Born in the West of Ireland and educated at University College Dublin, Donal taught for three years in Ireland before setting off with a rucksack on his back to travel just a little. However, he never returned to live in Ireland. He has lived and worked across Europe, the USA, Asia, and Africa in various jobs, but mainly in Education. More sedentary now and when not on the road, he writes about his travels from his home in Paris, where he went to live without a word of French because, somewhere or other, he fell in love with a French girl.

This Site

A patchwork of vignettes: from the beaches of Africa, to fishing villages in Greece, the windswept highlands of Ethiopia, to the vultures of Bombay, the tiny eating ‘gargottes’ of Madagascar, to Norwegian fjords and more. Most are scribbled here and there during his meanders. All photos on both the blog and website are his unless otherwise stated.