If there’s one thing that is likely to raise the stress levels of the think-you’ve-seen-it-all-before business traveler it’s the taxi from the airport to the …



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It’s difficult to photograph scrubland desert, and even trickier to document a hole/crater from ground level – hence photographing a hole in the desert is …
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In one of my more obscure life experiences – picked up a heavily tattooed Ukrainian guide + 4WD and headed deep into this desert to …
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A few days ad-hoccing in Turkmenistan (map) before hopping onto the next. This is the home of the cult of personality, the personality of Gurbanguly …
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Arrive into Kazakhstan’s Almaty airport – the muscle who tried to take the back seat didn’t contradict its reputation for a drop-you-at-the-edge-of-town and squeeze-you-for-payment hustle. …
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Hardly anyone, it seems wants to visit my final destination today – on our short stopover in Baku, Azerbaijan – I’m the only passenger left …
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Red eye from Austin to NYC to Berlin, just enough time to taxi to the hotel, shower and head to the conference venue. Straight off …
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My around-the-world trip starts here with a brief stop over in SFO an opportunity to catch up with Kevin Kelly in the Kelly studio – …
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A long trip lined up: SF/Austin/Berlin this week, then ash-clouds permitting over to the ‘stans for some time off-grid, before hopefully re-emerging somewhere in the …
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A week to orientate the city reverting to tried and tested field study techniques: hire a motorbike + driver and accelerate, slalom and otherwise batter …
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