I hesitated before writing this, but I decided to do it because it’s a valid life experience, and whatever people think of it, I’m OK with. I’ve been fortunate enough to have taken a lot of trips in my life to various places. However, the most spectacular I ever took…

I’m in New Zealand with absolutely no idea where I’m going or any plan whatsoever. In truth, I wanted to come back to Australia, but I couldn’t get another visa, so I got the closest thing I could: a one-year work visa in New Zealand. After a few miserable, rainy…

The only thing I love more than seeing new places is meeting new people, and the most fascinating people I have ever encountered have inevitably been on the road. …

To even the most intrepid mind, Papua represents adventure and frontier. The island itself is split in two; the west side is called Irian Jaya and belongs to Indonesia, while the Eastern part is Papua New Guinea. So how did my pale white ass end up in a place like…

Fascism and Marxism: Two flowers from the same stem You don’t need to be paying much attention to understand that we have a major problem in Western societies. …

Buddhism has many complex and mind-bending concepts, and they often have one word to describe them. Anatta roughly translates as ‘not-self’, although understanding this concept requires a little more than understanding what it translates as. So, what is Anatta and how can a Western mind understand it? Let’s dive in. …

I mentioned in my last article that Pai, North Thailand, is one of my favourite places in the world. When I first went there, back in 2007, I felt immediately at home. …

I first left home when I was 17 years old, and since then, I’ve been in hundreds of cities in dozens of countries. …

I wrote previously that I believe Bitcoin is the most misunderstood technology on the planet. I’ll explain what it really is and why I believe it’s so revolutionary here. If you read newspapers and tabloids, you’ve probably formed the opinion that Bitcoin is a shadowy, untraceable currency that can be…