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Tokyo for the Slightly Jaded

This is my 6th visit to Tokyo. In the past there have been a couple of marathon runs - Tokyo was the 6th of what are now …

Hiking Kilimanjaro

Toto’s line from their hit song Africa - “…sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti” - is evocatively apt…

The Shoalhaven Coast

I feel well-placed to write about the beauty and other joys of the NSW coast, south of Sydney. If you have had the exper…

Kosovo - Pristina and Prizren

I find Kosovo the most challenging of the Balkan states. It seems artificial, the playing out of its history held in abe…

Kyrgystan - Bishkek and Issyk Kul

At the border crossing from Kazakhstan into Kyrgyzstan there was an incident. Some horses had made an illegal incursion i…

Travels in Tajikistan

I am a big believer in Anthony Bourdain’s various encouragements for travellers to go to bars and drink beer with locals. …

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