A Stroll Around Yangon
After five decades of being locked away Yangon is becoming a major destination for those who want to see the renaissance of what was, a century ago, one of the most beautiful and cosmopolitan cities in the south-east Asia.
Muang Mai, Chiang Mai’s Stinky Market
Known locally as Stinky Market, Chiang Mai's Muang Mai wholesale vegetable market buzzes from early morning to late at night.
Glorifying the Gozunda, Spain’s Potty Museum
Not everyone may have been able to rest their buttocks on a receptacle padded with velvet and studded with gold nails to ‘do their business’.
No isn’t always negative
(From notes made 24th February, 2014, on my first visit to Thailand.) I needed to buy an Air Asia ticket from Bangkok to Chiang Mai but after various attempts online that failed I decided to find a travel agent. Just up the road from my hotel near the Democracy Monument I saw an Air Asia sign [...]
China Spice, Dinner in Bangkok’s Chinatown
When compared to the street bustle of Bangkok’s Chinatown, the word ‘frenetic’ would indicate a pace of peace and tranquility.
Volubilis, Ancient Rome in Morocco
In its heyday, Volubilis was an affluent provincial capital, its wealth based on the export of olives, olive oil and wheat to Rome, and wild animals to face the gladiators in arenas throughout the Roman Empire.