First of all, I finished that novel(la): So yes, yes I did write that […]
So I am knee deep in Nanowrimo, or perhaps only shin deep, as I am not […]
In Istanbul, at the last flat I lived in before we left Turkey in 2008, my […]
Before we went to Myanmar, we really had no idea what to expect, food-wise. It wasn’t […]
And we’re back. And I’ve been floored with a tummy bug that whacked me over the […]
We’ve been in Myanmar about two weeks now, travelling close to the ground (usually about 6 […]
You can actually fly to Mandalay from Yangon for about $75US, so the romance of the […]
1. Burmese script initially reminded me of the patterns woodbugs make when tunnelling into a two-by-four, […]
Obviously no one briefed the censors that I was coming. This site is one of the […]
In Tahrir Midan, the Picadilly of central Cairo’s circuses, after a long, hot, dusty day […]
“Привет!” Our presence in the tiny Russian cafe was heartily acknowledged by the old Chinese man […]
Sometimes a girl just needs a jam jam jar filled with steeping, fragrant blossoms
