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About me - Alan Goodwin

I was born close to Manchester, UK although have sinced moved "Down South" to London, via a short spell living in various European countries.

I love to travel, keep journals and then turn those journals into travel stories.

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Travel > Asia Travel experiences: Asian adventures: 4 of 36
Walking to the gate in Heathrow's shiny new Terminal 5, I decided to test out the rumour that all airline staff get emotional when you tell them it's your Honeymoon, go all gooey, throw away their professional integrity and upgrade you to turn left with the celebrities and politicians grandkids when boarding the plane, not tu... More..
Travel > Travel Diaries & Adventures (Other) Travel experiences: Road trip tales: 30 of 117
When Biscuits are used for tips; Success is variable. Did you ever wonder if there was a scale of importance when it comes to where you keep your history? With 'Overheard History' somewhere near the bottom, those hearts carved in trees by 70's teenage lovers somewhere around the middle and 'Written History' way up top, I kne... More..
Travel > Asia Travel experiences: Hong Kong: 3 of 10
The day we left Heathrow off on our Honeymoon to China there was, out of the whole aeroplane, just one woman who felt brave enough to publicly declare herself a piggy paranoid petunia by sporting the irksome surgeons mask. They were the latest fashion accessory for the streets of Mexico City and in Spanish speaking Texas at t... More..
Travel > Europe Travel experiences: My first trip to Scotland: 2 of 6
Watching my brother-in-law-to-be, all 19 and a half stone of him, slide gracefully across the piste, I began to wonder if spending my stag weekend skiing in the Cairngorms was such a great idea. Ordinarily, seeing a pal skiing makes me feel warm inside because it generally means I'm skiing too, and I love a bit of snow action... More..
Travel > Asia Adventures in East Borneo: 1 of 3
Somewhere between packing our bags on our way out of the Shanghai Sofitel Hotel and unpacking them in Hong Kong, we'd somehow managed to properly lose all of our remaining collection of foreign cash resources. I don't mean the sort of lost where the money pouch turns up after a heated discussion about financial responsibilit... More..
Travel > Asia Travel destinations: Sri Lanka: 2 of 5
I'm currently as inoculated as I've ever been against all manner of disease through a series of Honeymoon injections administered in May this year, and not wanting to waste this fact on our next holiday, we scoured the malaria and rabies world hotspots, with special points awarded for a high stray dog count and any sort of l... More..