Ross Morrison McGill

Ross is an Assistant Headteacher who makes full use of his school holidays to travel and write. He has been to over 40 countries, looking for quirky escapades and unusual photo opportunities. For more information see his photos or his profile.

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An Indian train toilet © Kyle Lease

You never forget your first?

Ross Morrison McGill describes a freak accident on an Indian train.

Highgate West Cemetery © Ross M McGill

Highgate Cemetery, London

Gigantic, gothic and overgrown, Highgate is the most famous cemetery in England. And some say, it’s the quirkiest too.

Mud baths at Nha Trang, Vietnam @ Sven & Moniek

Thap-Ba Mud baths, Vietnam

Strip down, slap on some sludge and do your best hippo impression in these thermal mud baths.

Photo © Ross M. McGill

Floating fishing village, Vietnam

Sit and eat, fish for lobster or even walk the dog on a man-made floating fishing village off Nha Trang Bay.

Photo © Mess

Museo della Carta, Italy

Fancy making your own sheet of paper from scratch? Amalfi’s Paper Mill Museum lets you discover the painstaking process from scratch.

Photo © Hanse Peter Schaefer

Djemaa el Fna, Marrakech

This ominously named square in Marrakech has a sinister past, and a wonderfully bizarre present.

Photo © gilgamesh

Gilgamesh Bar and Restaurant, London

An extraordinarily lavish restaurant that sets out to recreate ancient Babylonian civilization.

Photo © Ross Morrison McGill

Snake boats, India

Hang onto your seat or you’ll end up without one, or even in the water, at this manic boat race.

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