For my latest challenge against the clock, I’m going vegetarian for a quarter of the year whilst backpacking throughout Asia. I could write a zillion words post explaining my reasons for doing this and hope that you care enough to read. Alternatively, I’ve manifested an imaginary interview in my head, with questions from cool celebrities [...]
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New Challenge: Man Vs Jumping Out Of a Moving Plane
Hey Since I left the UK a year and a half ago and completed the biggest challenge of all, (getting the hell out of the place, to travel this big and sexy world) – my challenges against the clock have been a little shy. Man Vs Clock is an accountability tool for me and a [...]
Challenge Complete: The Quest From Scrawny To Brawny – Results and Musings
Last November, whilst living in Cambodia – I decided to be nice and finally meet up with an eager fellow Englishman who had been stalking the shit out of me since the birth of Man Vs Clock. Apparently the artist formally known as ‘Gonzo,’ the anti-travel blogger was “just passing by” after spending half a [...]
Minimalist Travel Cult – Why I Renounced My Faith.
Back in May last year, I joined the cult that is ‘minimalist travel’ and decided to see what life would be like travelling with carry-on luggage only, as a three month challenge (and ended up doing five). Like any other religious organisation – I became indoctrinated quickly into the regime and committed my allegiance to [...]
Motivational Tuesday!! Are You Competing With The One Person You Should Be Competing With?
(This post is a day late because of a mixture of bad wifi, and me totally taking the size of Vietnam from north to south for granted)…. Four years ago on a lively mid-August night in Las Vegas, a battered and bruised Richard Hatton felt something for the first time in his glitzy 13 year boxing [...]
One Year on The Road – The Loneliest, Happiest and Most Exciting Year of My Life
On November 20th, 2010 – Man took on a clock counting down from one year – with the aim to leave England, debt-free of £16, 000 and to fly on a one-way ticket to an indefinite adventure around the world, before the clock ticked down to zero. On November 13th, 2011 – Man beat the [...]
New Challenge: The Battle of Scrawny to Brawny – Man Vs Will Peach
“You need some meat on you.” “Ewww, you’re soooo bony.” “Where DO you put it? You must have worms, you’re sooo skinny.” “Tehehe, your legs are like toothpicks.” These are actually some of the nicer things that people have said about my slender frame in the past. Why is it seen as mean, to openly [...]
Motivational Monday – Movember, Mofo!
Aside from the cases of a warped Austrian and a former Iraqi dictator who both suffered from small-penis syndrome, the mighty moustache has lived above many a legends upper lip. Back in the day, Mr Einstein brought us the theory of relativity, Ghandi kicked the Brits out of India and Chaplin made our Grandparents giggle [...]
The Pros and Cons of Travelling with Hand Luggage Only
For the last three months I have flown internationally and domestically between mainland Malaysia, Borneo, Thailand, Burma and Cambodia – with only a 30 litre backpack (it’s actually a laptop bag). There were many reasons why I took this challenge and it’s definitely been an interesting and exigent test to my journey. It’s not all [...]
New Challenge: Travel Burma Old School with no Internet or Digital Help of any Kind
With the risk of sounding like a grumpy old man – “when I was a young lad…” ….We didn’t have Mr Google at our disposal when we wanted to know something, or complete our homework. We honed in on our innate desire to want to learn more, to know more, to strive and to grow. [...]
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Plastic Surgery in Thailand, a Cancer Scare, Broke and an Untimely Erection
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New Challenge: Six Months Abstinence From Alcohol In South East Asia
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Rescued (& Almost Killed) in The Land of Smiles
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I’ve Booked A One-Way Ticket Out Of England To…
