Philip Blazdell Travel Articles

Bjork Town – Iceland

According to Philip Blazdell, lack of sound, creep

A Pike in the Basement – Book Review

Don't read Philip Blazdell's mouth-watering review

Shits at the Ritz (1 of 2) – Pakistan

The events surrounding a visit to Pakistan for a f

A Beautiful Word for a Beautiful Place – Pogradec, Albania

Philip Blazdell has discovered the secrets of Alba

Haecietas – Berat, Albania

Despite the aching beauty of Albania, Philip Blazd

On the Rocks… – Tirana, Albania

Tirana is a city full of rubble, but Philip Blazde

This Place for Bowing – Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo's the chain-smoking, pixellated-porn-loving,

The Brad Pitt Effect

One horse towns, feudal economies and mountain sic

Shits at the Ritz (2 of 2)

But I wasn’t in town to speculate, or even to tour the city’s naan bread shops as I had done most evenings; I was there to make sure my friend finally got married. So I took another hellish trip across town to his house. The menhndi, the night when the family bid farewell to their [...]

Shopping for Buddhas – Japan

Philip Blazdell searches Japan for Buddhas...and u