Amsterdam last night. Dark, quiet and understated after a bright and colourful day. I can smell the air of earlier adventures in Europe, the sound of rumbling trams and their bells, bikes clattering by canalsides.
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- Around the World – Waterstones Books Quarterly
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Older articles
- 2010 Travel Press Awards
- Aarhus: A Slice of Danish
- Britain: My Journey To The Lighthouse With Patricia
- Britain: my Kent trip planner for the Wall Street Journal
- Comment: The Independent, July 2010
- Ethiopia: Time Stands Still in Harar
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- Indiana Jones travel guide
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- Zambia to Namibia by bicycle – my Tour d'Afrique video
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