An Island of Re-Invention, Continued
in December 2012 I wrote . . .
A tiny island in the South Pacific has been re-inventing itself for millions of years. About 3.5 million years ago it was a big volcano. Over the millennia it cooled and was... [Read More]
Music, yelling, singing, more music, chanting and then the inevitable hustler whispering in my ear, “You want henna”. “Here look”, as I get handed a small photograph album. “Cheap, I’m very cheap”,... [Read More]
Okay I’m not a train spotter or a fanatical steam buff but like many blokes I like machinery and steam trains are a golden age of man-made machinery. I like looking at them and riding on them occasionally. As a... [Read More]
The sun glitters on the Norwegian fjord but not for long. We had just arrived in Trondheim, and a friend and I want to make use of the remaining daylight.
The harbour at the mouth of the Nidelva River surprises... [Read More]
Travelling Australia's Outback
Australia – the Outback, the Red Centre, the Never Never, beyond the Black Stump – descriptions of a remote, wild country outside the big cities such as Melbourne and Sydney. A journey from Darwin to Adelaide gives... [Read More]
Much has been written and said about Sydney’s harbour, and with good reason. The harbour boasts one of the world’s most recognizable views, dominated by two icons in the Sydney Opera House and Harbour... [Read More]
The overnight visit of the sacred fox will solve the problem. Carefully and deliberately, short sticks and stones are placed in a special arrangement in the ochre earth inside a rock-enclosed rectangle,... [Read More]
Sensoji Temple: The Heart of Tokyo
The spiritual heart of Asakusa, and for that matter Tokyo, is the impressive Sensoji Buddhist Temple. Built sometime in the 7th century before
Djemma el-Fna: The World’s Oldest Living Circus
For centuries the heart and soul of Marrakech, where people come to meet, eat, shop and be entertained, Djemma el-Fna today remains the city’s... [Read More]
