panorama of northern Mongolian mountains

Wandering Danny - travelogues

Oxford Blog: documenting my stay in the UK (2010-2020)
2023: Southwark, Marazion, Beddgelert, Sydney, Singapore
2022: Chichester, Corris, York, Castleton, Ingleton
2021: Owmby, Castleton, Llanelli, Ty Cerrig, Bisley, Sedbergh
2019: Melbourne + Sydney, Tokyo, Norfolk, Poland
2018: Sydney, Delphi + Athens, Norway, Hadrian's Wall, Toulouse
2017: Bali, Naxos + Santorini, Saint Malo + Bayeux, Amsterdam
2016: Sydney, Kyoto, Corfu
2015: Paris
2014: Paris, Prague + Jelenia Gora
2012: Naples, Venice, Munich + Berlin
2011: Paris, Ireland, Normandy, Seoul, Thailand
East Africa: Kenya + Tanzania: Masai Mara, Nakuru, Serengeti, Ngorongoro (2011)
Switzerland: Mont Blanc, Geneva, Interlaken, Lucerne, Basel (2010)
Western Turkey: Istanbul, Bergama, Selcuk, Konya, Goreme, Ankara (2010)
Vietnam and Cambodia: the Mekong Delta, Phnom Penh, Angkor (2009)
Hong Kong, Brittany: food, architecture, megaliths (2007)
Kaikoura to Kahurangi: New Zealand's Marlborough + Nelson (2006)
Mongolia and Beijing: from the steppes to the metropolis (2005)
North Island New Zealand: Coromandel, Tongariro, Waikato (2005)
South Iceland + Scotland/England: walks, birds, buildings (2003)
Otago, Southland, Fiordland: New Zealand travelogue (2003)
New Zealand South Island: Westland + Southern Alps (2002)
North Pakistan & Western China: Chitral, Gilgit + Kashgar (1999)
India (Maharashtra & Rajasthan): with an Oxfam study tour (1998)
England, Catalonia, and France: London, Barcelona, Toulouse, Paris (1997)
Java + Bali and California + Arizona: volcanos and deep valleys (1994)

travel links

Korea's 4B movement: feminism against the patriarchy Cut

the flaws in China's Myanmar strategy Irrawaddy

death and funerary practices in urban China Guardian

the history and future of Paris' Boulevarde Peripherique Fabric of Paris

huge demand for air-conditioning in India Guardian

car-free housing developments are possible even in Phoenix! Guardian

a beginner's guide to train travel in the UK Seat61

why do Australians think they have the best coffee in the world? Carbon Kopi [via WanderingRichard]

genetic evidence for early Polynesian-Native American contact Science

Woven Sounds: a documentary on Iranian weaving Roots Revival [YouTube]

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I hope you enjoy reading about my travels! — Danny