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Hacktreks One

World Journeys by
self-funded travellers
All opinions are their own
This section from 1999-2003

EUROPE
FAR EAST and ASIA
THE AMERICAS
BACKPACKING IN EUROPE
Chris Windle
ITALY
Hazel Marshall
BUDAPEST
Tony Brown
SEVILLE AT EASTER
Stuart Macdonald
A SALIGNAC DIARY
Life in a small French Village
SALIGNAC FOUNDATION
Barry Paton
SUNDAYS IN BELGIUM
Esther Loydall

ANCIENT WHITBY
Graeme Garvey
Visit DUBLIN
Hope Collins
OLYMPIA 2004
Gemma Quinn
TUNBRIDGE WELLS
Robert Cooper
GERIATRIC CRUISE
James Skinner in Greece
Join the rust bucket

Part Two&Three
James Skinner on Carry On Cruising
Cruising the Mediterranean - Part 6
'This way to the whorehouse'

When Good Parades Go Bad
Erik R. Trinidad
The Ghost of Henry Miller
Eric D. Lehman
Katie McGuiness in Spain
Heraldos sheer bliss

A Skylines Travel Writer 01
CADIZ
Sam North
JEREZ
Sam North
SEVILLA IN OCTOBER
Sam North
MADRID
Sam North
VENICE
Sam North

WINTER SUN IN FRANCE
Sam North


Beware the Whinchat
a large hairy dog flying a kite

Philip & Megan


REMEMBERING JEREZ
Lionel Darmendrail
HOLY WEEK IN TARRAGONA
Kate Christie
MARSEILLES
Nick Constance

BUYING A HOUSE IN SPAIN with Maggie Pishniskin
SQUISHED BY LEMMINGS
Step TWO
Step THREE



BIKING IN SPAIN
Colin Field
CAMPING IN BARCELONA
Jim Johnson
PLAY GOLF IN SPAIN
James Skinner
OBLIVION
Jess Wynne
PRAGUE
Stuart MAcdonald
NORWAY
Dai Clyant
VIKINGS
Nathaniel Handy
SPARKS IN THE SNOW
Nathaniel Handy
GENEVA FEVER
Romilly Golding
SWITZERLAND
Romilly Golding
TENERIFE
Nathan Davies
ROMA
Yvette Barnett
DACHAU
Chris Lean
GREECE
MOSCOW

GALICIA
James Skinner
GIBRALTAR
James Skinner
The Impact of the EURO on France
Barry Paton
THE EURO IN SPAIN
James Skinner
PIGGYBANKS
James Skinner on Eurodays

In search of the AUTHENTIC
Robert Cooper seeks the real Tunbridge Wells.

RANDOM JOURNEYS
THE FORTUNE TELLER

Once upon a time in France
THE YORKSHIRE DALES
Graeme Garvey
THEDDLETHORPE
A secret beach
HELIGAN
Debbie Goode in Cornwall

WILL TOURISM KILL SPAIN?
Sam North
SEVILLE
Graem Garvey sings its praise


Kerouac Gets One Thumb Up
Colin Field
The giant blue sky sped by, he talked of his ex who had stabbed him to within an inch of his life.
Virgin Spain - Violent Europe
James Skinner

‘A woman between the ages of 15 and 44 is more likely to be harmed by her partner than by a war injury, a traffic accident, cancer or malaria’...

The Blue Lagoon Rugby Sevens
Tim Pile in Fiji
Success appeared to be the result of vociferous support from the chambermaids and an inspired performance from the cook.

Enlightenment 101
Shana Ting Lipton

At the end of the day, when that henna tattoo has faded, you are all that remains

Beware the Whinchat
...the sight of a large hairy dog flying a kite would offend their sensibilities
PhilipJ Mather


Bad Dream in Madurai: Rescued from obscurity by the internet
Colin Todhunter on Hacktreks

ESSENTIAL TRAVEL ADVICE
Dr K McLaren
Helen Gilchrist in New Zealand
GOING
ARRIVING
WORKING
TIME OFF
FUN
FIJI STOPOVER
DRAGON QUEST IN KOMODO
*
ME MAO - YOU LONG TIME
Filip Dabrowski in China
A STAR IN BORN IN S.W. CHINA
Mark McEvans


JAPAN
MEIJIJINGU
Helen Ruggieri
The old Japan, the old ways, will disappear. .
Shibuya No Techno

Shibuy
a defies understanding.

