CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 25 Apr 2012 | Views [685]
......in phnom penh...one of our fave dishes here in this unexpectedly glorious city is 'chicken amok' - a khmer curry that has so many layers of flavour - garlic and chilis and cumin and coriander and kaffir lime leaves and did i mention chilis? the ... Read more >
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MOROCCO | Monday, 23 Apr 2012 | Views [317] | Scholarship Entry
It’s their hands I notice first. Clasped side by side, one lined pair is deep chocolate while the other pair is milk chocolate and as smooth as the baby’s bum he sits on. As I approach, their faces press into the sunlight. They are profoundly lovely ... Read more >
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MALTA | Friday, 25 Feb 2011 | Views [448]
The Mediterranean is moody today. Dark and heaving about more than any bosom found on the cover of a trashy romance novel...for reasons I won't go into right now, my own mood is equally blue. So I cast back over the past few weeks to conjure up some ... Read more >
MALTA | Tuesday, 2 Feb 2010 | Views [191]
Hmmmm. one of the last times I consulted a guide book for somewhere to stay or eat, I clearly recall deciding that the only thing that the book was ultimately good for was to keep the bathroom door in my sketchy hostel closed...I even remember wondering ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Saturday, 3 Oct 2009 | Views [364]
yup -- the words in the subject line have become my phrase of choice over the last few mornings. Buenos Aires becomes to rattle and hum about the time that the first few birds begin to sing - literally...I found myself on a sidewalk still vibrating ... Read more >
NEPAL | Friday, 20 Mar 2009 | Views [716]
Hot tears sting my eyes as I make the 30 meter or so walk through "no man's land" on the border between India and Nepal. I am feeling my difference profoundly as I walk. The Nepalese army (?) police (?) guys are scrutinizing me - hard -... Read more >
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INDIA | Tuesday, 3 Mar 2009 | Views [257]
I have christened her "Rosemary" and she is a beauty - about the same vintage as me, she wear a gently faded shade of pink and unabashedly sports a banner reading "Miss India"...she is my bike - a big tired, big saddled, basketted ... Read more >
TURKEY | Friday, 13 Jul 2007 | Views [313]
His name is 'Endar' - the 'rare one' and I am in love. He comes at the bargain price of 2 turkish lire and not only guides me throughout the amazing rock cut tombs but also carries my bag, holds my hand up the steep, steep hlllside and carefully points ... Read more >
