I used to love travel but now I find myself nervous, unwilling to leave my home, worried that something terrible will happen. I wonder if I’m just getting too old, like my aunt who went to Hawaii in her late seventies and came back swearing she would never travel again. I don’t want to be […]
Category: Travel
Places I’ve been
Hanoi and Halong Bay
The hotel room in Hanoi is small but nice, though the deluxe city view is mostly a view of someone’s messy rooftop. There’s a laneway below with lots of activity: motor cycles coming and going, women chatting and opening and closing intriguing shops. The hotel food isn’t as good as in Hoi An or Da […]
Hoi An
The first visit I caught the shuttle from Danang and walked along the main shopping street in the old quarter where even cyclos (carts attached to bicycles) weren’t allowed. There were wires up above from which lanterns were suspended and shops selling art and jewellery and other things tourists would buy. I bought scarves and […]
A Walk in Jerusalem
Everyone is working so I take my nostalgia tour of Jerusalem alone. I walk down to the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, past the money changers and the stores that sell soft drinks and food you buy in a hurry, past the place that sells motorbikes and is full of Ethiopians, past the place […]
Sydney Harbour
Sydney Harbour reminds me of a book I read once, where a group of children find a tree in the backyard which is so tall it reaches to the clouds. After you climb a ladder at the top you find yourself in another country. Every few weeks things shift and a different country comes to […]