Travels with My Hat

A Lifetime on the Road

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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.
GREAT MOMENTS IN TRAVEL

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...
MY MOROCCO

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.
WORLD WATER DAY

Some 1.3 billion people in the world lack access to clean water. Women and children spend an estimated 200 million hours a day hauling water, often over great distances from the source. Here Somali refugees in the Horn of Africa, one of the driest places on earth.
Photo Library Collections

Thousands of images covering travel, culture and religions can be found in Christine Osborne Pictures and the World Religions Photo Library

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TOURISM REPLACES SPICES IN ZANZIBAR

by Travels with My Hat Posted on July 3, 2017

‘..Not a ray of optimism can be seen,’ concluded Amir.A.Moh’d writing painfully of Zanzibar twenty years on from the violent revolution in 1964 that killed an estimated 17,000 Arabs and Asians on the African ‘Spice Island.’ Summoned to help in the aftermath, Eastern … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Photographs, Travel | Tagged architecture, cathedral, crafts, dala-dala, dhow, hotels, Indian Ocean, seaweed farming, spices, Stone Town, Tanzania, tourism, transport, Ujunga, world heritage, Zanzibar | 2 Comments

Thoughts and Truths on Travel Writing

by Travels with My Hat Posted on March 19, 2012

It is my belief that the days of freelance travel writers doing a quick tour of a place, sponsored by this airline, or that hotel are over. Finished. Dead in the water. Future travel guides are likely be written … Continue reading →

Posted in Media | Tagged cyclists, dhow, guide-book, holidays, Malaysia, Marrakech, Musandam, Oman, picnic, publishing, tourism, travel, Travels with My Hat, writing | 8 Comments

Travels with My Hat

A Lifetime on the Road

Buy the book

GREAT MOMENTS IN TRAVEL

MY MOROCCO

WORLD WATER DAY

Photo Library Collections

Tag Archives: dhow

TOURISM REPLACES SPICES IN ZANZIBAR

Thoughts and Truths on Travel Writing

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