I keep thinking this is my third visit to China but in fact it is the fifth time I have been in the country as I have twice visited Tibet and whether we like it or not after 50 years Tibet is as much part of China as Wales and Scotland are part of the UK. So perhaps I should say this is my third visit to mainland or undisputed China. Continue reading
Category Archives: Locations
8 – Elvira – Dolly with the trolley (Looking for a husband on the Trans-Siberian Railroad) – Siberia Russia Sept 21 2012
I am penning these words sitting in the somewhat dated but cosy restaurant car as we speed across the partly forested Siberian Plain between Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk on the Trans-Siberian railway. And perhaps I should address one misnomer at the very beginning Continue reading
6 – Wimbledon – Join the queue! – London England June 30 2012
I went to Wimbledon yesterday and given that I wrote about Roland Garros a few weeks ago I guess I should add some comments about Wimbledon. After all it’s the greatest tennis tournament in the world – isn’t it?
Well actually I am not sure. Continue reading
5 – Roland Garros – Paris France June 6 and 13 2012
Paris in the Spring is a magical place, beloved by writers, filmmakers, poets and romantics but there is always a problem when I come here each Spring – I do not get to see much of Paris!
For me and many others who flock to Paris at the end of each May, Paris means one thing only Continue reading
1 – Antarctica – Simply the Best – February 23 2012
I am writing these words on the boat, having just sailed from volcanic Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands to commence our return journey across the Drake Passage to Argentina, after 8 days exploring the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Continue reading
Notes from a Nomad 