Philip Blazdell Travel Articles

Petting Chipmunks – Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA

The desert, a testing hike, and wonderful companio

Finns Aren’t What They Used to Be – Helsinki, Finland

Finns Aren’t What They Used To Be Helsinki, Finland It was one of those beautiful Finnish spring days. A day of such pristine beauty that it almost seemed a crime to press my foot harder on the accelerator and hurry back from the north of the country to Helsinki. There wasn’t another car on the [...]

The Last Line – South Korea, North Korea

As Philip Blazdell left the barbed wire and mine f

Man on the Moon – Vietnam

Philip Blazdell didn't know quite what the sedate,

Things That Go Bump in the Night – Norfolk, England

Telling a good ghost story is part of English cult

The Official Adventures of Mina: Road Warrior – Part 1: The House of the Rising Naa – Bradford, England

The Official Adventures of Mina: Road Warrior Part 1: The House of the Rising Naan Bradford, England As I rush towards Fatherhood, the GHG has taken both my passports away and, for the coming months, I am only allowed to travel in the UK. As I barely know my own country I am looking forward [...]

Privates on Parade – Mykines, Faroe Islands

Philip Blazdell loves fruit cake. He just can't understand why you'd want to stuff a puffin with it.

Shadow Lines – Cairo, Egypt

Indiana Blazdell is in the house as Philip wanders

Shadow Lines – Dahab, Egypt

Indiana Blazdell is in the house as Philip wanders

A Short Walk to Kirkjubor – Faroe Islands

There is simply no better feeling than to be free