It was both a trip back in time today, and also into an alternate reality - one where I am interested in sport. Specifically, the weird worl...

  Well, how about that? Some good news! Though with a tinge of sadness, of course. This is Burma who was, until just a couple of months ago,...

Having (see Update, right) officially given in to the inescapable fact that all my blog connections are now disaster-related, I could hardly...

It got a bit regal in Auckland’s port today. Not just one, but two Princesses: Royal (left) and Diamond (right) (starboard?). Unusual to hav...

Since this supposed travel blog appears to have morphed into a trail of disaster reports, I feel obliged to note the major one that happened...

Ok, I give up. There’s no escaping it. That whole connection thing (see above, right) is just crap these days. Life would be, personally, mu...

  It’s Christmas Eve, hot and humid, and the beach is calling - as is the frog in the pond. There’s nowhere better for me to be, for which I...