Now that I've got my passport back after a protracted UK visa process (background here) and looking to travel again, my blog is ready to come out of hiatus.

I've decided a complete overhaull is needed. I originally set it up the blog in 2006, a few months before traveling through Asia. I used the...

Help! The UK Government have stolen my passport and they're not giving it back.

To be truthful, that's not the whole story. But it sure feels like it. Recent snap changes to the way the UK Government processes visa applications meant I, and many others in the same...