I normally associate Scandinavia with snow and ice but it’s really hot in Oslo right now. Along with a good number of the Oslo natives, I have spent the afternoon at the beach on one of the islands in the Oslofjord. Alternating between sunbathing on a rock and swimming in the fairly warm water – [...]

The first thing I have to mention is that I am writing this on board the train from Glasgow back to London. Not writing it to post later but actually writing it live via the wifi connection in my carriage. Eventually I think they plan to charge for wifi but right now they have a [...]

I met my cousin Jenny in Glasgow yesterday and we caught the bus back to Inveraray yesterday. Inveraray is about two hours west of Glasgow on Loch Fyne and it’s a beautiful little town of white buildings perched on the shore of the loch and a castle just outside the town boundary. Jenny is now [...]

My four days in Tanzania have been and gone and I am writing this on the train to Scotland, where I will spend the next four days visiting family. I arrived back from Tanzania yesterday morning after a very long flight that involved a stop in Cairo for refuelling thanks to a fuel shortage in [...]