So where the heck is Smyrna? I’d heard a little about the awful days of 1922, but despite having made a few …

Last week I checked my email, to find that I had been nominated for the Content Catnip award for Most Interesting Blog …

Once again, the south east of Australia has had huge fires. But how can this be? Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are rising, …

Tomorrow, Tuesday Nov 12, 2019 is looking very bad for south-east Australia (especially New South Wales, but also parts of Queensland, Victoria …

We don’t know what she looked like, because most of her upper body has vanished…. Most of you probably don’t know of …

Seven months of travelling nearly done, and I’m siting in a plane, about to watch a documentary on Martin Phillipps of ‘The …

The young woman walked up to me, and, without a word, began rearranging the coins on my hand…. *** References to the …

The passport control officer at Minsk Airport seemed genuinely shocked to see me (well, OK, I can have that effect on people). …

This all started in Minsk with my CouchSurfing host Alex’s Mum, Olga. Alex wasn’t home from his tutoring work, so Olga thought …

My first impression of Odesa was not good. It was back in 2006 when I was merely transiting on the way to …