Tag: Travel
-
Resigned to Staying
The mobile purred. A sleepy finger reached out and pressed answer. “Thought I’d phone in this week’s postcard from afar.” “Lee, I can barely hear you. You sound like you’re croaking it in a drainpipe.” “Only line in town, boss.”
-
Sri Lanka : Much I Have Learned from You
There’s Anna Martin’s blog on her time in Sri Lanka on Facebook. She and I were one of many guests at our friends’ wedding there. I click on it, read it and share it commenting, “Great blog. I learnt much from it.” I thought I wouldn’t get away with that lightly. Then Anna asked me, “Share what you […]
-
The Introverted Tourist
Halfway through listening about that last overseas trip I wanted to interrupt. I had heard something new and quite different about travelling overseas. While talking about meeting people in their own country I began to hear a quiet deference. Someone who wanted to tread lightly as an invited guest. I’m no traveller. I’ve been to […]
-
Business Class and Back Again
At last I’m on the flight home from Canberra. The flight was late, it was cold and raining and there seemed to be more people and luggage than the plane could hold…. The seat on my right was the last one left. And then two people, a lady and gentleman, came down the aisle. And […]
Andrew James Whalan 