Author Archives: Wilbur's Travels
Philippines Tour Part 9 – Manilla Return
We made our way back to the capital where we would be staying in Quezon City – officially a separate city but part of the Manilla municipality. It was here that Mohamed Ali & Joe Frazier famously contested the Thrilla in Manila world heavyweight boxing match. En route we stopped off at a very unusual […]
Philippines Tour Part 8 – 100 Islands & Mount Pinatubo
We headed south once more in the direction of Manila to visit the archipelago of small islands off Luzon’s coast. The drive was a long one, not helped by not being able to locate our remote hotel. After a delicious home-cooked fish meal we slept well in readiness for our morning out on a small […]
An Arrival Into Cambodia – Excerpt from Drip by Drip
An excerpt from my fictional book Drip by Drip set in South East Asia. This passage describes the book protagonists arrival into Phnom Penh.
The Balkans – Europe’s Forgotten Frontier.
The above is the title for a two part BBC production hosted by Europe correspondent Katya Adler. The two part series visits Croatia, Romania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Albania, Kosovo & Serbia and focuses on the divisions that still remain there, the extraordinary beauty of the region and the battle for influence there between the EU, […]
Jordan’s Jewels – Part 2 (Petra)
A look back on my 2006 tour of Jordan. We set off bright and early for what promised to be the highlight of our trip – we were not to be disappointed. We planned to spend two nights in the Crowne Plaza just outside the Nabatean site, in the lap of semi luxury thanks to […]
Jordan’s Jewels – Part 1
Unbelievably this was nearly 20-years ago. This was how I described the start of our independent tour to the wonderful Kingdom of Jordan. Our taxi driver met us at Amman Airport with a sign saying ‘Welcome Big Ears and Wilbur.’ My little joke went down very well, even though we had arrived bleary eyed in […]
2024 Gone, 2025 Beckons
As has become traditional at this time of year I am looking back on my travel year and forward to travels to come. 2024 Innsbruck I started 2024 with a solo short break to the Tyrollean Alps. 36 hours gave me enough time to explore the small city and take the train/cable car high up […]
Travel Milestones
1979 – first trip overseas – Pont L’Eveque in Normandy, France. School exchange trip. First ferry. 1982 – first flight, London Gatwick to Alicante for Benidorm holiday 1987 – first European train tour – Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia, Italy, Switzerland, France. Inter-rail. First overseas train journey, Hoek of Holland to Amsterdam. First overseas football match, Lausanne […]
Syria Before The Conflict Part 7, The People
There seems to be the real prospect of regime change in Syria. What the future holds nobody knows but we pray that this is a new beginning for a freer, more just society. This is what I wrote previously about the Syrian people that I met in 2009. Now I have come to the end […]
