Just did an online interview with a Canadian web site called Sketch and Travel. Check it out here.

After recieving an email from Peter Hartikka in Amsterdam I am now convinced that there is some weird force that makes travel writers congregate in the same place at a certain time. Readers of Swahili for the Broken-Hearted may remember that I came across Ted Simon, the author of Jupiter’s Travels, in Addis Ababa. He [...]

There’s an episode of Steve Irwin’s show Crocodile Hunter where a leaky tap has to be fixed in one of the crocodile pens at Irwin’s wildlife park, Australia Zoo. While Steve carries on like a pork chop to distract the beast, the zoo’s resident plumber, a wiry little man who looks a lot like Willy [...]

Sorry for being a bit slack on the blogging lately but I’ve just travelled halfway around the world back to Australia. I know it’s not that much of a hardship – especially on Singapore Airlines – but when you’re a procrastinator like me any old excuse will do. Speaking of hardship, I’m writing this as [...]