“There’s no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing”Alfred Wainwright No matter what the great Alfred Wainwright says, there are just some days you don’t want to be out on the hills in the wet and cold. Indeed, if my marriage ever breaks down, I am absolutely confident it will have ...
A GUIDE TO EASTER ISLAND (RAPA NUI)
Writing this, I have to pinch myself to believe I have actually been to Easter Island! It is one the most remote inhabited places on earth – covering just 64 square miles, it is 1289 miles to the Pitcairn Islands and 2182 miles from the coast of Chile. Even just the name conjures up mystical images ...
RAMADAN: A NON-MUSLIM EXPAT’S GUIDE
Today the start of the third week of the Holy Month of Ramadan. Over this month, more than a billion people around the world will fast from dawn until dusk. As a non-Muslim, fasting is the thing I have always associated with Ramadan. But since moving to the Middle East I have had the ...