Fed up of the rainy season and unable to travel anywhere as most countries in the region are facing monsoons and typhoons, I was both inspired and frustrated by Michael Palin’s North Korea Journal. So when I got to my desk I looked at the map and found Mongolia. With little hope I looked into visa and other regulations and it turned out that there are none. A far cry from the Soviet Days. That was last Friday and tomorrow morning I fly to Ulanbataar !
From Ronda to Puerto Banus
Travelling from Cordoba to Spectacular Ronda
Return to Cordoba
Visiting my old university town after 46 years. Not much changed and a great trip down memory lane.
The House of Bernarda Alba and Federico Garcia Lorca
Wandering Around the Old Part of Granada, the Albaicin
Narrow streets, quinissential Spanish white walled houses, graeat views of the Alhambra and Sierra Nevada, and finding a lost friend.
The Alhambra Revisited
My return to the Alhambra, this time on a guided tour. Very much busier but still a marvel.
The Journey From Malaga to Granada
Southern Spain has a good road network so I covered a lot of ground on the first morning. An interesting detour into the hills and then a return to the freeway. I even got up to see the snows of the Sierra Nevada before arriving in Granada.
The Journey From Hell
I knew that I had a long journey ahead of me, but I did not anticipate a 28 hour journey. Dubai was fog bound, which meant an unscheduled stop in Muscat to re-fuel.
This delay resulted in hours at Dubai airport, hours on the ground in a faulty A380, and arrival at London Heathrow instead of London Gatwick.
A Trip to Koh Chang
Two old men in an even older USA Army jeep. What could possible go wrong ?
We decided to tour this island paradise in an old jeep which dated back to the beginning of the Vietnam war. No handbrake, no 4WD, barely a dashboard, no seatbelts and questionable brakes. A bit like a Top Gear Special.
We drove from the North West to the South East and Back.
