These types of guests seem to be a given in life. Whether it’s someone you can’t stand crashing your BBQ or the taxman paying a surprise visit to your place of business or the drunken relatives during the holidays season, these encounters will never be void from your life. The only question that might remain [...]
China
If completed, the $24 billion Three Gorges Dam on China’s Yangtze River will be the largest hydroelectric dam in the world. It will create a reservoir of 600km long and will be one of the largest man-made structures ever.
Of course the answer to that is a resounding yes, but just the same, the preventatives seem to be pretty harsh in all sorts of ways in their own right. I got a call from my travel pal who had gotten the brilliant idea of maybe taking a trip to Borneo. I slapped my self [...]
Saudi Arabia
Saudi businesswoman Nawal Abbas Baitar has embarked on a venture to supply women security guards for projects and institutions of women in the Kingdom.
It’s hard to admit, but when I travel now I do my fair share of shopping.
My circadian rhythms are screwed. I’m a ghost walking around. Most normal folk are asleep, but for me it’s about 4pm not am. It’s fine line of waking and sleep. No amount of mouthwash will get rid of the lingering taste of the rice whisky from the night before. Earlier I popped two 12 hour [...]
Some prefer to travel alone, and for very good reasons. The adage of “Two is company, three is a crowd†is very true. Travel by committee can be quite disconcerting for the extremely independent.
