Travels with My Hat, the book about my adventures as a travel writer is now available. Beautifully designed, it is lavishly illustrated with photographs and maps...
Christine is available for speaking at public, private and corporate events
Hear her adventures first-hand, see the photographs and discuss current and historical events with this inspiring traveller...
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 1964, I was captivated by the ever changing desert and mountain scenery and the pageantry of traditional life...
1.2 billion people have no access to clean water. Women in Pakistan carry home 20 litres water a day. Access to water is a right, not a privilege...
No Mocha in Mocha : Excerpt from Chapter 5 – Travels With my Hat (2013) … That evening I found two tourists in the hotel restaurant. The first I had seen on either visit to Yemen, they were male, middle … Continue reading
The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has described the decision not to allow a female hospital worker to wear a tiny cross at her neck as “bureaucratic silliness” but even more – it shows just how loony life in … Continue reading
The Oz `burqini` creating controversy in Paris is only the latest ridiculous idea about how Muslim women should dress. In the first century of Islam, Muslims were relaxed about what women wore. The hijab is mentioned in the Qur`an only … Continue reading
