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29 Aug 2026 3 minute read 0 comments rah
With me flying next week for the first time in a couple of years I thought I would take a look at the best advice on what to do if you are unfortunate enough to be on a plane that is about to crash. Incidentally the header image is of a Wizzair plane...
26 Aug 2026 2 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted
You'd imagine that can't be a saga with AirPods. You buy them, you use them. That's it. But in my case, there was a saga. Until about 5-6 years ago, I'd probably never bought a pair of headphones. Headphones used to be included in the box with a new...
22 Aug 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Jrival
Chiang Mai is beautiful in every season. However, nowadays, the city is often covered in haze and air pollution. During the rainy season, though, Chiang Mai becomes bright, green, and inviting once again, just like it used to be. Whether you're explo...
19 Aug 2026 3 minute read 1 comment rah
This is NOT what I intended to post today. In fact, I am not even connected to the internet! I am currently sitting on a train on my way home from the holiday that I mentioned a few weeks ago. Everything had worked like clockwork in the lead up to my...
18 Aug 2026 7 minute read 0 comments rah
The way I left things yesterday I had a plan. To summarise: - It was now Wednesday evening and I had only eight more days before I was due to fly from Rinas Airport, just outside the Albanian capital. I had expected a lift the previous Saturday or S...
17 Aug 2026 5 minute read 0 comments rah
So, to update you from yesterday's post and to provide a brief summary, of where we are at: Somebody was supposed to come and pick me up in a Land Rover from Klina in Kosovo on or around 6th October, so that I could return to Albania in plenty of ti...
16 Aug 2026 3 minute read 0 comments rah
In this concluding part (for now) I am going to explain to you my final Kosovo adventure that took place way back in later 2001. The journey there had been so incredible that I had to break it down into three parts; and I am sure I missed some bits o...
14 Aug 2026 4 minute read 1 comment rah
Yesterday I shared about how, after leaving Albania, we had entered Macedonia on our way to Kosovo and arrived in Tetovo just about exactly when a Macedonian counter offensive began. I then described how we, that being George, two Americans (whose na...
28 Jul 2026 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted
Since.. ever, the Maldives, a nation of over 1,000 coral islands, has been relying on tourism. But now the nation is cautiously entering the cryptocurrency space. Long dependent on tourism and fisheries, the archipelago faces mounting external debt...
27 Jul 2026 4 minute read 0 comments rah
As many of you know I have been to some obscure and wonderful places and travelled along some pretty dangerous roads in my time. One of them even featured in first ever episode of The World's Most Dangerous Roads (Albania). I have travelled in West A...
