Miscellany 2/3

Oct 4, 201616 min read

Jordan: Amman - Jerash - Madaba - Petra

After settling into my room at the Kempinski Amman, I headed down to breakfast at 6.30 and tucked into a pair of fried cackleberries but...

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Oct 6, 201510 min read

Iran – the “Hello” edition

Romance, jewellery, fashion, celebrity… The Iran Crown Jewels is the largest collection of its type in the world. It includes crowns,...

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Oct 8, 20149 min read

Iran - the (oil) drum

When Vita Sackville-West visited Iran in 1926, her husband, Harold Nicolson, was working there in the diplomatic service. No doubt part...

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Oct 8, 20134 min read

The Fairweather Range and Lituya Bay

A highlight of Alaska, Glacier Bay is good tourist stuff, but, as usual, I managed to get utterly sidetracked by a nearby attraction –...

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Oct 1, 20133 min read

Life and Death in Kamchatka

The native Kamchadals are pretty plucky folk. The aboriginal peoples (there are about five different tribes, but let’s not go into...

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