Travels with My Hat is a memoir of my adventures as a travel writer in Africa, South Asia and the Arab world. Beautifully designed, it is lavishly illustrated with photographs and maps and includes poignant correspondence with my mother who had never left Australia.
When I would think, well this is what I've come for and the physical and psychological demands of the effort to get here, are now worth it...
When I first set foot in Morocco as a young backpacker in the 1960s, I was captivated by the ever changing desert and mountain scenery, its colourful peoples and fascinating souqs. My book Collins Independent Travellers Guide to Morocco was published in 1990.
Around 2 billion people in the world do not have access to clean, safe drinking water and it may also mean a 15 km walk to the source. The United Nations World Development Report further estimates 3.6 billion–46% of the world’s population–lack basic sanitation facilities.
Thousands of images covering travel, culture and religions can be found in Christine Osborne Pictures and the World Religions Photo Library
It was because he would not do as he was told that Nabil, the eel, nearly lost his life. “It is time … Continue reading
May I begin by saying that no insult for one’s own satisfaction is honourable, but then neither is killing by way of taking revenge. In the fifteen years since I founded the World Religions Photo Library, I never received … Continue reading
The author of a book on Pakistan, I know well the situation for Hazaras and other Shia’s, together with members of minority religions —notably in Afghanistan and Baluchistan but also in Iraq and Iran — that cause innocents to flee … Continue reading
Christine B. Osborne