Writing 2/2

Victory of the Plants

A number of things change when you cross the Pyrenees. The people are more contained and reserved. They smoke their spliffs without the...

Did you know that France has about half the world’s roundabouts? It’s true. They have about 30,000 of the things, and build another 500...

On the last day of March I was in Sydney, showering my friends with opportunities to practice generosity: I let them give me food,...

I’ve been busy. Real busy. I’ve fallen off the grid, if not the wagon. Last time I sent an email to you I was about to launch into summer...

For months I’ve waited. Bhutan sits on the Northern edge of the wettest region of the world, between the Himalayas and the Bay of Bengal....

‘Backstreet’s Back’, the second album of the Backstreet Boys, was the first cassette I ever bought. I was about eight: a very good year...

I’m twenty-six and I have just learnt to dress myself. I’m referring, of course, to putting on my gho, the national dress and attire of...

One thing they don't mention in the pre-flight itinerary for Druk Airlines is that you fly past Mt Everest. I mean it. You float right...

I write this in Siem Reap, soon after returning from a fish massage. In this activity you perch on the side of a large fish tank, dangle...