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August 9, 2019

Moron Moments in Hong Kong

I recall stepping out into a Prague street. I recall lying on my back, staring up into the underside of a tram as pain seared through my body. I just don't recall what happened in between.

February 21, 2019

Only in Australia

About 80% of Australia’s plant and animal life exists nowhere else on earth. And many are deadly.

January 10, 2018

Oktoberfest in Munich

Munich, Germany is the only city which can lay claim to having the original Oktoberfest, and boy do they do it right!

January 10, 2018

Everything’s Better with Lime

Mexican restaurants in America give you free chips and salsa before you even order. In Mexico they give you limes. Mexico’s way is better.

January 10, 2018

One Night in Bankok

The line from the famous song says “One night in Bangkok makes a hard man crumble.” That’s not true. It takes three nights.

January 9, 2018

A Very Thai Massage

After more than 24 hours of violently emptying my stomach in Singapore, my body was in quite a state, so my first order of business upon arriving in Bangkok was to indulge in a traditional Thai massage.

December 18, 2017

Hit by a Tram in Prague

I recall stepping out into a Prague street. I recall lying on my back, staring up into the underside of a tram as pain seared through my body. I just don't recall what happened in between.

August 9, 2017

Alligators, Transexual Cats and Corn Fritters

My mother collects cats. She had seven in her home when I arrived this week, clearly an inferior number which local folk would no-doubt ridicule. So today we headed to the vet to "rescue" a new one.

August 8, 2017

Flinging food in Beijing

My new definition for a successful meal is one in which I do not fling food across the room with my chopsticks.

August 8, 2017

Breathing Beijing

I stepped outside of Beijing’s international airport this afternoon, took a deep breath, began to suffocate, and wondered in fury who had stolen all the oxygen.

August 8, 2017

These Crabs Have Hair

“It’s a Shanghai delicacy. You must try it!” Dear God. Here we go again.

August 8, 2017

Of Sodomy and Snakes

After a day of meetings a client with China’s top television station announced he wanted to treat us to a traditional massage at a local spa. I thought this was a wonderful idea.

August 8, 2017

Air India

Today was my first flight with Air India. Today was my last flight with Air India.

August 8, 2017

Drooling with Dignity

My day began at 4:30 am, the unhappy hour at which I had to wake to catch a train from Mumbai to Pune.