‘Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.’ Jack Kerouac, On the Road A blog post on the US? As soon as I started … Continue reading #11 The USA: Golden Gate City – San Francisco

‘Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.’ Jack Kerouac, On the Road A blog post on the US? As soon as I started … Continue reading #11 The USA: Golden Gate City – San Francisco
Tate Modern is currently running a photographic exhibition, Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera (see http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/exposure/default.shtm). I visited it the other weekend and found it fascinating and thought-provoking.
It’s hard to know where to start describing Antarctica (and South Georgia and the Falklands: I ended up on a 20-day trip that took in these extra destinations). It’s like … Continue reading First Reflections on Antarctica
When I saw the plume of spray erupting from the knobbly, broccoli-headed swathe of trees as the plane came into land, like steam pouring from a boiling kettle, I knew … Continue reading Through the jungle with a violet umbrella: Iguazu Falls