Memory is an Unreliable Witness
I recently met up with Xander Berkeley, a Hollywood actor who played in one of the greatest thrillers of all time – Terminator 2 – which was made in 1991. He has featured in over 200 films and TV shows …
To My Kickstarter Supporters
I feel rather guilty that I’ve not updated my wonderful Kickstarter supporters, from whom I got £600 to do my bike tour of the Highlands, we well as the readers of my blog.
My guilty conscience says “you took their …
5 Ways to Get Good Deals Abroad
Intro by Rupert Wolfe Murray.
One of the purposes of this blog is to encourage people to travel and to write.
I’d like to encourage people to write for this blog. I’m always looking for personal stories about travelling, or …
Diary of my Scottish Book Tour
Some rather ridiculous impressions from my recent bike/book tour in Scotland…in diary format. The photo above is of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, taken in 1987 by my friend Uli Zimmerman.
20 October, Edinburgh
Today I will fly to …
How Aberdeen Helped me Live in Tibet
I have just cycled to the Scottish city of Aberdeen. It’s sunny and I didn’t know it was such an attractive city.
Tomorrow at 2pm I will give a talk about my new memoir, 9 Months in Tibet, at …
Liverpool’s Gobi Desert — Part 2
Imagine you’re a microscopic insect who has crawled through the hole in the middle of an old vinyl record. You look around, get your bearings but all you can see is a vast open space that stretches out to the …
