Driving along one of Norway's well maintained highways, the E6, one could be forgiven for missing them. But here and there are dotted brown signs pointing to 'helleristninger', or rock art or rock carvings - some estimated to date back as far as 9,000 years. I got to visit some of them on a road … Continue reading Hiding in plain sight: Norway’s Bronze Age rock art
When I went to see Brooklyn yesterday, I wasn't expecting to be so reminded of myself. Yet Soairse Ronan's character, the young Eilis who moves across the ocean from County Wrexham, Ireland to Brooklyn, NYC in the 1950s to make a better life for herself, embodied all the emotional turmoil so familiar to me when … Continue reading Brooklyn, and big decisions
Farewell to my final destination: New York City, as viewed from a fabulous balcony in Long Island City One of the questions long-term travellers dread upon their return is: "so how was it?" You've spent three months or more out of the loop, straying from most everything which formed the makeup of your life before, … Continue reading Returning from a long period away – an ode to London
After a seven-hour overnight bus we have arrived into bustling Huaraz, getting closer by the day to southern Peru where the most eagerly-anticipated adventures (Nazca lines, Colca Canyon and, of course, Machu Picchu) await.But there is much to entertain the eye here, and so after a nice breakfast of omelettes on the roof terrace of … Continue reading Walking among clouds
Just before sunset, baboons climb up the trees to roost, stay warm and get away from predators. Ancient Egyptians thought this was an act of devotion to the sun; that they watched it set and rise again. To protect it and show it affection.That is how the baboon became the protector of the sun.I have … Continue reading Sun worshipping
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