Exploring a Bigger World

How are you? Not deluged out in any freak flooding I hope! Impressions of Thailand? I was expecting a third…

What can I tell you about my impressions of New York? An airport that is like a massive concrete spaghetti…

Last night I took J1 for dinner at the Shard. It’s an early Christmas present as he is going away….

  This year I went on holiday to Vietnam with the same company I went to South India with last…

  I had a great Christmas and New Year with A*, J2 and FP. It was quite precious to have…

I went up the Mandara mountains to Oudjilla which is an animist/Christian village where the chief has 50 wives, except…

Esala Perahera is supposed to be the big thing and rooms are gold dust so let’s hope it was worth…

The journey to Nuwara Eliya directly inland was really interesting as I saw a swathe of Batticaloa I had not…

This week-end, because it is a poya day on Monday I went to Anuradhapura which is a day’s journey from…

The picture above is the view from Anfi timeshare, Gran Canaria.  You can see the architecture of rounded stones in…

This week-end I went to Sigiriya which is one of the 8 world heritage sites on the island, basically a…

  I have finished the plan. The Secretariat are trying to get Oxfam to extend the deadline which they can’t…