You never listen to me anymore. Before, if I was talking to you, you would always listen. But now you have no time to even talk to me.’Yeah… Has Keaty told you not to eat...

Tourists went on holidays while travellers did something else. They travelled.

I don’t like dealing with money transactions in poor countries. I get confused between the feeling that I shouldn’t haggle with poverty and getting ripped off

I didn’t get the impression that the policeman cared much about the whole thing either. After another thirty minutes of ruthless interrogation (‘Can you ve’fy you eat banan’ pancake?’) he let me go asking me...

On that trip I learnt something very important. Escape through travel works. Almost from the moment I boarded my flight, life in England became meaningless. Seat-belt signs lit up, problems switched off. Broken armrests took...

As for me…I’m fine. I have bad dreams, but I never saw Mister Duck again. I play video games. I smoke a little dope. I got my thousand-yard stare. I carry a lot of scares.I...

Though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil, for I am the evilest motherfucker in the valley

An hour later we were walking past rows of busy beach huts and weaving between sunbathers and Frisbee games. I was surprised that people weren’t taking more notice of us. Everyone looked so strange to...

Moshe was a tall Israeli with an ear-splitting laugh. He used it in the same way as a madman uses a gun, spraying it around with bewildering randomness. Hearing the laugh made me blink instinctively,...

Moshe was an Israeli with an ear-slitting laugh. He used it in the same way as a madman uses a gun, spraying it around with bewildering randomness.

I carry a lot of scars. I like the way that sounds. I carry a lot of scars.

Maybe to have a memory you need time for reflection, however brief, just to let the memory find a place to settle.

Trust me, it’s paradise. This is where the hungry come to feed. For mine is a generation that circles the globe and searches for something we haven’t tried before. So never refuse an invitation, never...