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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CRUISING SLOWLY UP THE HOOGHLY

by Travels with My Hat Posted on February 28, 2017

The era of cruising is upon us with more and more retirees booking holidays on gargantuan ocean liners. Competition is stiff as cruise companies try to outdo each other with waterslides, bowling alleys and robotic baristas to mix your coffee and … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Religion, Travel | Tagged Bengal, boat, Chandernagore, cruise, cruising, ferry, Ganges, goats, Hinduism. Baranagar, holiday, Hooghly. tourism village, Kalna, Kolkata, Rajmahal, river, temples, village life | 7 Comments

10 Must-See places before you Die

by Travels with My Hat Posted on November 25, 2012

I’ve often accused people who compose lists of having little to write about, but a mundane list of the 10 “must see places before you die” (recently published in the travel section of a British broadsheet) has prompted me to … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Amritsar, ancient, Burma, cascades. waterfalls, Egypt, Fez, Ganges, ghats, Giza, Golden Temple, heritage, India, Iran, Isfahan, Italy, monuments, Morocco, mosque, Pharaonic, photographs, photos, places, pyramids, Rangiroa, religions, river, seven wonders, Seychelles, shrine, Shwedagon, Sikh, travel, Travels with My Hat, Uluru, Varanasi, Venice, Victoria Falls, wonders, Zambesi, Zambia, Zimbabwe | 5 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: Ganges

CRUISING SLOWLY UP THE HOOGHLY

10 Must-See places before you Die

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