Geography

Last year, when I wrote my usual “end of year” wrap-up blog, I called it “Roaring into the 20s”. In […]

So, pending recounts, legal stoushes, and no civil war breaking out, it looks like Joe Biden has finally won and […]

I started writing this blog about ten years ago, although I was bitten by the travel bug long before that. […]

A favourite passage in travel literature comes from Bill Bryson’s book about his journey around Australia – In a Sunburned […]

Yes, ‘tis the season. That special time, which comes around but once every four years, when Americans prepare to go […]

Thanks to Covid-19 I have been grounded in Australia, unable to fly anywhere. And last week I reached a personal milestone of sorts: I have now slept in the same bed for more than 120 nights in a row. This is a big deal for me, seeing that this has not happened since my university days, more than 25 years ago.