Tuesday, 27 Apr 2010 | Views [537]
and woke up in Turkey. over breakfast i was doing some book-learnin', and getting ready to go on another historical adventure. but this just seemed a little too organised, too predictable; i could feel a routine brewing...........then i remembered.... Read more >
Friday, 16 Apr 2010 | Views [682]
As i tow sunset with me into Mesopotamia, it tries to hide behind a patchwork of dust masking the horizon. I help it in this masquerade with a cloud of sweet narguilah smoke. A city hums across the river somewhere. A city in modern guise, its own masquerade, ... Read more >
Thursday, 15 Apr 2010 | Views [365]
I disembark. Iraq is over there. near those cliffs, I think. but the closest shave today is from, the delightful Barber-cum-Massage Therapist. instead of a border-crossing, i opt for one of those delectably random wends through the medina, and whatever ... Read more >
Thursday, 15 Apr 2010 | Views [426]
Rattling down highway 4 at Warp5 (Jean-Luc never traveled like this), a length contraction has transformed our minibus into a Microbus. i feel a certain camaraderie with the chickens in the coup that just shot past us (or did we shoot past them?). at ... Read more >
Wednesday, 7 Apr 2010 | Views [450]
stroll with me, if you will. i know you have a busy schedule, but i'm sure you can find the time. we're going to make a city together. we'll start by mixing Paris and Cairo into a swirling hot-city-fudge until neither is defined, and take it from there.... Read more >
