Tag: motorcycle

Drawing of a ceramic frog anti-mosquito coil

Some AirBnbs Are Much More Amazing Than Expected

July 15, 2017

There was something strangely relaxing about the mosquitoes bouncing off my face with faint tic – tic sounds, as our motorbike spluttered between rice paddies on the Malaysian island of Langkawi. Island life The rural scenery was beautiful, and at dusk, very quiet. The dessicated skins of snakes and frogs lay comically flattened on the … More Some AirBnbs Are Much More Amazing Than Expected

Urban sketching Zanzibar beach ships palm trees bicycle

Scooter crashes, police roadblocks and flea bites – a crazy riding day on Zanzibar

December 6, 2016

The three scooters parked in front of us looked rough. If we sat on them, I imagined we’d collapse into a clanging pile of rusted engine parts and bald, eroded rubber tyres. But we were wearing the biggest grins i’d ever seen. We had poorly-fitting helmets, no riding experience and brake pads as effective as kitchen sponges. What … More Scooter crashes, police roadblocks and flea bites – a crazy riding day on Zanzibar