"Wow!" How did that happen?! 10 years in Birmingham and then all of a sudden I'm out here 6 weeks into a proposed 2 year journey around this wonderful and widest of worlds! Scary and exciting. I'll be travelling far from home and far from eve...

It was a short trip around Peucang island in Ujung Kulon National Park, West Java. No wonder this southwestern tip of Java listed as the Unesco World Heritage; it's just not like any others in busy Java. Few people visit this island for its remoteness, but somehow that's good to keep it pristine as it should be.

A bit over a year later I decided to return to Slovenia, this time in october, the weather was a colder, but I had a great time again.

After a morning of cleaning and setting the table for one of the many groups of guests set to show up at the house, we were set to take a trip to Khiva. I was hoping we could squeeze it in, although it was usually an hour and a half away when I went. With our trusty chauffeur Mardon at the wheel, I was sure we would make it in less than an hour. Crossing the Amu Darya river took just a little longer than I remembered and I could see why. The kilometer-long river had been reduced to a fifth ...

Rio, nominated to one of The Seven Wonders of the World