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Scorpions with Hot Sauce

“All I’m saying is,” the Captain said while stuffing another fried egg loaded with rice into his greasy great face “When are we going to be back here again? This could be our last opportunity to enjoy this.” He was of course referring to the excellent aromatic duck to be found in the hutongs [...]

Kenya: Better than London Zoo

Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Having found myself in Nairobi, Kenya over a weekend with very little to do I looked into some tourism options. I was recommended Lake Nakuru national park, a smallish national park with a vast array of wildlife, but no elephants. I was picked up from my hotel at 7am, and [...]

Desert Safari, Dubai

800m tall building

Through yet another set of uninteresting events I found myself in Dubai with an afternoon and evening to spare. My local associate recommended a ‘desert safari’. I wasn’t sure how that worked, given my only experiences of Safaris were in Windsor Safari Park. Still I agreed to go along fairly sure [...]

Review: Limbe Zoo, Cameroon

Through a set of random and completely and utterly uninteresting events I ended up in Douala, the largest city in Cameroon with a spare day before my flight home in the evening. So rather than waste the opportunity by spending a day on the internet in the hotel (or indeed a [...]

Munich Loves You. And Football. And Bells.

This is just a quick post about a two day trip to Munich. It’s a nice city and if I don’t write this today, there will be no articles for August 2009.

"I don't trust the guy in the corner looking like Viggo Mortensen, Mr Frodo."

My good chum, [...]