NEPAL PHOTOS – Part 2

Some more of those Nepal photos. If you click on them they go full screen… I really like this one with the women working in the paddy fields… You find these guys in Kathmandu. This is in Durbar Square in the city centre. They want money from you for the photo and will apparently put [...]

NEPAL PHOTOS – Part 1

One good thing about being home is that you get the chance to look at all your old things. I have a lot of photos on my computer but I got to see some that I hadn’t seen for a while that I think I should probably share. I will do the Nepal ones today. [...]

THE JOURNEY

My ideal job would definitely be a travel writer so I try to do something when I go on a journey. Check the Korea or Nepal sections on this site for examples. I have recently been in Italy for a few months and thought I would write up the story of how I got there. [...]

BEEN TRAVELLING AGAIN

I just returned from being away in Italy for 6 months so will have a few stories about that to come on the website soon. I went overland there and back from Scotland too, so the first story I will put up [in about 30 minutes] is about the journey. I have previously been to [...]

DIVIDED EUROPE

I really don’t know who made this cartoon. I am certain I picked it up from Znet. Thank you to the person that made it and if you email me I will do the appropiate links. i just felt that after Ireland the other day and the general coverage of the shrub visiting europe it [...]

THANK YOU IRELAND

Well done Ireland for showing us the way against the odds again. As my friend Lonesome sparrow points out, the ‘No’ campaign was outspent 20 to 1. Despite that, the people of Ireland have rejected the Lisbon Treaty by 53.4% to 46.6% meaning that the treaty in its current form cannot be adopted as EU [...]

STUCK IN THE MUD

I could have told them this. Dirt exposure ‘boosts happiness’ Exposure to dirt may be a way to lift mood as well as boost the immune system, UK scientists say. I always find I get a great feeling during and after working outside if it is in the countryside. Anything is a relief after being [...]

DRUNK OR SOBER?

Just a little piece by Orwell that is worth a look. It is from his ‘As I Please’ column. A lot of people have read only 1984 and/or Animal Farm by Orwell. Rather than encouraging you to read his other novels I would suggest you buy The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters volumes 1-4. There [...]

SOMETHING FOR SATURDAY NIGHT

THERE EU GO

When anyone discusses the EU it tends to bring images of dull men in grey suits and masses of bureacuracy to the front of the mind and there is a tendency to switch off. However, the amount of bureacrats employed by the EU commission [administering all of europe] for example, is considerably less than one [...]