Category Archives: Travel Narrative

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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MUSCAT RAMBLE: a cat named Aziz

by Travels with My Hat Posted on April 4, 2020

On a visit to Muscat, a tourist seeing the cat outside the incense shop, called him Frank. After frankincense. But the cat took no notice. Having sat on the steps of the shop for eleven years Aziz —for this was … Continue reading →

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HUNZA THE VALLEY OF LONGEVITY

by Travels with My Hat Posted on June 10, 2016

Hunza, the ‘Apricot Capital of Pakistan,’ lies in an amphitheatre of snow-capped peaks, 90 kilometres (62 miles) north of Gilgit in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. My interest in visiting the valley was to investigate its reputation as a sort of Shangri-La … Continue reading →

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