It was our last day in Istanbul and our flight was due in the afternoon. Having done all the sightseeing and eating we wanted to over the previous six days, we were left with the Hamam experience to tick off…
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During our “Dordogne Farm Holiday” in France with our two young daughters, we spent the first week enjoying life on the farm pretending to be farmers but mostly wandering round exploring the farm, picking fruit, stroking animals, chasing chicken, watching…
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Every now and again, we come across someone who holds a torch to light the way ahead for us and we are eternally grateful to those passing strangers that set new standards for human endeavour. I am sure you can…
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Libya: During Gadhafi’s regime, I reluctantly agreed to go to Libya to help a company’s senior management put together a business plan. Being a restless soul, I like to get from A to B in the shortest possible time so…
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London: The company “Travel Coordinator” went on line and checked the official requirements for visa application to Saudi Arabia and all seemed fairly straight forward, if a little bureaucratic. Must have a valid passport; must provide two identical passport photos…
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Northern Cyprus Again: Having gone through passport control and security (see previous blog), we settled down in the departure lounge of the tiny Ercan Airport waiting to board our plane to Istanbul. Soon a middle-aged couple joined us and sat…
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Northern Cyprus: If you are wondering where is the worst security measures at an airport, then you will be hard pressed to find one to challenge Ercan Airport in the Turkish Northern Cyprus. We once travelled to Istanbul via Ercan…
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British Airways flight attendant had a strange way of asking you to do things: * would you like to take a seat for me? * a wet towel for you? * any drinks for yourself? * would you fasten your…
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Back in the Nineties, when mobile phones were the size and weight of a brick, the Internet was only accessible by nerds who called it “Information Super Highway”, and navigation was done by using paper maps, we went on a…
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This is a sad story without a likely happy ending and I still feel very touched by it, so much so, I need to share it with as many people as possible. I was in Sana’a, Yemen and after two…
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