Travelling in Myanmar under the Military DictatorshipWith the military junta having reclaimed power in Myanmar, I look back at spending a month in the country under the junta’s rule in 2003.Mar 5, 2021Mar 5, 2021
Exploring the Muslim City of LisbonRediscovering the Islamic era and its modern legacy in the Portuguese capital.Jun 4, 20201Jun 4, 20201
Fernando Pessoa and the End of Lockdown in LisbonThe reopening of Lisbon seen through one of its most famous personalities, a poet who hasn’t been alive for 85 years.May 22, 2020May 22, 2020
Travels in Orange LandsSomething to think about the next time you drink a glass of orange juice.Apr 30, 2020Apr 30, 2020
Finding Colombia in a Lost CityA story about a lost city, a cocaine factory, a kidnapping, and what Colombian boys do to female mules.Apr 23, 2020Apr 23, 2020
These Are the World’s 10 Best Cities. You Agree, Right?Ranking my 10 favourite cities in the world and adding a short memory of each one.Apr 17, 2020Apr 17, 2020
A City Losing its Soul: Lisbon in LockdownAfter three weeks of lockdown, sound and — more bizarrely — light have disappeared from the Portuguese capital.Apr 9, 2020Apr 9, 2020
Four Objects, Four Stories: Dreaming about Travel in the Age of CoronavirusWith many of us in lockdown, flights largely suspended and future plans up in the air, where do we turn to satiate the travel bug?Apr 1, 2020Apr 1, 2020
Lockdown Before Coronavirus: A Week in China’s Xinjiang Province During a Uyghur UprisingIn light of the coronavirus crisis, revisiting a different kind of lockdown in a remote province of China on the Silk Road in 2009.Mar 26, 2020Mar 26, 2020
