he is wise, as awesome as he is brave, Doug will endeavor to recite the tales of his travels with utmost accuracy. No embellishment whatsoever.