"You must have such a boring life" was the comment I received on a post in a drone forum where I stated that I always follow the rules and laws of the land. While I didn't feel the comment warranted a reply, it did make me think. One evening, with nothing much else to do, I created a list of some of my boring experiences, and later added some photos to it.
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I've drunk bee wine in China, buffalo milk in the Philippines, acacia flower moonshine in Romania, and airag (fermented mare's milk) in Mongolia
Home made bee wine
Buffalo milk
Acacia flower moonshine - very potent
Fermented mare's milk, tastes like sparkling yogurt
I've been attacked by a jealous penguin, fed a hummingbird by mouth in Brazil, seen the wildebeest migration cross the Mara River in Tanzania, and photographed the white horses of Camargue (France).
The penguin-pecker left a nasty bruise on my thigh
Those tiny wings fluttering against my cheeks... OMG
An incredible frienzied spectacle
The white horses of Camargue
I've flown on a float plane in New Zealand, supersonically on Concorde, in a Zeppelin in Germany, and a hot air balloon over Masai Mara, my home town of Bristol, Valley of the Kings in Egypt, The Arabian Desert in UAE, Bagan in Myanmar, the Namib Desert, and Vang Vieng in Laos.
Float plane in Rotorua
The cockpit in Concord
Zeppelin
Hot air balloon in the Arabian Desert
I've seen the moon, stars and galaxy through a Soviet telescope in Georgia, been canoeing on the Zambezi in Zimbabwe, quad-biking in the Dominican Republic, and dune bashing in the UAE.
Abustumany Observatory
Canoeing the Zambezi
Quadbiking
Dune bashing
I've slept on a farmhouse roof in India, in a converted double decker bus, a hotel made entirely of salt in Bolivia, and a troglodyte cave hotel in Libya
Farmhouse roof in Rajasthan
Double Decker bus
Walls, floor, ceiling and furniture all made of salt
The cave hotel
I've seen hippos in Botswana, Red Eyed Tree Frogs in Costa Rica, turtles lay their eggs in the sand at night in Oman, and walruses in Svalbard
Hippo Splash, Khwai Concession
Red Eyed Tree Frog, Tortuguero
Turtle burying her eggs in the sand, Raz al Jinz
Walruses on Amsterdamøya
I've soaked in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland, been dog sledding in Canada, elephant riding in Laos, and gold panning in New Zealand
Blue Lagoon
Churchill, Canada
Elephant riding
Searching for gold, Arrowtown
I've eaten bulls' testicles in Kenya, deep fried swiftlets in Laos, smoked puffin in Iceland, and shared a bowl of hung and dried horsemeat with Kazakh nomads.
Chicken livers, spicy lamb sausage, and bulls' testicles
Deep fried swiftlet - the single most disgusting thing I have ever tasted
Mustard herring, boiled egg, smoked salmon, lamb carpaccio, smoked puffin
Sharing a communal bowl all using our hands to eat
I've seen Angkor Wat in Cambodia, and Machu Picchu in Peru, the changing of the guards in Deok Su-Gong Palace in South Korea, and walked barefoot through the Karni Mata rat temple in India.
Angkor Wat
Machu Picchu
Deok Su-Gong Palace
Karni Mata Temple
I've been carried in a Sedan Chair in China (and Myanmar), been snow shoeing in Sweden, had a sulphur bath in Georgia, and been SCUBA diving in The Great Barrier Reef and the Maldives.
Carried along the Ming Way
Snow shoeing
Sulphur Bath, Tibilisi
SCUBA diving
I've travelled in a hydrofoil across Lake Titicaca, on the Maid of the Mist at Niagara Falls, explored Old Delhi in a cycle rickshaw, and been down in a submarine in South Korea.
Lake Titicaca
Maid of the Mist
Old Delhi
Submarine, Jeju Island
I've travelled on the Maglev (Magnetic Levitation) in Shanghai, the Death Railway over River Kwaii, the Seoul Metro, and the TransSiberian Express.
Maglev
Bridge over River Kwaii
Seoul Metro
TransSiberian Express
I've seen the Arirang Mass Games in North Korea, a Vodun (voodoo) ceremony in Benin, danced in the road at a Yemini wedding, and held a Guinness World Record for eight days.
Arirang Mas Games
Vodun Ceremony
Yemeni wedding
