FACES OF YEMEN, FEBRUARY 2026
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Asia
Yemen – Of Frankincense and Mocha, February 2026
The next part of my journey has been to put feet on the ground and explore from the other side of the Red Sea in
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Tell me More Timor.. Timor L’Este, May 2024
Truth be told I was looking for another long weekend getaway and somehow I stumbled on the little gem of Timor L’Este. This little island
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Luang Prabang, Laos, February 2024
You won’t often find me backtracking however I made an exception to catch up with a gang of old friends in the friendliest country in
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Call Me Persian, Iran, October 2023
You have to admire a country of people whose national hero is a poet. There is a saying in Iran that every household should have
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From the Punjab to Peshawar, Pakistan, December 2022
You only ever hear bad things about Pakistan- a fertile breeding ground for terrorists. I first had the idea to explore Pakistan for myself after
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The Maldives- a Tale of Atolls and Mating Octopus, November 2019
Who can say where the wonder or the wanderlust ends? It should come as no surprise then that I’ve popped up in the middle of
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Modern Day Mesopotamia, Iraq, February 2019
I’ve journeyed through Iraq over this past week- another country pockmarked by lengthy wars and still living with a heavy security presence. The country has
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Almaty- the modern day traveller’s Caravan Serai, Kazakhstan, October 2018
My last week of this journey has taken me to the southern corner of Kazakhstan which was the most northerly reach of the Great Silk
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Trapped in a Marble Birdcage, Turkmenistan, September 2018
I have spent the last week travelling in Turkmenistan, a Central Asian country wedged between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to the north and Iran and Afghanistan
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The Legends of Samarkand and Bukhara, Uzbekistan, September 2018
The cities of Samarkand and Bukhara have existed for over 2500 years. I could try to rattle off some of the civilizations and empires that
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The Living Silk Road, Uzbekistan, September 2018
As I travel through Uzbekistan now the mountains have all but disappeared and a dusty haze settles on the landscape. But the road is paved
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