A spot of Desert Rain: Muscat, Oman
I knew before relocating to the Sultanate of Oman that this is one of the hottest, driest places on Earth. I'd spent a few years in the...
I Think I Joined a Korean Cult Last Summer
In 2011 my family and I took a short stroll to a one-day festival being held at the Korean National War Memorial in Seoul....
Starting Over… Again.
Even for people used to living in cultures other than their own, where sometimes practically nothing seems to make sense, shifting to a new...
$10,000 worth of Beer to fix a $700 Car (Pt 1)
Once I was a musician. I lived and worked in the Australian outback, where professional competition wasn't fierce. There were less performing musicians than...
Thinking Outside the Box (8 Good Reasons to buy a Hearse)
Long ago in a millennium passed, life was different. It was a simple time, when social networking was conducted at the pub, and it...
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At time of writing, over 100 countries and territories have implemented restrictions or outright bans on travelers from South Korea, which appears...
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A holiday in Iran
The world is a scary place. That's what I keep hearing anyway, and right now, the omnipresent threat to my personal safety, freedom, employment,...
‘This Isn’t Happening’. Prostitution in Korea. Does it actually exist?
A young Korean friend asked for a little help with a short essay he had written for his university English class. We chatted over...
The World’s Worst Mass Murderers
By this title I don't mean of course to speak of people who decided for whatever reason to go on a killing spree but...
Christmas in Oman
It may not shock to hear that life in the Middle east is a touch different to that in the west. We all know...
I had a White People Problem in Africa
I finally stepped out of the airport, breathed the fresh air and looked up at big, blue African skies. Three seconds later I lowered my gaze and...
