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Category Archives: Travel
Book Review: “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer
“Into the Wild” is the real story of Christopher McCandless, a young American who decided to roam the wilderness of the United States after graduating from university and who eventually died of starvation in Alaska, aged 24. “Greetings from Fairbanks! … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Life, Philosophy, Travel, USA
Tagged adventure, Alaska, Chris McCandless, Christopher McCandless, freedom, hiking, Jon Krakauer
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Why the North is taking itself too serious
Map-making has always had the problem of trying to fit the surface of a (roughly) ball-shaped object on a flat piece of paper. A map reflective of the true proportions of our planet would look something like this: However, most … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Travel
Tagged earth, equator, geopolitics, map of the world, mapping, Maps, north-south divide, Northern hemisphere, Southern hemisphere, world, world map
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Half Marathon at Eton
For the first time in almost a year, I have managed to run a half marathon (21 km = 13 miles) again yesterday. I ran at Eton, a small town situated west of London, which forms one community with the … Continue reading
Mandela deserves better
The mail delivery centres where you have to pick up the parcels that are too big to be squeezed through the letter slot, are rarely housed in beautiful buildings or located in enticing parts of the city. My local Royal … Continue reading
Posted in Germany, London, Politics, Travel, UK
Tagged Amberg, Invictus, Madiba, Mandela, Mandela Way, Nürnberg, Nelson Mandela, Nelson-Mandela-Platz, Nuremberg, Panzer, parcel, post, Royal Mail, South Africa, T-34, tank, train station
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Upside down?
Ever since I spent 3 months on student exchange in Australia in 1992 and realised that I was not walking upside down, let alone falling off the earth, I have been very adamant against the use of “up” or “down” … Continue reading
It was the Mossad!
What, WikiLeaks? The attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists? The hijackings of 11 September 2001? Pearl Harbour? Global warming? No. This time, it is something far more sinister that Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad is accused of: The Egyptian coast on the Red … Continue reading
Fireworks for Bonfire Night 2010 at Blackheath in London
Every first week in November, all over Great Britain fireworks are lit up for “Bonfire Night” to commemorate the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. A group of English Catholics around Guy Fawkes had conspired to kill King James I and to … Continue reading
Posted in History, London, Travel, UK
Tagged Blackheath, Bonfire Night, English history, fireworks, Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fakwes, Guy Fawkes Night
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Al-Qaeda 2.0: DIY Terror
Remember Al-Qaeda? They used to scare us a bit by hijacking planes and blowing themselves up. With their nasty activities, they have caused us quite some trouble. Recently however, they seem to have experienced some problems of their own. Recruits … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Terrorism, Travel
Tagged al-qaida, Osama bin Laden, Richard Reid, Terrorism, Yemen
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Don’t travel to Europe!
So say the US State Department and the UK Foreign Office in travel warnings issued because of terror alerts in October 2010. Just having been to Germany a few weeks ago, I checked the Foreign Office’s travel warning about my … Continue reading
The Happy Hermit 