Freelance Writer
Maybe he’s just a phone addict who likes to keep checking his cigarette? Photo by Charles Cheng on Unsplash Self-isolating at home, I should be in my element. All the time in the world to study and write, but work levels hit a bit of a slump over the week as I joined in with all the pandemic…
Photo by Ruby Doan on Unsplash Now it’s feeling like spring, despite the worst weather all winter. Years in Ireland last around 15 months, from January of one year to March of the next, such is the length of the winter. Spring is rarely counted, unless you’re into the league or the lambing, and it’s probably still the…
The benefits of saunas are not just physical and mental, but also social. And Irish people being Irish, the atmosphere created in them is like that in your local pub.
A unique take on Vietnam’s unique food and drinks scene, with info on leisure activities and culture, that you won’t find anywhere else.
A traveller’s guide to Hanoi written by an expat who lived there for several years, this guide gives the perfect mix blend of advice for those who have things they want to ‘tick off’ on their visit to Vietnam’s fascinating capital, but with a more authentic and adventurous flavour.
Some travel info and advice mixed with reflections on Mongolia’s unique capital city, Ulaan Baatar (also translated as Ulan Bator). More than just pollution, infrastructure and bureaucracy, the country’s only proper city is a great introduction to this wonderful country and its people, in a world within a world of its own.
A guide to travelling Mongolia, featuring practical information on how to go about organising a trip, along with cultural insights and real-life experience from a recent trip.
Includes information on tour company practices, the practical side of travelling in Mongolia, cultural insights and advice you won’t find in other by-numbers how-to guides.
“Bail ó Dhia ar an obair” – Irish proverb meaning “God bless the work.” There’s a Japanese word ikigai, which roughly translates as ‘having something to live for’. It is closely related to meaning, which is one of the five elements of well-being and happiness. Studies have shown that having high levels of ikigai protects…
My second, brief trip to Tokyo. Exhausted, I’m slightly confused as to why I’ve come back here, and to Japan, so I just wander about and drink it all in.