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I'm an Apple geek – everyone knows that, and after my experiment in Morocco earlier this year to see if my iPhone could replace my SLR I've been shooting with my phone more than ever – and Thailand was no exception. I'm constantly amazed by the quality of the images it produces and with apps [...]

  I woke up today to the sad news that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs had sadly passed away after his long term battle with cancer. And I discovered this fact – like millions of others – on a device that he brought to the world. Steve created a company, got exiled from it, rebought it [...]

I’ve just returned form the beautiful bonnie land of Scotland – Aberdeen to be precise – where I bugged the missus to take me for a bit of an adventure! …mainly in search of Lochs and Highlands cows to photograph but all the same I wanted to explore the lovely landscape that Scotland has to [...]

I did something out of character on my trip to Morocco at the start of the year – I left my digital SLR at home. Not just downsized, but completely at home – back in the UK, in it’s storage casing. The aim of the game was to see whether my iPhone could replace my [...]

It’s 4am and I’m trying to sleep on a tiled floor, fully dressed and using my afghan scarf as a pillow. The whole situation is strangely familiar. I was in fact in this exact position a few months earlier. Tweet

It’s and essential but rather overlooked part of every travelers journey, you thousands of miles from home – your family and friends are wondering what your up too and where you are. In todays world of digital gadgets and flashpacking making people envious of your adventures is a mere few clicks away. And thats why this [...]

So yesterday saw the start of the iPad road trip with Nic and Hanas. The basis of the trip was to go pick up my much anticipated iPad from the Robina Apple store. This was due to the fact I have no Australian credit card, and annoyingly couldn’t pre order my device and get it [...]

I’ve spent the last 2 weeks furiously debating something in my head. Something not majorly important but rather exciting all the same. Apples new iPad. Tweet

If you’ve read my previous bloggings about my iPhone you’ll already know that I think it’s the worlds best travel accessory. And one of the things I bigged up about it was the fact you can download your choice of thousands of apps. So in keeping with both points I bring you my Top 10 [...]

So today is my newly founded “Top 10 Tuesday” – a fun little post every Tuesday listing my top 10 things of a range of categories…lets see how it pans out! Everyone loves a bit of tuneage to set the mood – and staying in hostels and pikeying playlists off fellow travellers iTunes is just [...]

Ok…so for anyone that knows me you know there’s one item that I couldnt live without – let me introduce Barry…my iPhone! I queued from 2am to get it when it was released and since June 2008 it’s basically synced everything in my life into one tiny pocket sized piece of amazingness! And since I’ve [...]