Shopping in Istanbul
I almost got into a street fight with a Turkish guy, which really isn’t my style. It probably wouldn’t have gone particularly well for...
Poet, Healer, Convicted of Genocide. The Bizarre Lives of Radovan Karadzic
I stumbled into the city centre and found a hotel room immediately. Belgrade was humming with summer activity but not exactly overrun with tourists,...
Pissed in Praha (Part 2)
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“Ok, so what’s the angle?” I mumbled through my pizza, wondering if there actually is such a thing as a free...
The Angry Bulgarian Bus Driver
“Oh my god, it’s him!” Aleks cried. She was jumping up and down and giggling like a schoolgirl.
I had heard stories about the man...
$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...
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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,...
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A young Korean friend asked for a little help with a short essay he had written for his university English class. We chatted over...
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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...
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...
