Published in The Independent (December 26th, 2009) My hands were freezing as we lumbered across the lava fields, swaddled in several layers of clothing, clad in thick neoprene […]
Travel
24-Hour Room Service: Margutta 54, Rome
Published in The Independent (October 31st, 2009) The plan seemed simple. A couple of days in Paris, then the overnight train to Rome followed by a day showing […]
Africa / Libya / Travel
Libya: From desert to oasis
Published in The Independent (December 8th, 2007) Ali took a hunk of camel meat and carefully chopped it into tiny cubes before throwing it into a pan. Then […]
Travel / United States / World
Virginia and Maryland: On the trail of the lonesome pine
Published in The Independent (September 24th, 2005) First there was the twang of country music, which turned out to be an apposite version of “Take Me Home, Country […]
Sri Lanka / Travel
The calm after the storm
Published in The Independent (March 26th, 2005) The two elderly ladies, with their blue rinses and bubble-perms, were explaining how they ended up going on holiday to Sri […]
Travel / United States / World
Summer in New England
Published in The Independent (May 22nd, 2004) Things began badly. After 15 years, I had finally persuaded my wife to go on holiday to the United States. I […]
Travel
Mussels and the click of Manolos
Published in The Independent (September 20th, 2003) The mussels arrived, plump and glistening in their shells. I counted 21 of them, together with a handful of sea urchins, […]