Five Foot Traveller – Exploring the world one step at a time

The Ghorepani-Poon Hill trek is regarded as one of the easiest multi-day treks in Nepal for several reasons. Its relatively low elevation, its short duration (five days of trekking) and the fact that it makes use of clearly-designated paths makes it...

I had just stepped into Malaysia. Thailand was behind me.
The customs officer beamed and nodded, recognising immediately that I was a fellow Malaysian. “Hello, dari mana? ” he asked. Where had I come from?
“Thailand, from Bangkok.”

Walking in a city where anything on wheels is superior to anything without is more than just putting one foot in front of the other. More than just Lift, Step, Repeat.
It’s not always a case of green light, go, red light, stop if you’re a pedestrian in Kuala Lumpur, the only place I know where you still need to look right-left-right when the traffic lights turn red....

It’s funny when it finally hits us that we have knees. They’ve been with us since we were born but knees don’t seem to figure very highly on the scale of Important Body Parts, or Body Parts That Need Looking After. Women look after their faces, their...