Newsflash: The Chinese police have indeed confirmed their sighting of backpacking badger; she was detained for several hours before being released without charge. She is now at large and roaming the country although we are receiving reports that she is still complaining about the weather... Ok, so I like signs. Especially ones with terrible English. 'Chinglish' is, so far, one of my favourite embodiments of appalling use of the English language. Here's the lis...

Newsflash: The Chinese police have indeed confirmed their sighting of backpacking badger; she was detained for several hours before being released without charge. She is now at large and roaming the country although we are receiving reports that she is still complaining about the weather... Ok, so I like signs. Especially ones with terrible English. 'Chinglish' is, so far, one of my favourite embodiments of appalling use of the English language. Here's the lis...

Newsflash: After a long hiatus Backpacking Badger has appeared on the radar yet again - unconfirmed reports that she was close to reaching the summit of Mount Everest were quickly quashed - although she is reported to have endured Siberian temperatures, which were confirmed by an actual real-life Siberian with appalling teeth... Happy New Year everyone! Yes, it's been a while - but I've now thrown out my trekking shoes (quite literally) and given away my glo...

Newsflash: After a considerable period of time off the radar, unconfirmed sightings of backpacking badger have been reported in places as far afield as Varanasi and Kathmandu. One eyewitness alleges to have spotted the badger with an unidentifiable Yeti-like creature in the remote mountains of West Sikkim. Ok - it's been a while - a lot has happened - and huge distances have been covered. I said my fond farewells to India a couple of days ago - so my list compri...

Newsflash: In a shocking new twist, sources have confirmed that Backpacking Badger has been spied (poorly) attempting to peform some gravity defying yoga positions while simultaenously following in the footsteps of The Beatles... So folks, time for another missive, and you know what that means: time for another list. Having spent a week in lovely Mcleod Ganj, home of the Tibetan governent in exile, I was exposed to many remarkable and shocking stories and spoke ...