Jabba the hut slid his layers of fat from behind the counter. His thick hairy carpet of an arm leaving a thick viscous trail of sweat along the dirty surface. I boarded the 78 Jabba the butt bus from Thessaloniki airport to the city centre. 70mins later my 30min journey began to worry me... Where was I? Why does everyone sound like a wookie and not understand me? 10mins later I arrived at the bus station signalling the end of the line? Oh dear time to find a...

So the adventure begins again. My first biggish solo chapter. The plan hit Greece, wing it on a prayer and a back pack then sneak through to turkey and exit under cover of darkness. So what better place to start the adventure and acclimatise myself to foreign culture that a trip to see Pip in St Albans, englandshire central. A plane, bus and walk later I I make it to his new funky pad... Now it's time for church. Should I ask God to let Zeus know I'm heading ...

Pitter patter, pitter patter. The intensity grew. A lulling consistent down pour. I watched the water droplets racing down the outside of my tent racing drivers challenging each other to make it to the ground. "Good morning June in Scotland!" It was 6am at the start of day 3 of the final expedition of the year. By the sound of the collective snoring, pupils were still asleep or Dr Mitchell's dog Terry was at it again. The sound of the waterfall cascading down...

The Great Wall of China Despite popular belief the Great Wall is actually a collection of smaller walls. Multiple Dynasty and 208 years later the wall was constructed at the cost of 2-3million lives. Freaking People! My fairytale notions of a ruined wall in the middle of nowhere were obliterated within seconds as we walk off the bus to be greeted by most of China all climbing the wall, a holiday pilgrimage for the masses. AND this be no ruined wall, but a perfe...

Muslim Quarter A vast hive of activity like work bees swarming around the queen. This is where the action lies in Xi,an. We visited the most unusual mosque I gave ever seen rather strange. Looked like a classic Taoist temple not a minaret in site. Then to my shock the called to prayer normally given from a minaret was a given from a pagoda! Surrounding the quarter was a very busy market where the kids instantly dashed into to continue on their quest to spe...