Welcome to my personal Travel and Life Journal site. I’m Nick, a Londoner, who after living in Canada for half a decade, is now residing back in my hometown. I possess an avid interest in exploring the unfamiliar, for all the enriching value it has to offer. Extrinsically, this relates to a love of travelling and to really understand what makes a place its own. I look to move with, and experience, its vascular flow in order to fully embrace the environment, the culture and the people – wherever the road ends up. The 'unfamiliar' is also an exploration from within. I aspire to pursue opportunities to discover my own physical capabilities, as whilst exertion has always been a hobby and an outlet, exhaustion has always been an aid and I don't mind going there. At the very bottom, when all has been spent, you usually find something novel. It’s this desire to set new boundaries and discover that underpins my belief that if there is the option of delving into the unfamiliar, where there is reward to be found and risk to be justified, then a goldmine may await. First impressions are vital and you don’t always get them right. I hope this site makes a striking and positive impact from initial viewing to following a personal journey of intellectual exploration through my articles. I always aim to entertain, enlighten and inform; I will strive not to let you down but will never leave you hanging. I hope you’re able to find that balance suitably adequate to want to keep reading. Thank-you to all who do.