Passport Discrimination, Embassy Corruption and the Lucky Travellers
Ahmed, a 27-year-old Syrian passport holder living in the UAE was denied a visa to the UK to attend uncle’s wedding 3 years ago. He had a good job in […]
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My Blog Turns 3! Some statistics and observations of this last year
Here we grow again! Another year and another big thank you to you for carefully researching your next overseas adventures with me. Even if you are killing time at work […]
JAPAN: A late Hanami, a lucky fortune, an exceptional teppan-yaki
Hanami 2012 is the latest I’ve ever seen with, most of the Sakura trees in Tokyo in full bloom by mid-April. It’s a cold year and winter seems to be […]
Globalisation takes the fun out of travel
Exactly who is that we have to thank for globalisation? Someone with good intentions, I imagine: noble it is indeed to set about ensuring that every place in the world […]
Engrish – A Story in Pictures (ASIA)
You’d think that it would be on it’s way out in this day and age, but Engrish is still the Number One Faux Pas in Asia, leaving foreigners amused and […]
TRAVEL – Packing for Beginners
I am not a minimalist when it comes to packing. Not a serious minimalist, anyway. I like to take all my creature comforts and I can’t survive with one pair […]
The Pineapple – A Short Story (CUBA)
When I was 22 or 23 I was staying with a Cuban family in Havana. I call the parents my Cuban mum and dad. I tried (tried!) to live like […]
SYRIA – Notes from Damascus
Rose Jam and Roman treasure in the oldest inhabited capital city in the world.
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