I am a freelance writer and guide book author specialising in Israel, Sichuan, Beijing, Mediterranean Europe and Central America, all places in which I have spent a considerable amount of time living. I currently live on the tiny island of Utila in Honduras' Bay Islands, which lives up to the ideal of Caribbean perfection, and is a perfect starting block for exploring and writing about Central America and Mexico. It also allows me to indulge in my other passion... Read more...
"Mr Safi Ullah was a tall thin man in white beard and white punjabi. He gave me tea and a copy of the headmaster’s report from 1948. As I left I pressed him to accept a 1000 taka note – a little less than £9. “For books,” I insisted. He took it under protest. “For books,” he agreed. I reflected afterwards that I had given him enough to keep a 10-year-old in school for a year."
