Do people still write, and read, blogs? When I used to do this it seemed like everyone was blogging about something. Nowadays I rarely read blogs. Maybe everyone’s attention span got shrunk by Twitter’s character limit and Snapchat’s expiring photos. After three years of personal upheaval I feel drawn to this blog again. I am…
Category: Travel
Thailand: From a small boat
Gavin Young wrote in his autobiography that the following quote from Joseph Conrad’s ‘Youth’ is a stunning invocation to travel and adventure. I heartily concur. “And this is how I see the East. I see it always from a small boat… I have the feel of the oar in my hand… And I see a bay,…
Football in Mexico: Welcome to (Club) Tijuana
This post first appeared on inbedwithmaradona.com & then worldsoccer.com When people in San Diego talk about heading south of the border, there are a few common reactions. Some will express horror of the lawless land down there where the drug gangs are running wild. Others will turn misty-eyed and tell you about the bawdy fun to be…
Mind your manners
When we lived in Tokyo one of my favourite things was looking for the new public information posters on the Tokyo Metro. Every month there would be a new poster reminding passengers not to do something or other. Here is my album of photos of 11 months of posters. A friend* recently pointed me in…
The showbiz experience: Pittsburgh Steelers v Green Bay Packers – Superbowl XLV 6/2/2011
After the fan experience and the corporate experience I had what I like to call the showbiz experience. Nowhere puts on a show quite like America and there is nowhere in America quite like Texas. I am a recent convert to American Football and this was my first live game. It was my good fortune…
The corporate experience: FC Bayern München v 1. FC Nürnberg – 14/11/2010
The second game was during a trip to see my sister and her husband in Austria. They live near Salzburg and close to the border with Germany. I had asked about the possibility of going to see a Bayern game as her husband is a Bavarian and a Bayern fan. I had driven past the…
The fan experience: Liverpool v Napoli 4/11/2010
This was my second game back at Anfield since I came back to the UK. I had asked my uncle which of the two games he would rather go to, he chose Napoli. I hadn’t been for nearly 5 years and although I knew I was due to go to the Napoli game with my uncle,…
Street dogs in Costa Rica
OK, this is a different topic but something that is very personal to me and something that I have wanted to write about for some time. After a year in Central America we are leaving Costa Rica in one month so I wanted to do this before we left. If you know me you may…
In Sun and Shadow 