Gone West Blog

ARRIVING AT A SMALL COVE AT MILLER’S POINT, NEAR SIMON’S TOWN, FALSE BAY, A FORTY FIVE MINUTE DRIVE FROM CAPE TOWN, I FOUND IT HARD TO RECONCILE THE FLAT CALM...

Saigon to Hanoi: A thousand miles of a thousand hello’s “HELLO, WHERE ARE YOU FROM?!”   Dozens of school children littered the road, beaming with delight at the opportunity to...

SLOUCHED IN THE SOFT DEEP POW! PHOTO:JOE GOSNEY More comfortable than any easyboy, breathing hard after one of the best tree runs of the day, quite possibly my life, I sense...

NEPAL IS A PLACE FILLED WITH SOUND, LIGHT, ENERGY AND WARMTH. RIVERS FLOW, BIRDLIFE SINGS....   PHOTO: J.H The geography is incredibly diverse ranging from the highest mountain range in...

EXPEDITION EXCITEMENT  Diving into the sheer blue, 3000m of ocean plunging straight down below us, we levelled off at around 25m, with just the hint of the reef in sight...

RAISED UP ON IT’S HAUNCHES, TEETH BARED, SHOULDERS HUNCHED, THE MASSIVE TIGER WAS READY TO POUNCE. As I looked around me, I felt like I was in the middle of...

What do Tibetan Monks, Christmas trees and David Bowie have in common? 

Discover Samye Ling monastery and how we ended up planting there. 

Currently one of the most valuable places on Earth is the Great Bear Rainforest and sea in British Columbia, Canada.  This vast area is valued by its residents; First Nations people, plants, animals, birds and marine life.   It is valued by its visitors; the hikers, photographers, cruise-ship goers and scientists.  And, inevitably, the Great Bear rainforest is valued by industry.  But amongst all of these players, what and whose vision of value should determine the fate of this truly spectacular environment?