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2009
August 2009
17 Aug: Denmark part VII - Elsinore
16 Aug: Denmark part VI - Copenhagen and Lyngby
15 Aug: Denmark part V - Roskilde
14 Aug: Denmark part IV - Odense
13 Aug: Denmark part III - Vejle, Givskud and Jelling
12 Aug: Denmark part II - Aalborg and Århus
11 Aug: Denmark part I - Northern Jutland: Skagen and Råbjerg Mile
July 2009
31 Jul: Isle of Man - thoughts and conclusions
30 Jul: Isle of Man part IV - Castletown
29 Jul: Isle of Man part III - Calf Sound
28 Jul: Isle of Man part II - Mount Snaefell and Laxey
27 Jul: Isle of Man Part I - Douglas
24 Jul: Midsomer Murders - and the world’s oldest miniature village
23 Jul: Salisbury Plain (not Stonehenge)
22 Jul: Enigmatic Stonehenge
21 Jul: Wales part V - Mysterious Hay-on-Wye - and Tretower
20 Jul: Wales part IV - Magical Portmeirion
19 Jul: Wales part III - Conwy and Llandudno
17 Jul: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch and Beaumaris or Wales part II - Ynys Môn
16 Jul: Wales part I - Snowdonia
15 Jul: Ironbridge Gorge
14 Jul: DDR, Schengen and no more passport stamps
7 Jul: New UNESCO World Heritage Sites - and Germany site delisted
2 Jul: Wherethehellis Kish, you ask?
June 2009
26 Jun: Dubai’s Terminal 2
24 Jun: Inviting Ivancea
21 Jun: Orheiul Vechi
17 Jun: Chic Chisinau
14 Jun: Back in the USSR - Time travelling in Transdniestr
11 Jun: Baltic States Part I - Latvia
May 2009
20 May: Murder and Mayhem in London - Part III - Jack the Ripper
16 May: 17 May - Hip hip hooray!
13 May: Murder and Mayhem in London Part II - Execution Dock, Tyburn, Smithfield and other sordid business
12 May: Murder and Mayhem in London during 700 years - Part I - Bridges of London
11 May: What to do on a Friday night in London if you’re time travelling
6 May: My Oslo City Guide in British Airways’ Business Life
April 2009
29 Apr: Macedonian naming dispute continues - and Elvis of the Balkans
22 Apr: First impressions of a fledgling nation - thoughts on Kosovo one year on
19 Apr: 2 cosy Dubai cafés
15 Apr: Dubai shopping
14 Apr: Fujairah
13 Apr: Oman at last
12 Apr: Arabian desert safari
11 Apr: Affluent Abu Dhabi
10 Apr: Sprightly Sharjah
9 Apr: Anonymous Ajman
8 Apr: Umm al Quwain
7 Apr: Ras al Khaimah
6 Apr: Dubai
March 2009
26 Mar: 2008 mapmakers - and the reasons why
17 Mar: Does adventure travel have to be uncomfortable?
13 Mar: Ryanair - and using mobiles phones in-flight
6 Mar: St Helena, anyone?
3 Mar: European plans
February 2009
20 Feb: Dreams of Antarctica - soon to be reality?
16 Feb: Lesotho public transport
5 Feb: Scandinavian and North Atlantic plans
January 2009
30 Jan: Cafe de Paris Carnivore
23 Jan: 8 places I’d rather be right now
13 Jan: 11 fave hotels of 2008
8 Jan: The annoying necessity of house maintenance
2 Jan: Travels of 2008 - and plans for 2009
2008
December 2008
30 Dec: Photos from above
19 Dec: Stories of Flying
1 Dec: Cambridge
October 2008
16 Oct: Quickly into Kosovo
10 Oct: Iceland
September 2008
28 Sep: Canada - here we come
9 Sep: Like to stay in a luxury hotel at hostel prices?
August 2008
25 Aug: Ancient observatories seen from space
22 Aug: Srpska tomorrow
16 Aug: Legoland - an entire day of it
8 Aug: Skopje story
July 2008
3 Jul: Lazy travelling
April 2008
18 Apr: The Opera House on the Fjord
4 Apr: We found our way out of Egypt, … for now
March 2008
31 Mar: Luxor Temple and a fever
28 Mar: Memnon colossus and the fabulous Winter Palace hotel in Luxor
27 Mar: Hatshepsut’s Mortuary Temple
3 Mar: Valley of the Kings
February 2008
28 Feb: Smoking sheesha and waterborne shops at Esna
27 Feb: Boating up the Nile - in the 1800s and 2008
26 Feb: The Old Cataract Hotel and Philae
25 Feb: More Aswan and felucca sailing
22 Feb: Elephantine and Nubian life in 2008
21 Feb: Aswan
20 Feb: Idle musings along the Nile
19 Feb: Kom Ombo and crocs
18 Feb: The Temple at Edfu
17 Feb: Karnak
16 Feb: Egyptian traffic
15 Feb: The airport of heavenly peace
14 Feb: Lesotho story
2007
December 2007
29 Dec: Christmas markets
13 Dec: Lists of destinations
3 Dec: A new story - in a new outlet
November 2007
27 Nov: An autumn evening in Vienna
5 Nov: More stories
October 2007
29 Oct: My article about the Anne Frank Huis
August 2007
17 Aug: Pyramiden - a Russian Ghost Town in the Arctic
14 Aug: Barentsburg - last remaining Russian settlement in the Arctic
13 Aug: Svalbard – Polar bear country
May 2007
26 May: Wonderful Copenhagen
26 May: Dublin with kids
April 2007
2 Apr: Story about Cafe de Paris
March 2007
21 Mar: Article about Girona is up
12 Mar: Thoughts of Zimbabwe
11 Mar: Memories of Lesotho
9 Mar: My Nessebar article
February 2007
14 Feb: Norfolk Island murder solved
January 2007
26 Jan: City of the Viking King part II - wintertime
2006
December 2006
13 Dec: Budapest is ice-cold today
10 Dec: Destination Playland: 3 bloody hours of it.
4 Dec: Got 39 minutes to kill in Luxembourg?
3 Dec: Stein-am-Rhein story
November 2006
24 Nov: Luxembourg coming up
17 Nov: …and Liechtenstein
13 Nov: St Moritz story
October 2006
29 Oct: My Carcassonne story
27 Oct: My Kiev story
18 Oct: Cafe de Paris - a Geneva institution
17 Oct: Geneva - UN
11 Oct: Stein-am-Rhein
9 Oct: Bregenz
8 Oct: Travel writers: Is it really fair to trash a place after only a few hours’ visit?
5 Oct: 20 countries in 20 days??!! Is he mad?
4 Oct: Walking across borders
3 Oct: Malbun
2 Oct: Vaduz
1 Oct: Klosters - but really more about Zermatt
September 2006
29 Sep: Davos
28 Sep: St Moritz in September
27 Sep: Zurich - a night on the town
26 Sep: Backlog 18 Sep: St Moritz - coming up
26 Sep: Backlog 14 Sep: My Hammerfest article
26 Sep: Backlog 12 Sep: Thoughts on Tonga
26 Sep: Backlog 7 Sep: Thinking of Uzbekistan
26 Sep: Backlog 5 Sep: Reminiscing about the Croc man
25 Sep: Backlog 2 Sep: Carcassonne and Time Travel
25 Sep: Backlog 30 Aug: Carcassonne next
25 Sep: Backlog 28 Aug: City of the Viking King
25 Sep: Backlog