Business Traveller

in my experience, there is no surer way of guaranteeing that you’ll end up in the same tourist shitholes as all the other tourists than if you read a guide about the city you are visiting before you arrive.

That’s why i go commando. I visit armed only with a sense of wonder and the firm knowledge that my reciepts can be claimed back as travel expenses.

Normally my strategy works well for me. I get to experience things like the locals do, by asking them where they eat, drink etc.

Unfortunately it sometimes backfires.

Thats how i ended up eating pasta in an italian restaurant in istanbul tonight. Good italian. But i had prepared my taste buds for turkish!