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Medellin, Columbia

Medellín, it must be said, is no architectural gem like Cartagena and it has had more monkeys on its back than most places.…

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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