Curioso
Happy Birthday to me soon in Mongolia…and why do I want to celebrate my 60th birthday there?
Tag: Europe
Los Dinosaurios
Everyone loves dinosaurs. We visited dinosaur footprints on a hot Spanish afternoon, not so different from the temperatures in which the dinosaurs were paddling along the river 120 million years ago.
Unreasonable Fear
Want to know my secret fear…or at least intense dislike? Read on to find out, although you’ve already got a clue…
Epitome of a Holiday
What makes a holiday? Different things for different people, without a doubt – here’s what makes a holiday for me.
Monuments and Meanings
Monuments and museums memorialise people and philosophies, including the Stalin Museum in Gori. When we change our attitude to past events, should we change our monuments?
Trials & Tribulations When Bikepacking in Georgia
Sometimes you just have to go. But what do you do when there isn’t an appropriate place to go?
Tourism & Colonialism
What do tourism and colonialism have in common? Plenty, I reckon. Time for New Zealand to have a think about this as we consider one is essential to our economy and the other is abhorrent.
What We Need
Georgia is littered with plastic bags while NZ has implemented first-in-the-world legislation banning single use plastics. How can we do even better?
Best Birthdays 2
Mountains and peanut butter crackers make for an excellent birthday – how happiness can stem from minimum options.
Taking stock
New Zealand has dropped down its alert levels, though Auckland remains at 2 where the rest of the country is at 1. In Europe, cases are climbing but there’s resistance to any further hard lockdowns. And how are things looking for the Swedish experiment?