The growth of skyscrapers has accelerated rapidly over the last 20 years. This is partly due to necessity; many cities are growing so quickly, the only way to accommodate people is by building upwards rather than outwards. Super tall structures are a relatively new phenomenon. The Great Pyramid of Giza, …
The longer you live in this world, the more you realise how short life is. Every year gets shorter and the dreams that many people have never become a reality. That is why you need to be proactive in life. If there is something you want to do or somewhere …
Like most people growing up, I thought I was invincible. You just don’t worry about your health or how long you will live when you’re in your teens and twenties. As you get older, you start to realise how fragile life is. Whilst I had caught chicken pox, the flu, …
You may be surprised that the title of the world’s tallest structure does not change hands that often. In fact, only 19 man-made structures have ever held the title throughout our history. An astounding fact when you realise how many tall structures have been constructed over the last five thousand …
After a month in Cuenca, we travelled up to Baños on Saturday. It only took around 9 hours to get here, which isn’t too bad when compared to most of the other journeys we have done in South America. The town is situated in a valley, surrounded by many high …
Last Thursday me and Chris left Lamai and headed up to the north of Samui to a quiet place called Ban Ruk. It’s where the boats leave for other islands. It was pretty good but perhaps a little quiet for us as there was only one good pub but even …
Just about every day we go to a great little restaurant across the street called Archees. It’s run by a really nice family. They are always smiling and laughing and make us feel really welcome. We’ve been there most days for over 5 weeks now so they are really great …
We went out last night to an Italian restaurant in Rawai called M & M. I ordered a Pancetta Pizza which had mozarella, bacon, onion and egg. As you can see, the egg was not diced and placed on top of the pizza or even mixed into the sauce. It …
I touched down in Glasgow this morning at 7am after a very enjoyable 6 days in New York. 9 of my mates booked up last year when I was still in New Zealand so whereas me and my friend George travelled direct from Glasgow, they had to all go via …