Hi, I'm Jordan!
Just your average 20-something Kiwi guy. Until a few years ago when I decided the 9-5 lifestyle just wasn’t for me. So I quit my job, booked a one-way ticket and never looked back. Addicted to exploring the remote or underestimated, getting totally lost while pretending I know what I am doing and seeking out cute animals and coffeeshops wherever I go…
I want this site to help you to learn more about the world and to discover quirky attractions and destinations. Hopefully I can show you how easy it is to make your own adventure - whether its a weekend city escape or a multi-year odyssey. Just pull out your map, get inspired and GO!
Weird, Wacky Tokyo
Asia
A neon-lit, futuristic metropolis where obsessions are indulged, boundaries pushed and the lines between reality and fantasy smudged. Tokyo is everything and nothing like you expected, the perfect introduction to eccentric Japan.
March 29, 2018
You know the saying that somethings so good it should be illegal? Now how often have you heard that said about a tour??? Well that’s exactly […]
February 22, 2016
Fushimi Inari Shrine or the Kyoto Fox Shrine (伏見稲荷大社, pronounced Fushimi Inari Taisha in Japanese) is an important Shinto shrine in southern Kyoto and one of the […]
March 27, 2018
While planning a bigger road trip around Japan, I stumbled upon a little-known place called Nasu, located in Tochigi Prefecture only a few hours from Tokyo. Intrigued […]
March 29, 2018
By now every tourist heading to Japan has probably heard of the 103 UNESCO World Heritage Listed shrines and temples of Nikko. Scattered throughout a beautiful […]
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
I'm also obsessed with exploring places in the world with intense cultural, historical, nature or scientific significance. Places with a soul. Places like nowhere else on Earth. See, It's not all cocktails and luxury hotels (though there is plenty of those too!)...
Luckily UNESCO has made it easy for me to find these places having inscribed over 1000+ sites to dates. I'm slowly working my way through the list and you can see the 300-odd sites I've visited here. If nothing else, think of them as the ultimate travel cheat sheet!
Time-Warped Vienna
Europe
Imperial streetscapes lined with Baroque masterpieces, clubs hidden into abandoned subway stations - and let's not forget the sublime Weihnachtsmarkt! Vienna is simultaneously stuck in the past and utterly progressive. Here are a just few reasons why I’m in love…
December 4, 2015
For those of you who don’t know – I have a little obsession with visiting UNESCO heritage sites. Not all of them I love, and not […]
January 6, 2018
Perhaps the most beautiful of all European Capitals, Prague is a enchanting city that reels it’s visitors in and tempts them to never leave. Visiting Prague […]
December 11, 2017
Top of every adventure travellers bucket list, a visit to the time-warped Chernobyl Exclusion zone near Kiev in Ukraine is one travel experience where even sky-high […]
December 19, 2017
Bergen – a picturesque, harbour-side city in Norway is suddenly the destination everyone is talking about. With beautiful fjords, colourful houses, plentiful museums and innovative gastronomy […]
Under the sea
Under the sea
Darling it's better
Down where it's wetter
Take it from me
Under the sea
Darling it's better
Down where it's wetter
Take it from me
If you haven’t tried scuba diving yet, you are missing out! Here are my favorite dive sites in the world - but don’t find your nearest dive shop and see whats down there.
71% of the Earth’s surface is water after all, so there is more to see down there than up there!
Cultured & Chaotic Mexico City
North America
Tacos, torta & tequila - what more could you want? And all in vibrant concrete jungle built upon centuries of history, desperate to reinvent itself once again. Pack your walking shoes, fat pants, and camera. You're going to need them all!
June 29, 2017
Currently off almost every tourist’s radar in Mexico is the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve, one of my favourite places to see the real Mexico off the beaten track that […]
July 13, 2017
For anyone who has traveled within Latin America, you will know…well, while there is always a gay scene to be found, it is not frequently loud, […]
June 13, 2017
The Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve is exactly where you want to be if you’re trying to get off-the-beaten track in Mexico, to truly interact with friendly locals, […]
July 2, 2017
Oaxaca City is easily one of Mexico’s most vibrant, and chronically overlooked, cities that you should endeavor to visit on any trip to Mexico – an […]