Travels on Planet Earth - A blog
My interview with world musician Youssou N’Dour at his home in Dakar, Senegal in May 2007. You have just come back from New York – what were you doing there? “I was invited by Time magazine. Every year they nominate the 100 most influential persons around the world, sometimes artistically or politically. I was there [...]
Advice for travellers planning to visit Douz in the Tunisian Sahara for the annual Sahara Festival. I recently heard from Greetje from Holland who is researching a trip to the Sahara Festival in Douz in Tunisia. She had seen my Photo Friday entry from the festival and wanted to know if I had any advice. [...]
Food and travel Vegetarian travel. Top 10 countries to be vegetarian in, according to Expatify. Maltese delicacy. Nanette, the self-styled Ms Gourmet of Gourmet Worrier, writes about ġbejniet – individual cheeselettes formed in little plastic baskets made from fresh goat or sheep milk. The picture of her little girl with a bag of ġbejniet is [...]
San Francisco, USA; July 2009 I have been in San Francisco almost a month now and I’m enjoying exploring the city. A few weekends ago, I joined a hike from Land’s End to Baker Beach organised through Meetup.com . As we had lunch at Baker Beach, I watched a man fly a beautiful dragon-shaped kite [...]
San Francisco is not especially warm in the summer and some days it is downright cold and foggy. While I am bemoaning the lack of opportunity to wear my favourite cotton sundresses, the local wildlife seems quite content. We have a pair (maybe even a family?) of cute little red squirrels living out the back [...]
Bad Behavior has blocked 690 access attempts in the last 7 days.
Recent comments