The great thing about layered airport security is that you get to meet the same people over and over and over. Today I get to …
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They’ll be tears before bedtime. After six weeks on the road, clocking up over 5,000 land-miles in China alone, it’s time to head home. Flight UA …
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After a couple of days to wind down discussions in Lhasa it’s time to say mata ne to the research crew – next we meet …
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This may come as a surprise: professionals whose livelihood depends on being able to travel the globe and decode the nuances of what they experience …
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Today’s office is a villa situated on the outskirts of the Caspian sea-side town of Chalus. Arriving last night’s the surrounds looked like a cross between …
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Today’s office is not supposed to be. It’s Sunday and I’m not due back in the Tokyo lab until the middle of the week. But the …
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Two days in a rural location to analyse and debate 8 days of field data before the team disperses. A big part of coping with …
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36 hours to go before the next trip – almost a full month on the road, in the skies and if things work out according …
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