After last night’s thunderstorm (that I didn’t mention in the previous blog – you don’t need to go back and […]
Tag Archive for ‘Parks’
Day 83: The Ballad of Ho Chi Minh and two invitations
The Man in Seat 61 must have been on a different train to the ones I’ve been riding on. Travelling […]
Coughs, sneezes and mosquitoes: Are we serious about improving the public’s health?
The first thing I noticed when I got off the train in West Kowloon Station late at night was a […]
Day 57: Surprising Nanning
After having a few difficulties with tour companies, I did think that I might have made a mistake in coming […]
Day 45 (Part 2): Was Marco Polo right?
In my earlier post today, I wrote that I was visiting Hangzhou because of something Marco Polo had written in […]
Day 43: It’s my birthday
I was on the move again, after afternoon tea to mark my birthday in Shanghai a day early… just because […]
Day 42: Dancing in the streets
Feeling so much better than I did the day before, I headed out towards the French Concession. As I may […]
Public Health Reflections: Parks and Green Space
Throughout my trip across Russia, I was struck by the quality of the parks and green spaces in the large […]
The Adventures of Phileas Fiona 