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On a Wing and a Wave

by Travels with My Hat Posted on December 5, 2021

 Many years ago, wanting to break the long flight from Sydney to London, I decided to stop in Goa, on the west coast of India. The Oberoi Hotel at Bogmallo Beach had been a comfortable base and while Goa was … Continue reading →

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DESERT MUSINGS

by Travels with My Hat Posted on November 17, 2019

I’ve never been captivated by the desert like so many British explorers. Notably Wilfred Thesiger, author of Arabian Sands, an account of his crossing of the great Empty Quarter, one of the last unmapped regions on earth. Or the Frenchman Rene Caille, the … Continue reading →

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YEMEN & THE WAR THE WORLD IGNORES

by Travels with My Hat Posted on October 16, 2017

The terrible war over who rules Yemen drags on to its third year. Yemen was always one of those off-the-beaten-track places, totally untouched by tourism. When I first visited the country in the early eighties, there was no national newspaper, … Continue reading →

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