It is my intention to periodically release extracts from my various travel diaries, which I feel may be of interest. The Broome Crocodile Park (now known I believe, as the Malcom Douglas Crocodile Park). Crocodiles leaping at the Malcolm Douglas Crocodile Park. Please bear in mind, I was there in 1992. I suspect much more …
Category Archives: Tales From My Travels
No Worries-Tip for Travellers to Australia
你好 (knee-how) I hope that I just said Hello in Mandarin. 謝謝 (sounds something like shear shear)That is meant to say Thank You in Mandarin according to Google Translate. I knew Hello (nĭ hăo) (how to say it not how to write it) and that was about all I knew but I said it a lot in China and …
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Confessions of a Backpacker
My upbringing gave me gifts, I had never realised. Judging people on account of their colour or creed was just not considered acceptable in my family when I was little. In fact my father had made sure I knew about the Holocaust from a very early age. I had never considered myself racist until my …
A Bumpy Ride
We all have our moments when we realise we have been conned. We had loved experiencing Beijing and being transported by cycle rickshaws. Our first rickshaw peddler had been an elderly gentleman, who had profoundly worried us. We had feared he might have a heart attack at any moment. He had bravely struggled up hills, …
The America I Knew-Part Two
America was my second home. One of my most joyful memories was being caught in a huge snowfall. Yes this happens even in Virginia. The snow had reached some three feet up our patio doors. Some of my father’s American colleagues had been on their way to visit us but had ended up abandoning their …
The America I Know
We arrived in America with a few boxes of possessions. We had to hire furniture, which was going to take a week to arrive. One of our new neighbours asked if we were going to be in on a particular night when they planned to all cook us a meal. Several neighbours also turned up …