Walking to the restaurant before dusk, walking back under star light and from the pin pricks of small LED torches making out market stall blankets …



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A 12 hour stopover in Istanbul, enough time to crash in the soulless, windowless hotel, crank out emails.
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There’s nothing quite like a Sunday morning spent with a motorbike, a driver and in the more sensitive areas of Dahiyeh – a Hezbollah minder. …
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Kind thanks to hostess in Beruit for access to the fixer, the fixer’s Hezbollah fixer, and the Hezbollah fixer’s friend’s motorbike. It’s the only way …
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In Beirut for a couple of days – an opportunity to catch up with friends, sup good coffee and write an upcoming talk or two. I’m …
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Two crisp days in New York for back to back to back meetings. Good to catch up with so many creatives, and as a plesant …
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The biggest human migration on the planet – families returning home for Chinese New Year, is about to kick-off. Airport overflow. Plenty of rabbit on the …
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On the road again – on a journey that will span four continents and some interesting destinations. For those of you who go in for that …
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Kicking off the year with a couple of days downtime in Tokyo, enough breathing space to reflect on the last, and plan for the new. 2010 …
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A very contemporary situation – trying to negotiate with today’s driver to take us from Lijiang to a village in the nearby mountains using the …
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