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5 Things To Do With Kids In London

I wasn’t born in London. But I lived in London from when I was five until I was seventeen, and then again from 21 to...

And… It's a Wrap

“Mr Z! Mr Z! Where’s Mr Z?!” I gesture, vaguely, towards Customs, where my son is crouched atop our bike. It’s been two weeks since...

First Leg. Second Thoughts?

Struggling to get off the ferry, I begin to wonder whether my wizard wheeze, to ride a motorbike through Indonesia to Papua with my ten-year-old...

Maiting River swirls around dark rocks in gorge. Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Rafting the Maiting River

We spent our last day in the Tana Toraja whitewater rafting. An activity, which in the mind of the child, now forms a kind of...

blue and pink shack, with green fence and washing lined up outside. Makassar harbour, indonesia.

Colours of Makassar

Makassar, Indonesia. The capital of Sulawesi. A hectic, noisy port city, where even the scuzziest scenes are full of equatorial colour. Even the trucks, parked...