The Unexpected Traveller\'s Blog
As I travel around the world, I marvel at the complexity and beauty of modern life and reflect on the fact that odd people are everywhere
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A Round Peg And All That
2010-09-23 03:00:50
The Soul Soother and I are in Valletta, Malta. She spends the morning shopping, predictably enough but I scour the place with my camera. I roamed around the Northern part of the peninsula. Much quieter than the central part of the capital, it is also a little harder to navigate due to the increased number [...]
2010-09-23 03:00:50
The Soul Soother and I are in Valletta, Malta. She spends the morning shopping, predictably enough but I scour the place with my camera. I roamed around the Northern part of the peninsula. Much quieter than the central part of the capital, it is also a little harder to navigate due to the increased number [...]
Moroccan Dreams
2010-09-20 03:00:48
The Soul Soother and I saunter along past Gare Centrale here in Brussels. Having spent a morning roaming around the Royal Quarter, we are now on our way for a coffee and will quietly read the paper to while away the time. We saunter across the recently renovated Boulevard and watch a gaggle of tourists [...]
2010-09-20 03:00:48
The Soul Soother and I saunter along past Gare Centrale here in Brussels. Having spent a morning roaming around the Royal Quarter, we are now on our way for a coffee and will quietly read the paper to while away the time. We saunter across the recently renovated Boulevard and watch a gaggle of tourists [...]
Power To The People!
2010-09-16 03:00:13
Following my evening with the surreal ingredients, I am out and about in Floriana, the suburb to the capital city of Valletta, here in Malta. I park the car in the first available slot. I have driven around for twenty minutes to find such a slot and am hardly in a position to be picky [...]
2010-09-16 03:00:13
Following my evening with the surreal ingredients, I am out and about in Floriana, the suburb to the capital city of Valletta, here in Malta. I park the car in the first available slot. I have driven around for twenty minutes to find such a slot and am hardly in a position to be picky [...]
Oxymoron of the Day
2010-09-13 03:00:01
I pause as the horse-drawn carriage clops past. A gaggle of tourists giggle at me as they hold on tightly afraid of falling out of the tiny cabin. I walk on, the sound of the hooves slapping the aged route echoing behind me. One left turn, another right and left again into the grand piazza [...]
2010-09-13 03:00:01
I pause as the horse-drawn carriage clops past. A gaggle of tourists giggle at me as they hold on tightly afraid of falling out of the tiny cabin. I walk on, the sound of the hooves slapping the aged route echoing behind me. One left turn, another right and left again into the grand piazza [...]
Normal Is Relative
2010-09-09 03:00:23
Back at home. I sift through my photos and feebly attempt to catalogue the many, many images that flash up on-screen. It’s only been days since we were in the Middle Kingdom and it already seems so far away. I pause, finger hovering above mouse button with one photo open in front of me. I [...]
2010-09-09 03:00:23
Back at home. I sift through my photos and feebly attempt to catalogue the many, many images that flash up on-screen. It’s only been days since we were in the Middle Kingdom and it already seems so far away. I pause, finger hovering above mouse button with one photo open in front of me. I [...]
Father Christmas And The Furious Eyebrows
2010-09-06 03:00:10
“What are you laughing at? Are you thinking about him again?” the Soul Soother accuses with a tone of disapproval in her voice. I try to contain my smiles but cannot as the memory of that scene on our river cruise is still very fresh in my mind. Throughout the cruise, we were all allocated [...]
2010-09-06 03:00:10
“What are you laughing at? Are you thinking about him again?” the Soul Soother accuses with a tone of disapproval in her voice. I try to contain my smiles but cannot as the memory of that scene on our river cruise is still very fresh in my mind. Throughout the cruise, we were all allocated [...]
About To Fall
2010-09-02 03:00:18
Apologies for the Americanism in the title, if you are a European. Apologies for the previous apology if you are an American. I am back from my Chinese jaunt but have a few stories left. I shall upload them as soon as I have some time to wade through the photographs that I need. In [...]
2010-09-02 03:00:18
Apologies for the Americanism in the title, if you are a European. Apologies for the previous apology if you are an American. I am back from my Chinese jaunt but have a few stories left. I shall upload them as soon as I have some time to wade through the photographs that I need. In [...]
Great Balls of Fire
2010-08-30 03:00:38
The Soul Soother and I stare. It’s not that we have not gotten used to seeing unusual things on this trip but sometimes some things just take the biscuit. I look around and wonder, not for the first time, if anyone will frog-march me to the nearest police headquarters if I try to take this [...]
2010-08-30 03:00:38
The Soul Soother and I stare. It’s not that we have not gotten used to seeing unusual things on this trip but sometimes some things just take the biscuit. I look around and wonder, not for the first time, if anyone will frog-march me to the nearest police headquarters if I try to take this [...]
Shared Relics
2010-08-26 03:00:51
My jaw has been open for so long that it’s beginning to ache. The Soul Soother and I are roaming around downtown Beijing like a pair of moon struck goldfish. Our surroundings are so different to anything we’re used to that we might as well be on another planet. We are in Tiananmen Square and [...]
2010-08-26 03:00:51
My jaw has been open for so long that it’s beginning to ache. The Soul Soother and I are roaming around downtown Beijing like a pair of moon struck goldfish. Our surroundings are so different to anything we’re used to that we might as well be on another planet. We are in Tiananmen Square and [...]
The Unexpected Guide To St Pancras Eurostar Terminal
2010-08-23 03:00:43
If you, like me, prefer the pleasant atmosphere of a train to a sometimes claustrophobic aircraft, then you will surely appreciate the benefits of the Eurostar when travelling to and from the UK, Belgium and France. There are many advantages to using this form of transport between the three countries – no luggage restrictions is what shoppers [...]
2010-08-23 03:00:43
If you, like me, prefer the pleasant atmosphere of a train to a sometimes claustrophobic aircraft, then you will surely appreciate the benefits of the Eurostar when travelling to and from the UK, Belgium and France. There are many advantages to using this form of transport between the three countries – no luggage restrictions is what shoppers [...]