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A boy who is believed to bring bad luck leads his family and a couple of ragged misfits through Laos…
Naomi Klein is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses and criticism of corporate globalization…
Founder of New Democracy, Luca Belgiorno-Nettis, believes our political system is broken.Every survey of trust in elected representatives seems to…
From the weekly with Charlie Pickering. He refreshingly called out Christianity for centuries of bigotry, hate, homophobia, ignorance, misogyny and racism.…
The Global Village in 2015 If we could shrink the Earth’s population of 7 billion to a village of precisely…
War correspondent and film maker Michael Ware found the dark chamber of his heart in Iraq. He is president and CEO…
Gotta love Q&A. They have some amazing and insightful people on their panels. Whether politicians fall into that category has…
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind I heard Yuval interviewed on Radio National and was inspired to read this non-fiction…
English artist, Grayson Perrry was born 24 March 1960. He is known mainly for his ceramic vases and cross-dressing. Perry’s…
What an amazing person. She appeared on ABC’s Q&A on Monday 22 June 2015. She was inspiring, sensible and WOW,…
I think I will start most of these posts with ‘WOW’, what an amazing person. She appeared on ABC’s Q&A…
An extraordinary artist. Born 1903 he died at the age of 99 in 2003. He started young and continued drawing to…
Through the Wall: Reflections on Leadership, Love and Survival A fantastic read. Loved it.
Just Mercy: a story of justice and redemption. A fantastic and insightful read. If the US holds up their ‘Capital…
I was listening to Alanis Morriset’s song, 21 Things I Want In A Lover, and it made me thing about…
I loved this book. Made me feel smarter actually because I realised that all the stupid decisions I make are…
Six Capitals: The revolution capitalism has to have–or can accountants save the planet? Loved this book. I wish more accountants…
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History From Wiki – A 2014 nonfiction book written by Elizabeth Kolbert. The book covers…
Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb – I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban…
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Another night in the apartment and the Hell’s Angels haven’t reappeared – all is quiet. Fruit in and coffee out.…
Back to the beachside cafe for breakfast. It’s busy today and we only manage the coffee before giving up and…
We breakfast in on fresh fruit, yoghurt and eggs as we still have beautiful fresh produce from the markets. Only…
We wake to sunshine and the bar reveals itself as the “Hells Angels Barcelona” … oh well, you can’t pick…
Arrive on time for the train only to find there is no train. A throng of confused Spaniards in animated…
A short drive further west along the coast to La Herradura for breakfast and to plan the days activities –…
After Tostados and Cafe Solo we head off for more mountain driving, our aim the walk at Laujar de Andarax.…
We head off early to get our hire car and drive to the top of the Sierra Nevada. The views…
Breakfast of toast and coffee and then off for a walk around town sightseeing, and catching up on logistics –…
Days that you are not traveling are great to sleep in. Wandering the streets we find ourselves at the first…
Up early to the bus station, a quick coffee, load some blog and 3 hours later we arrive in Granada.…
Day 2 in any town/city we have been to always seems fresher, better, more relaxed, more interesting. It is hard…
Up before sunrise as we have to have the car returned by 10.30am in Sevilla. It is dark and we…
We decide to go to Tarife via the local roads and end up in Babete, another Atlantic beach town. On…
Packed we head for the car via the bar which is already filled with local caballeros enjoying coffee and bullshit.…
Trujillo greets us with grey skies but the cool mornings have given way to warmer temperatures. A sleepy late start…
The morning is cloudy and cool but we dress for walking, Pete in his shorts and me in light leggings.…
We pick our little Fiat up at around 10:30 and head off through the city. Pete is navigating and I’m…
We decide to go direct to the car hire place. Every car hire site on the internet has the same…
Wake early to clear skies, pack and head off in search of internet and the possibility of car and hostel…
Another rainy night and another late start. A walk through town and beautiful gardens. We spend some time on the…
From Dee – It rains all night and most of the day so we are glad to have finished the…
Intending to start early we rise and pack in the dark,finally getting on the road at 8.45am. As usual a…
From DeeWe decide on an early start and make it away by 10 – oh well. Once again a cool…