Modern day travel
I have a friend who writes for the newspapers. He is a journalist and gets commissions to go to places….
Travel
Adventures overseas
The night swim
The boat was moored about 150 metres off the shore and the skipper had gone to bed. She took me…
Grace
“Something to drink, sir?” the stewardess proffered the silver tray. There was Champagne, orange juice or water. Bryan reached for…
Turning left
I miss the air travel. I miss business travel. There was a time when I would look up in the…
Sons of Sparta
“Where are you from?” enquires the mayor of Olympia. My son tells him we are from Brighton. We expect a…
At the raw bar with Cowpey
It is ten years ago this year that Chris and I travelled to LA for our dream gig. We had…
The song of Suffolkski
“It’s been a difficult year to be a Russian here in the UK, yes?” I opened. “Not really. Always like…
The banquet of the damned
Cambodia. A fleet of tuk-tuks have just ferried five hundred people into the jungle from the swankiest hotels in Siem…
The Trip
We were next to a golf club, for Christ’s sake. If they had known what was on their doorstep just…
Early morning coffee with the partisans of Sami.
Tessera cafe bar, Sami. Keffalonia. It is the port town’s Saint’s Day and the bells from the Church have been…