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Hope in the Modern World
Sadako Sasaki was two years old when the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The impact of the explosion blew Sadako out of her bedroom window and she very nearly died. Though she survived the blast, the radiation eventually gave her leukemia and doctors insisted that she wouldn’t live longer than a year. Sadako’s story so…
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Aliens, Death Threats and a Free Flight to Brazil
After he offered to pay my way to Brazil, I took the bait and told him to book the tickets. He said he’d email me the details on getting the free ticket, and that I’d have plenty of time to contemplate my errors while in the emergency room. I didn’t realise yet how deep this man’s hatred went, and…
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The Dark World of Balinese Cockfighting
On an otherwise uneventful day in Bali, I found myself standing in the sweaty crowd of an illegal cockfight. Being the only white person present, I was left wondering what I was doing there, and more importantly, why I was betting money. I know many of you reading this are already reaching for your pitchforks and blazing torches, and that’s…
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My Journey Into Aokigahara – The Suicide Forest
Disclaimer: Firstly, there are a lot of images and videos in this post, so I had to break it up into 10 pages to save loading time – you will see the page numbers on the bottom just before the comments section. Secondly, everything written below actually happened, nothing is fabricated. Lastly, and most importantly,…
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Fear and Loathing in Thailand
At the end of 2010 I made a trip into South East Asia. I didn’t have a return ticket, and I didn’t know what to expect. Waiting for my plane at the airport newsagent I found a small leather diary, I decided at that moment that I would keep a journal of my travel experiences.…
