by Ian | Oct 14, 2019 | Cyprus
Driving Cyprus The agent from the rental office who was supposed to collect me from the airport and take me to my rental car picked up a couple with the surname Burr, instead of me, Mr. Baird. It set us back a bit time-wise, but I had arrived early in the morning with...
by Ian | Oct 17, 2019 | Cyprus, TRNC, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
The Green Line and Blue on Blue From living in Vancouver or Busan to travelling along the Pacific coast in Mexico, visiting Thailand and Australia, I have seen my share of coastlines. But when I arrived in Cyprus something instantly struck me as unique. I parked my...
by Ian | Nov 1, 2019 | Hungary, Lebanon
Holy Friday Sharing pálinka is a sacred ceremony in Hungarian culture. A ferment is created by letting summer fruits sit out in the sun for long enough to let the sugars turn to alcohol. The ferment is covered in a distilled grain mash, usually vodka, and the two are...
by Ian | Sep 7, 2020 | Canada, Spain
Alphonso Alphonso was born in San Sebastian, Spain. I landed in Madrid and rented a car to go exploring the Basque Country in the north after mapping out a beautiful circuit that took me through Castille Y Leon to the Basque Country and then south through Navarra and...
by Ian | Sep 22, 2020 | England
The Deepcut to Heather Ridge Supply Run* Listen up, Private! Division needs to be resupplied. Because we are surrounded and without motorized transport, our supply run needs to be done on foot and one man at a time through the forest, much of which is heavily...
by Ian | Sep 30, 2020 | Germany
The Barbographer of Hamburg “Today, our perception of the world is constructed by the .jpeg, the .pdf, and the .gif.” Joachim looked at me with intense eyes and referenced Kant and Heidegger as he expounded on ideas of what is and what can be known, and the spaces...
