Autobiography & Travel

In about 2014 some genius decided to plant a peacock in front of the Kazan Kremlin. Kazan is the currently the capital …

A meal in CoCoCo, a top St Petersburg restaurant? One featured in an episode of TV chef Anthony Bourdain? Would I be …

As I lowered my arse out the door of the moving train, with my trousers and undies around my ankles, I saw …

Corals in Mongolia – is there a better example of dramatic Earth-change?! The Gobi Altai -the mountains flanking the Gobi Desert, are …

The man in the Taganrog Park spun around and said something at us. The only word I made out was ‘anglesky’  (‘English’)- …

I loved my Singapore Airlines ‘Elite Gold’ card. Suddenly, International airports transitioned from being places where food and drink were wildly overpriced, …

Women, so I’ve read (and seem to observe), are significantly more likely to take ‘selfies’ than men. It doesn’t seem to matter …

In five years or so  in and out of Mongolia, I’ve criss-crossed thousands of kilometres by 4WD Landcruiser. But I’ve only taken …

It happens so often. I chance across a place in a city – then fruitlessly search high and low for it again. …

I noticed Miss Tasha when it opened. But for quite a while I kept walking past – I wasn’t sure what it …