Autobiography & Travel

Not really one of the cheapest – by local standards, but hear me out….. This place is called Jinfushan, it’s an all …

This place is part of a chain called Huiwei. I first came across them elsewhere in Nanjing and for a couple of …

Erik von Daniken’s ‘Chariots of the Gods’ came to my town when I was a kid. Alexandra, New Zealand was perhaps a …

I spotted this little take-away cake shop one evening after getting a cheese fix opposite. Pleasant woman in charge and bunch of …

I’ve been making eyes at this place for ages – the dumplings get cooked in an guaranteed eye-catching arrangement on a hot …

“I’ll have to show these to my colleague”. The security guard at Brisbane’s International Airport took the two objects from my bum-bag …

I’m not at all sure I remembered when all those ‘stans’ appeared on my radar. Did I know about them before the …

I thought I had this place sussed. Nice small spot, friendly staff, and a nice noodle dish that the staff kept pointing …

I was a bit dark on this place to start with – only because my favourite place suddenly closed just along the …

The ‘high-wall’ of a mine has been the undoing of many a geologist (if an opencast mine is targeting something flat and dipping, …