Brian R Wood in Tokyo
MANDY MAND IN JAPAN
you MUST have at least one Louis Vuitton bag, and a Tiffany necklace
Umbrella Etiquette
Helen Ruggieri
As with all things Japanese there is an art to using umbrellas
Harajuku: The Culture of Kawai
Brian Reed Wood
Harajuku a character goods zoo.
Mandy Mand in Japan Pt 2
Wearing a black and white polka dot lace thong was not the best move!

Go for the Stars
Many Mand in Japan - Part 3
The Japanese folk looked on in horror
Mandy Mand in Japan part 5
Okinawa and Tokyo
Let's Go Bowling
Mandy Mand in Osaka
Shinjuku: Empress Dowager of Tokyo
Brian Wood

Good shopping, the best gay bars
The Nogawa Redemption:
Brian R Wood in Tokyo
One of those hidden treasures
Melbourne's Identity Crisis
Brian Wood in Australia

The Symphony of Life Continuing
Brian R Wood on the call to prayer

THAILAND
Yvette Barnett
VIETNAM
Zia Zaman
CAMBODIA
Sharon Leach
MALAYSIA
Zia Zaman
CAMEL RIDING IN EYGPT
Angie Eng
SALAY MINDANAO
Chris Leffler on a feast
COCONUTS IN GOA
Ewan Macaulay
ROAD TO SAGADA
Weng Dotcot
TEACHING IN CHINA
Cath Collins
MACAU
Dave Rich
THAILAND TREKKING
Dave Rich
MEKONG RIVERBOATS
Dave RIch
SIAGON
Kevin Mulcahy
My Pen No Wri-
Hy Lyfe
in Thailand

That’s Par for MYANMAR
Dave Rich
- Military spies lurk everywhere, masquerading as raggedy bums and sloppy drunks.
CAMBODIAN Temples - Killing Fields
Dave Rich

The Terrace of the Elephants, a hundred yards of life-sized elephants popping out of a stone wall ...

(Singapore to Kuala Lumpur by rail)
Jaswinder Kaur
Rail journeys are far more relaxing.

Traveling in Tibet
Julie Vick

In many of the minds of the Chinese, Tibet is just another part of their massive Motherland why wouldn’t Tibetans be happy to be part of it?
Slipping and sliding in Sa Pa
(Northern Vietnam)

Monique Jannssen
'We would spend the night with a local farmer, who was seemingly high on rice wine when we arrived
'


ON A WING AND A PRAYER

AFGHANISTAN (pre-war)
Oliver Moor
YUGOSLAVIA
S. Macdonald
ZIMBABWE
Nathan Davies
ZIMBABWE PRISONS
INDIAN BEDS
Angie Eng
FLYING WITH ELVIS
Zia Zaman
PUNJAB
FINLANDIA
ANGOLA - CROSSING LINES
Nathan Rabe
ISRAEL
Jim Johnson
MOROCCO
Iam McLaren
VISITING RONNIE BIGGS
Rio in glory days
HITCHING THE WORLD
with Kinga and Chopin
MYANMAR
Angie Eng
NEPAL
Angie Eng
SUMATRA
Angie Eng
PERSIA
James Skinner
BURMA
Hazel Marshall
MYANMAR REDUX
Zia Zaman
ISRAEL
James Campion

The Great Wall of China
Joe Tortomasi

"This isn't funny, Teresa. I'm cold and I'm about to wet my thermal underwear"...


