Col’s Travel Blog

Travels With Hymie…and More, Much More

My first international travel experience was at 24 years of age, in 1970. It was motorcycling inspired. It wasn’t so normal for Aussies to go

Of Nomads, Yak Butter Tea, the Dalai Lama and High Powered Emotion

During our six-month back-packing trip in 1998, quite remarkably, I kept quite a detailed diary. Even more remarkably, we can understand a lot of my

Tibet 2. Onward to Lake Namtso and a Near Death Experience.

After our emotional nomad experience, we rattled and bumped our way for another 20 minutes or so until we came to a large rock set

Tibet 3. Yaks, a Curious Visitor and Potholes …the Rugged Drive to Lake Namtso

We’d been in Lhasa three or four days when we thought we’d check out trip possibilities via the main back-packer meeting place, the Yak Hotel.

Chile 1. The remarkable coastline from Valparaiso

We thought we’d slow down. Then Chile put its hand up. From our early days of getting ISBT together by knocking on doors to tell

A Surreal Israel Experience

“Jerusalem is Not Israel” Israel 2012: Israel 2012: To most people in the outside world, the behaviour of the Israeli Government defines Israel. Following my

Jerusalem. A Spooky Armenian Experience and Rockin’ at The Dome.

The Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem is a unique cultural enclave, reflecting centuries of Armenian presence in the place. We had heard about how the Armenian

Col's Travel Blog

Travels with Hymie... or how to have a successful international business and not make money

"The slightest excuse to work in a country or city that put its hand up, sometimes even a hint of putting a hand up, has allowed us to spend a brief time in lots of places and quality time in many."