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Nov 20, 20234 min read
Blog 10: Georgia- a photo essay
In July this year, I spent ten days travelling across Georgia. It was my favourite kind of trip: I had a preordained start and finish...
Sep 1, 20233 min read
Yerevan
I arrived in Yerevan on the hottest day of the hottest month since records began. The illiberal, unremitting heat made the city stiff and...
Jul 21, 20233 min read
İstanbul
Coming from the quiet, hard-earned friendliness of Sarajevo, Istanbul was like a donkey kick to the face. Everything was bigger, busier,...
May 12, 20234 min read
Zanzibar
In early May, Zanzibar is dead. Not in a literal, medical sense: it's more dormant. Resting. Stunned. Bereft of life, it rests in peace....
Feb 10, 20235 min read
Masi's Wedding
We left for Duliajan in the early morning, heading southeast through Assam. To our left were a threatening stack of Himalayan foothills,...
Jan 26, 20234 min read
Blog 5: A Passage to India
Well, it would seem the 'weekly' blog has come to its predictable (though gracious) demise. I will continue to write updates here, but...
Jan 19, 20233 min read
Dublin
Somewhat ironically, Irish identity has become inextricably linked to the act of leaving. The excellent Irish Immigration Museum in...
Jan 18, 20231 min read
Belfast
Safe in the knowledge that a picture is worth a thousand words, I will let the eclectic street art of Belfast speak for itself. These...
Jan 15, 20233 min read
Dresden
I will freely admit that the sum total of my knowledge about Dresden prior to visiting was that it had been utterly obliterated by Allied...
Jan 11, 20231 min read
Bratislava
When I checked in, the receptionist recommended I walk up the hill to the war memorial at Slavin so I could take in the view of the city....
Jan 10, 20231 min read
Budapest
Due to a mixture of poor planning on my part and a 3-hour hold-up at the border, I spent a total of 20 hours in Budapest. Removing those...
Jan 8, 20232 min read
Belgrade
I have always known that coffee had special powers, but I've never seen its magic work as strongly as it did in Belgrade. I arrived on...
Jan 7, 20234 min read
Sarajevo
I arrived on the overnight bus in the before-dawn light and walked the 30 minutes or so into town. It was magical- there was nobody...
Jan 4, 20232 min read
Zagreb
I imagine Zagreb as a teacup. Fine china, delicately decorated, with a chipped rim and one of those black hairline cracks that make you...
Jan 4, 20231 min read
Ljubljana
On the hill up to Ljubljana Castle I met a man walking his black cat. Well, my guess was that he had been walking it, as it was wearing a...
Dec 31, 20222 min read
Munich
Munich is a city being pulled in different directions: towards the new while hanging on to the old, reaffirming its own culture while...
Dec 30, 20222 min read
Paris
I have nothing original to say about Paris. This is not to be confused with having nothing to say about Paris. Of course I have things to...
Dec 26, 20221 min read
Blog 2: Paris for Christmas
I tried for a long time to come up with something original to say about Paris. This is of course hopeless. Everything original that could...
Dec 22, 20221 min read
Amsterdam
Flat- Yet yearning to be tall. Veiny canals feed neat frontispieces leaning Shoulder to shoulder. Though twisted vines climb toward...
Dec 19, 20224 min read
Blog 1: Of Customs Officials and Book Club
Week 1 and already posting a day late! Inauspicious start. I never considered travelling to be something you needed to practice, like the...
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