MORE WORLD JOURNEYS IN
HACKTREKS PART TWO

2003-2004

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INKALAND
Zia Zaman in Peru

GLOBAL NOMADS

Lauren Packman in Mexico
GOING GREYHOUND
George Olden
JAMAICA
John Prohaska
SAN JUAN
Alice Kelly
CRUISING THE ISLANDS
Michael Levy
TORONTO QUICK TIME
Oliver Moor
CROWDED PLANET
George Olden
CLIMBING ALASKA
Rett Thomson climbs Denali
BELIZE
Hazel Marshall
CUBA
Rob Burns
CALIFORNIA
When the lights go out
L.A.
Jayne Sharratt
ARGENTINA THE BEAUTIFUL
James Skinner
ARGENTINA IN TROUBLE

Sam North
A CAPE COD MOMENT
Zia Zaman
FLORIDA HURRICANES
Sam North
MIAMI
Sam North
OLD FLORIDA
Sam North
MAGIC KINGDOM
Jayne Sharratt
SPRING BREAK IN FLA
Greg Veis
Miami Paradise?
Stewart mandy
DOMINICA RESORTS
Gene C Palmer
MAUI
Gemma Quinn

ECO-ADVENTURE IN MEXICO
Gemma Quinn on eco-tourism
new sensations: the blindfolded sensory tour along a jungle path
ARKANSAS
Karel Sloan
Democracy - still a distant dream for Mexico’s political prisoners
Alice Hutchinson

FALSE CREEK VANCOUVER
Sam North
SAN FRANCISCO 1906
Bonnie Nish
KEY LARGO
Erik R. Trinidad

CANADA
Graeme Garvey
on Canada
PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES
The Museum of Glass in Tacoma
Sam North

Chile: A week in the desert
Brian O'Sullivan

On the Inca Trail: Breathing hard
Erik R. Trinidad
altitude sickness is like the morning after a wild college drinking party
Don’t Tread On Me, Argentina
Erik R. Trinidad


AFRICA
Jo Plumridge on Safari
ADOPT A RHINO
LIVING IN THE WILD
BOTSWANA
THE RESERVE
*
AROUND THE WORLD ON A BIKE
Al Humphreys
Damascus-Cairo-Cape Town
*Log on find out where now
BIKE AROUND THE WORLD- 2
Al Humphreys - if I make it to Khartoum I can make it through Africa'.
TIMBUKTU
Larry Thompson
A Passage through MAYOMBE
Brian Wood in the Congo
AFTER DAKAR
Monique Jansen
ZAMBIA
Kevin Mulcahy
Ethiopia - The Call of Harar
Angie Eng
- Harar’s ethnic diversity, simple life and spiritual ambience, makes for the most attractive destination in the Horn of Africa
Marrakech
Amy Chan
Mint tea, dead sheep and Mick Jagger

‘Yes, come. Come. You will now see how we kill the sheep.’
Disbelief of Wonder
Erik R. Trinidad
Evidently the world-famous Stevie Wonder wasn’t known in Africa
ABDULLAH in ZANZIBAR
Alene Ivey


Skylines 01 Travel Writer of the Year
LOOSE PULLEYS
Rosemary North in China

SAVING TURTLES
Rosemary North
SRI LANKA
Rosemary North
NORTH CYPRUS
Rosemary North

Colin Todhunter in India
From Copenhagen to Byron Bay:
A tale of two women

"In India first you get married and then you work these things out."
Poison Kiss
Colin Todhunter finds himself the unexpected 'star' of an Indian movie.

The unique experience of going
to the gym in India

Colin Todhunter

Me, God and Jerry Seinfeld
Colin Todhunter

I got the impression that he thought he was a living God.
All Aboard the Tamil Nadu Express:
Colin Todhunter in India
He had met a woman in the hotel, and was totally mad about her
Chennai Tax Office and the Trail of the Banana Pancake
Colin Todhunter - our man in India
Love on Triplicane High Road
Colin Todhunter

I found women with love in their eyes, and women with flowers in their hair, but not both together.
Conversations on an Indian train
Colin Todhunter in Madras
'I knew that it was wise not to be drawn into debate in public
Travelling through time...

Colin Todhunter
in India
Asian Times
Colin Todhunter
on global news
Frankly My Dear,
I Don't Give A Dharma

Laal Gadger on teaching EFL
in India
CITY OF MYSORE
Train from Bangalore
Zia Zaman
INDIA
Mark Bass

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