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Cartagena, Columbia

Let’s start with the correct pronunciation of Cartagena - it’s CAR-ta-HEN-a. This is necessary in order to correct an inter…

A Love Letter from Paris

As with Dickens’ London, when I write about Paris she is not the backdrop but the main character. One of the things I lov…

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…

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