Day 1,351: High Flying Birds
12.09.12: So the last two weeks have not been particularly merry ones. But, on the bright side, I’ve been able to spend time with my dad (and… er… let him…
Day 1,338: We’ll Always Have Paris
30.08.12: Let me just say this: I have the best mates anyone could ever hope for. Within 5 hours of my arrival on Saturday 11 August 2012, I was celebrating…
Day 1,319: The Last Refuge of a Scoundrel
Sat 11.08.12: They say that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. I don’t necessarily believe that. I think home is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Today this…
Day 1,302: So Then…
Wed 25.07.12: Another hiatus. I hope you don’t see this as cheating. As I did in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, I will be returning to exactly the spot where I…
Day 1,300: Okay, Time Out!
Mon 23.07.12: There is no chance of me getting on board a cargo ship from Sri Lanka to Maldives. This is a rather unique situation and it’s taken 42 months…
Day 1,290: Odysseus Amongst The Sirens
Fri 13.07.12: In Homer’s Odyssey, our wily hero Odysseus had his men tie him to the ship's mast so he could hear the Siren’s song without dashing himself on the…
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy…
Snaps from the excellent two-page spread I was given in the CEYLON TODAY newspaper here in Sri Lanka. Big awesome thanks to Radhieka Peeris, Manisha Yuuki and Anita Matic. You…
Day 1,282: It’s Not Dark Yet
Thu 05.07.12: The morning after the night before I jumped on the internet to find THE EMAIL. The email I had been waiting for, the email I had been dreading.…
Days 1,279-1,281: That Sinking Feeling
Mon 02.07.12 – Wed 04.07.12: Anita offered me her couch to crash out on, but by couch I mean ‘one of the three bedrooms in her amazing apartment on the…
Days 1,277-1,278: The Ministry of Crab
Sat 30.06.12 – Sun 01.07.12: You know that the dates and the time I’ve spent in Sri Lanka tally pretty much exactly with that of Cape Verde three years ago?…