world reviewer
Blair Metcalfe
An Influencer – a PR guru. Writer, communicator, reviewer, commentator, consultant and strategist. A scoundrel but in the same glance a nice guy. Difficult to fathom, but worldly in adventures and an expert in the unplanned.
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- 28 Sep 2009
Blair Metcalfe reviewed Windsurfing Essaouira in Essaouira, Morocco
The trade winds hit the waters of this bay in a way that keeps them flat and smooth. It's like magic for windsurfers and kitesurfers. The main bay has flat water at the town end but it gets choppier as you move downwind. The winds are strongest in sum…"
Blair Metcalfe reviewed Île de Mogador in Essaouira, Morocco
Île de Mogador is just off the coast and is a falcon sanctuary, as well as being the famous Purple Isles talked about in the history of this place. You can admire the falcons from a distance with binoculars if you like, but it's possible to go out…"
- 04 Aug 2009
Blair Metcalfe reviewed Musée des Blindés: Tank Museum in Loire Valley, France
This is one of the world's largest tank museums because it has one of the world's largest collections of tanks – but also because it has the largest number of operational tanks and do impressive tank display manoeuvres. Amongst your 880 or so…"
- 27 Jul 2009
Blair Metcalfe reviewed Sörmland Sea Kayaking in Stockholm, Sweden
Choosing a kayak as your mode of transport means you have even greater agility and flexibility. It's also cheap, considering wild camping is accepted on almost all of the islands, and scenic: your combined paddling and floating speed is around the …"
- 05 Sep 2008
Blair Metcalfe reviewed The Hague's Survival Pods in The Hague, Netherlands
For the ultimate in safety, spend your overnight stays in The Hague in a bright orange survival pod. The hard ones not the blow up ones, these look like flying saucers, with a rim midway round like a bowl and tiny square windows. Inside you can expect …"
- 15 Aug 2008
Blair Metcalfe reviewed Cenote Diving on the Mayan Riviera in Mexico
Mexico’s underside is mostly limestone which has been hollowed out by the ocean into a whole system of tunnels, caves and caverns called cenotes. Like other underground water systems these caves are still chambers, reverent with stalagmites and stalacti…"
- 12 May 2008
Blair Metcalfe reviewed Shackleton Glacier in Antarctica
Stunning, remote and dangerous more than anything else, the Shackleton Glacier isn’t somewhere most people get the opportunity to go which is probably why adventurous souls are drawn there. The glacier bed comes from the bare rock Roberts Massif onto th…"
- 13 Sep 2007
Blair Metcalfe reviewed Cave Diving under the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia, Australia
Lying 90m under the sun scorched red dust of the Nullarbor lie some of the worlds largest underground cave systems, spreading for mile after mile of cold cavernous darkness. These caves have been formed over thousands of years out of the limestone that …"
- 12 Sep 2007
Blair Metcalfe reviewed The Great Silk Road on horse back in Kyrgyzstan
The Silk Road across Central Asia is, historically, one of the great riding trails of history. This wide expanse of flat plains and seemingly empty wilderness in the heart of Central Asia, held in on all sides by spectacular mountains and deserts, was on…"
Blair Metcalfe reviewed Camel trek around the oases of Zagora in Anti Atlas, Morocco
Located in the region of gaping canyons and sand duned desert in Morocco’s south is the region of Zagora: land of quickly changing landscapes and oases hidden by rocky outcrops gorges of the mighty dunes, Cheggaga and Djebel Saghro. The proper way to …"
- 09 Sep 2007
Blair Metcalfe reviewed Helicopter Pub Crawl, Rosehill in Sydney, Australia
Whoever came up with the idea of combining a helicopter flight with a pub crawl must be a fun person to be around. On a normal pub crawl you see a lot of similar looking pubs and the atmosphere is generally (in my experience) pretty seedy, but on this o…"
- 05 Sep 2007
Blair Metcalfe reviewed The Cresta Run in Switzerland
This famous ice run is known for being one of the world’s most thrilling experiences: lying face down against a light, fragile seeming, metal sled only inches from the ice you wait… then plummet down a smooth white chute, through perversely tight corner…"
Blair Metcalfe reviewed Bräcke Ice Rally in Norrland, Sweden
What is more extreme than driving a rally car or sports car? How about driving a rally car on a surface so slippery you can hardly stand up on it? How about driving on a frozen lake? Jump in your Porsche 911 with its competition clutch, 3.2 litre engi…"
- 24 Jul 2007
Blair Metcalfe reviewed Surf the Severn Bore in Bristol, United Kingdom
The Severn bore is an incredibly long wave running up against the current into the river from the sea. Like normal waves it rolls across three or four crests following on another and like normal waves you can surf on it (thought you‘re not supposed to, …"
- 12 Jul 2007
Blair Metcalfe reviewed Genghis Khan Warrior Training in Ulan Bator, Mongolia
When it all gets a little too much, swap your suit for a traditional Mongolian 'del' robe and become a warrior nomad. Student's at warrior school learn the power and philosophy behind the Mongol Empire through classes in 13th Century battle tactics, arch…"
