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Category Archives: Locations
Memories from Iran
I wanted to write something more about my experience in Iran. At the time I didn’t write much on the blog. But I did write a lot in my diary which will appear in a book in the future. Some experiences stay in my mind in particular. They started at Agarak, the Armenian-Iranian border. I [...]
Also posted in Expedition Journal, Georgia, Iran Tagged bam, Couchsurfing, culture, Cycling, desert, history, Iran, isfahan, kerman, memories, Philosophy, south iran, yazd Leave a comment
A Two Month Storm
Long time since I wrote, I know. In fact I’ve been spending a lot of time in front of a computer. I’ve been writing every morning and now have written 95000 words of my book. I met one of my sister’s friends a couple of days ago who has just finished writing a book she [...]
Also posted in Climate Change, England, Europe, France, Georgia, Mountain Biking, Switzerland, Turkey, writing Tagged 4HWW, andrew welch, biking, boat, CENN, Climate Change, creativity, critiscism, Cycling, Dancing, dave allen, demonstrations, design, effectiveness, England, Environment, folklore, freedom square, Georgia, georgian, georiders, greece, GTD, Motivation, Mountain Biking, ngo, parliament, Photography, portfolio, public transport, rustaveli, saakashvili, saburtalo, swimming, Tbilisi, Timoty ferriss, travel, Turkey, uk, Websites, writing 3 Comments
10 things I’ve learnt from writing a book so far
I’m now 55,000 words into my book’s first draft and I’ve learnt a few things which I thought I’d share: Get up early in the morning to write. e.g. 6 am. I tried writing late at night and got into a counter-productive routine of falling asleep at 10.30 pm, waking up at 2 am and [...]
Also posted in Climate Change, Expedition Journal, Georgia, writing Tagged Cycling, learning, Process, productivity, tips, writing 5 Comments
Getting things clear
I’ve been working a lot on creative stuff recently. My profession is in the field of web design. I’ve been posting artwork onto the Ride Earth flickr photo album, and other creative nuggets of inspiration and perhaps they don’t belong there.
My photos headline on Citizenside.com
I heard about a public-driven journalism website from a friend, http://www.citizenside.com and I uploaded some photos I took of the ‘cells’ that appeared all over the main street, Rustaveli, Freedom Square and around the Parliament building yesterday morning. These metal framed cuboids covered in plastic sheeting are housing protesters claiming the president Saakashvili has been [...]
Also posted in Constructive Ranting, Georgia Tagged cells, citizen, citizenside, demonstration, Georgia, journalism, news, photos, side, Tbilisi Leave a comment
A life without goals is going nowhere
Being in a new location, and having hatched new plans I’m finding myself at that stage of tilling the ground and sowing the seeds to hopefully grow into burgeoning new projects.
Also posted in Constructive Ranting, Georgia Tagged Friends, Georgia, group, mentality, networking, ngo, Philosophy, Photography, projects, psychology, Tbilisi, Volunteering, writing 2 Comments
Writing etc
Writing is going ok. It’s new territory and a new challenge and I’m enjoying it.I have written about a previous adventure before- a mountain bike ride from Inverness to Fort William in May 2006. You can read that account in the earlier blog archives. I feel that my writing then was particularly stylised to appeal [...]
Also posted in Constructive Ranting, Georgia Tagged books, disease, malaria, Philosophy, Photography, reality, tom, travel, writing Leave a comment
A new mission
So, I’m hanging up the panniers for a while and I’m living in a flat with Fanny in Tbilisi. I decided to write up my journals into a book which will cover my journey from England to India and Nepal.
Demonstrations in Tbilisi
I arrived back in Tbilisi in Georgia just in time to witness a demonstration in a similar mould to the one Tom and I witnessed when we arrived for the first time back in January 2008. 50,000 people gathered on the main street, Rustaveli, outside the front of the parliament building. There is a large [...]
Back in Tbilisi- On the lookout for work
“Build it up, tear it down” “A period of expansion, and a period of consolidation”
Also posted in Constructive Ranting, Expedition Journal, Georgia Tagged Art, audio, Communication, creative, Georgia, money, Photography, Tbilisi, video, website, Work Leave a comment
10 Things i don’t do enough of
1. Pursue my music production interests+ meet likeminded people 2. Paint and draw – making art in general 3. Spend time with mum, dad, sister, grandparents, in fact my entire family
Also posted in Asia, Constructive Ranting Tagged Art, Conviction, Dancing, Drawing, Energy, Expression, Friends, Making Stuff, Music, Music Production, Painting, People, Philosophy, Singing Leave a comment
8 Days at an Ashram
I feel a bit like I haven’t been telling the full story through the blog in terms of what’s been going on. This is mainly because I’ve had to do everything from internet cafes and time and expense are a factor. December involved a decision to get off the main highway and spend some time [...]
Also posted in Expedition Journal, India, Scotland Tagged Agriculture, Banana Plantations, Bharoch, Cycling, Expense, Get Off the Highway, Hinduism, Internet Cafe, Pedalling, Photography, Pollution, Religion, Rest, Time, Towns, Villages, Wild Camping Leave a comment
Air pollution becomes an everyday problem
I have noticed quite clearly that since I entered Pakistan and India the significant drop in air quality in general. In Pakistan if I blew my nose I would get similar coloured nasal mucus to if I had spent a day in Central London.
Also posted in Expedition Journal, Hungary, India Tagged Adolescence, Air Pollution, Air Quality, Bizarre, Black Mucus, Brick Furnaces, Burning, Busy, Central London, Chimneys, Climate Change, Communication, Conversation, Cross-Culture, Degradation, Development, Diesel, Disgust, Fire, Grunting, Hysteria, Illness, India, Industry, Instincts, Locals, Lonely Planet, Marbles, Pakistan, Particulate Air Pollution, People, Pollution, Primitive, Smoking, Spitting, Staring, Survival, Toilet, Tourism, Traffic, Urbanisation, Western, Westernisation 2 Comments
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