Entries from December 2008

December 28, 2008

Sunday Times: Christmas needs lots of sunscreen

December 28th, 2008
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas,” says the Fashion Police column in the Sydney Morning Herald. “And the annual crimes against fashion include flashing Santa earrings, reindeer antlers, naughty elf lingerie and forgetting to apply sunscreen.” Sunscreen? It’s Christmas, but not as I know it.
Every year around the middle of December, [...]

December 14, 2008

Sunday Times: The travel bug has had a big bite out of me

December 14th, 2008
After two months in southeast Asia I’m covered in bumps, bruises, scratches and bites. I’ve lugged my overstuffed rucksack onto buses, trains, boats and planes. I’ve met hundreds of people and stayed everywhere from flea-pits to four-star hotels. (Oh come on, what’s an emergency fund for?). So now that I’ve earned my backpacking [...]