After being off line for way too long I’m back to report that I’ve been in four apartments in the last few months here in Baku. (It’s a long story) I’m now in an US style gigantic condominium called Wellington Heights, which is around 8 mins closer to school in walking time. I haven’t walked [...]
Entries Tagged as 'holidays'
The new year
January 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: Baku · holidays · school
Something of Iran
October 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Iran is a delight! The goverment may be led by mullahs who reflect the voice of Saudi Arabia, but the people are gracious and friendly, the poets are remarkable. It’s sad about the brain drain. Two of our guides have applications submitted for emigrating to Australia as translators.
Lunch in Shiraz. Our guide told us that [...]
Tags: holidays
Episode #2 of The walk to school
August 17th, 2008 · 5 Comments
The weekend is over and Sally, Chee Wan, Lisa and I have started planning the trip to Iran in the October break. One slightly worrying thing is that on Late Night Live in June one specialist said, when asked about Israel’s potential for unilaterally bombing Iran, that the month before George W’s rule comes to [...]
Tags: Baku · holidays · school
Back in Baku
August 13th, 2008 · No Comments
I arrived in Dubai around 2am and was lucky enough to find a stretcher in the “Quiet Lounge” where I guess I slept for two hours. That probably meant I had around 8 hours sleep over the previous 24 hours – my body didn’t quite believe it however.
This is a crap photo but it shows [...]
Tags: Baku · holidays · school
J.K.Rowling inspiration
July 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Part of the Edinburgh free walking tour included some J.K. Rowling sites that are sacred for the young reader.
The Elephant House cafe was the venue where the struggling JK Rowling went to write the first Harry Potter book. Going there meant that she didn’t have to heat her flat.
This shot of The Elephant House cafe [...]
