I went to Cancun after working at summer camp in New York. I’m not sure what actually possessed my friend Lisa and I to book a trip there when we had the whole of the USA to discover, but it turned out to be one of the best decisions I’ve [...]
“I got a feeling, that tonight’s gonna be a good night.” The opening beats of this song usually make me want to gauge my ear drums out, but they’d never sounded better than at Vuvuzelas in Paje, Zanzibar. My new friend Ramson – the barman from Crazy Mzungo’s Flashpackers – [...]
Ibiza is: a) Full of druggy wreckheads and chav central? b) A mecca for music lovers? c) A beautiful, relaxing place? d) The best party island in the world? e) All of the above? I’ve been to Ibiza four times: at 18, 22, 24 and 25. Each time I’ve wanted to [...]
Spent the day writing and reading around the hotel, nipped down to the local hotel for some picnic ingredients at lunch and some wine. And after a siesta we cracked open the wine and got ready for our big San Sebastian night out. It ended up being late by the [...]
Last night we met some really fun Italian girls, Alix and Marie and a Mexican guy, Arnold. We all went out together in the Gothic quarter and knocked back some tequilas. Ended up in this excellent bar with records on the walls and an uber trendy clientele, was much fun. [...]