Quit & Go Travel
No Tours, No Guides, Just You and the Road
Hermel & Beyond: Road Tripping Remote Lebanon
Hermel & Beyond: Road Tripping Remote Lebanon As a Scot, I’m used to living in countries far bigger than my own. Lebanon is the exception - the entire country is only about 200km long and 80km wide at its widest point. So how, you might ask, can there be ‘remote...
Dola Koyakoya: Hiking the Haunted Mountain of Alor Island
Dola Koyakoya: Hiking the Haunted Mountain of Alor Island When I was planning my trip to Alor Island, I noticed Dola Koyakoya, a large mountain on the eastern end of the island, and became inspired to climb it. After a lot of Googling, the only thing I came up with...
Pagwi: Gateway to the Sepik River
Pagwi: Gateway to the Sepik River I started my journey to Pagwi from Wewak, the closest town on the coast, with the help of a friendly Christian security guard with two wives(!) and after a hair raising journey through bandit country to get there. My first...
Papua New Guinea: A Tale of Bandits and Bush Knives
Aitape to Wewak: A Tale of Bandits and Bush Knives I awoke early in Aitape, northern Papua New Guinea, the day I travelled to Wewak, with no idea what to expect or how hair raising the day was going to be. That morning, Joseph, one of the sons of the family I...
Living Through the Beirut Explosion
Living Through the Beirut Explosion It was just after 6pm and, after working from my apartment in Beirut all day due to Covid 19, I was lying on my bed chatting to friends on WhatsApp, when suddenly a low rumbling noise filled the air and the ground started to...