5 Stupid Political Parties
I’m not sure whether it’s a measure of apathy in the face of imminent enviro-disaster, a factor of our cat-picture-shrunken attention spans, or the information...
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#BoycottBali? Nuh-Uh
The impending execution of two of the “Bali Nine”, Australians shopped to Indonesian authorities by Australian police for trying to smuggle heroin into Australia, has...
How Many Sherpas Have Summited Everest?
How Many Sherpas Have Summited Everest? Everest Base Camp the Lazy Way, Day 7: Dole “So, how many Sherpas HAVE summited Everest?” I ask, casually....
Adventures in the Greek Health Service
Zac has mentioned to me on a couple of occasions that he thinks he has an embarrassing childhood ailment. To which I have typically responded,...
Well, That Was Just Plain Stupid
If the Middle East prepares you for one thing, it’s travel craziness. Y’know. Lebanon won’t let you in with an Israeli stamp, or even an...
Gelato in Jerusalem
“Ooh,” Zac says. “Now I need to make a decision. Waffle or gelato. Waffle or gelato?” “No, you don’t,” I say. “This place does both!”...
Is This The World’s Most Antisocial Flight?
I was going to start this post by badmouthing my babyfather, always a classy move online, for putting Z on the world’s most antisocial flight,...
HezbollahLand: The Middle East Writ Large
We wind our way up, and up, and up, along a narrow road through stark and beautiful moutains in the hinterlands of South Lebanon, within...
Voices from Post-Revolutionary Egypt 7: The Working Mother
I sits with her daughter, her son and her daughter-in-law in the shade of a Nubian mudbrick dome, looking out over the expanse of Lake...
Voices from Post-Revolutionary Egypt 6: The Taxi Driver
We screech to a halt in heavy traffic – a car has accelerated across our path. A overtakes the other driver, blocks him in, and...