The first holiday without the parents. We were young, dumb and full of it. That is until we were chased down by dogs, almost robbed by weed smokers and kissed by overzealous gay bar revellers...
After a tip-off from a Hungarian living in London, I set off to find Csepel, a mysterious semi-abandoned industrial estate and monument to the former industrial might of Soviet Russia.
Whether for travelling or as a holiday destination, the Philippines has it all. Here are my favourite things about the country.
Tired of your urban existence, where building tower over you like monsters and grass can't be found for miles around? Why no escape to solitude like these guys?
It's 2013 and despite the doom, gloom and failed apocalypses, these images will show you that we haven't quite killed off everything amazing yet...
Once known as bathing machines and used to hide your particulars, quintessentially British beach huts now exchange hands for the price of a house...
Rather than a take a ladyfriend home and wake up Mamá, the Argies prefer to check into these secretive motels. Sure beats a car park or the bush...
Why go to the South of France, the Balearics or Capri when this lot are on your doorsteps?
It might smell a bit pissy and be lacking in printed loo roll, but the music is ace, the beer cold and the doormen aren't thuggish twats...
An excellent book chronicling four chaotic weeks on India's famous Grand Trunk Road, described by Rudyard Kipling as "such a river of life as nowhere else exists in the world.
Norweigan Stav anyone? Bit of Peruvian Rumi Maki? Here at ST we're more lovers than fighters, but if you fancy your...
Once feared as the worst place on Earth, the French Guiana prison colony made famous by Papillon has now thrown off...
Sick of St Tropez? Fucked off with Fiji? Had it up to here with Honolulu? If those golden sandy beaches, wild party...
The second hand market that specialises in War souvenirs from Vietnam in Le Cong Kieu is not all that it seems...
There are 120,000 British people living in New York. On Monday, I joined them (briefly). Why did they leave the potato-gobbling rain-gutter we ca...
When it comes to safaris, one continent rules them all. Whether it's the wildlife or the scenery that appeals to you, here are five of Africa's m...
You could pop to the Canaries for a bit of winter sun, but that's not nearly as much fun as hunting for a golden fish that is absolutely mental.....
You know you’re in for an adventure when the organiser crashes into a ditch on day two. Introducing the Indian Autorickshaw Challenge, otherwis...
I went to Spain for Christmas and it was just like Blighty, except with chainsaws...
A tiny fishing village just 40 years ago, it became notorious as destination for young, bingeing clubbers, but now ...
Spurn Point is a little-known wonder of the British Isles; a slice of paradise that could make even Philip Larkin s...
With cities getting more and more cluttered, planners are becoming increasingly cunning when trying to provide the ...
It looks good and smells terrible. Smelling like a decomposing carcass is just one of the Rafflesia's charms.
After a decade and a half of life in Rio let me steer you away from the maddening crowds and towards the hidden gems...
Canoeing's not all white water. Ontario's Algonquin Park has big lakes, big woods, big wolves and a big history to paddle through.
Our journey to Las Vegas sounded like plain sailing, but some bad map reading and icy hairpins meant that even a drive through McDonalds couldn't...
Hidden under the world's oceans, these lost cities have inspired tall tales and expensive expeditions alike. Let us take you through these antiqu...
After South London was branded "a barbaric wasteland perpetually stuck in 1952" in Sabotage Times recently, I reali...
Once upon a time we used to travel with pride, now we just turn up, create a mini-Blackpool and generally show ours...
It’s hard to believe so many disparate, powerful forces are fighting over Mali. One of the poorest countries in t...
Sunshine and warmth has absolutely nothing to do with what makes Britain great so give it the cold shoulder today.
Feeling like an outsider on an alien planet, the trip to Panama opened my eyes to simplicity of the Emberá Quera Tribe and how they go about their lives in a unique kind of way.
Beer bottles in ladyboys, fat chicks and killing people... not your typical couple of jars down the local. Welcome to Jakarta...
You want to know the best and coolest experiences Jamaica has to offer? Jon Baker offers a unique genuine insiders guide to the island.
Expecting a relaxing few days in Varanasi, I got a front row seat for the ritualistic burning of bodies, roasted br...
Horrific as it was, the terrorist attack in Bali stemmed a surge of tourism restoring its rightful tag as a more bl...
Tiger Woods is preparing to take on the Masters but if he wants a serious challenge he should take on Kim Jong Un a...
Just because we can't all afford to travel like the great man, doesn't mean we're not enjoying ourselves.
Sid Owen ran over my foot in Asda.
Started catching up with GoT series 1 yet? Here’s some things to look out for ...
The government is voluntarily surrendering our place at the top table and the Am...
Every now and again we like to remind ourselves of this.
Never crack one of your back teeth again.
One fan's overdue love letter to the only comic to school its readers in Yiddish...
If you want to be THAT guy at the 5-a-side, here's how.
A new documentary about the Clash frontman hits screens this month. Here's why y...
Yep, just 'balls' now.
Guns + Bacon = Internet
On what would have been Brandon Lee’s 47th birthday we pay tribute to his fina...
Hammond and Clarkson are at it in the back of a Renault Twingo and the Stig reve...
John Inverdale has since apologised for his use of the word 'cunted' on the BBC'...
It's getting so bad authorities banned football completely in February.
Get your tissues, lads - we're going cryin'.
Yowsah, yowsah, yowsah, disco's chief raconteur sits down for a chat about Daft ...
"Living on is a prayer"
"I don’t masturbate over leaked sex tapes on moral grounds but I really think ...
Football needed something to make it choke on its prawn sandwiches.
Their new album is fat with tunes, but here's why one of their band members reck...