Island Stopping 16 Aug 2013 | 11:20 am

I suddenly remembered I had a film about walking around Hong Kong Island, the article describing which many hardships and joys, tears and vomit, was published in the South China Morning Post ages ago.

Westward Ho 11 Jul 2013 | 09:39 am

Santa Fe! Birthplace of Morgan Kane, a fictitious U.S. Marshal created by a Norwegian, Kjell Hallbing, (nome du plume Louis Masterson). Everywhere I go in this country resonates between the pages of b...

Get The Hell Into Dodge 3 Jul 2013 | 11:58 pm

I screamed (in a controlled, sedate way) when S said our next stop would be Dodge. What, you mean Dodge City from Gunsmoke?!? Oh glory! The place didn’t disappoint. The first thing I saw when crawled ...

The Culture 2 Jul 2013 | 05:47 am

I can’t begin to think how weird it must be to be American, and absolutely everywhere you go, people speak your language and know your culture and history inside out. At least some of it. I feel that ...

I Love Memphis 28 Jun 2013 | 08:24 pm

What do you think about when you hear ‘Memphis, Tennessee’? Apart from Elvis, I mean? I thought of big f***-off highways, a forest of signs and billboards and maybe some run-down brick buildings stand...

Thundering Through America 27 Jun 2013 | 04:11 am

Oh it’s great to be on the road. S is driving a big Range Rover and I’m in charge of the music and pointing to roads that have the correct highway number on them but which the GPS “doesn’t like”, sayi...

Mister Public Security Uncle and the Freedom Clock 23 Jun 2013 | 05:35 am

So this plan of mine to eat my way through all the Chinese restaurants in the USA is kind of almost working out. A little. I think I’ll be able to do about 90%, including rest stops. (I’m on a Land Ro...

Suddenly I’m in … New York?!? 14 Jun 2013 | 07:19 pm

… and this is the view from my bedroom window! Guess what, in New York you can bring dogs everywhere, even to the bank: There are water bowls for dogs absolutely everywhere, and a place we stopped for...

“There Is No Plan B” 22 May 2013 | 09:01 am

I knew it was too soon to celebrate last year when the news came that there would be no rubbish incinerator on the island in the photo above. “They will never give up an opportunity to waste this much...

Cover Story About Cantonese 14 May 2013 | 06:29 am