• Return to Mostar

    The wind whips into a frenzy as our little band huddles against the elements during a war tour of Mostar.  It is certainly a far cry from the summer time madness back in August when, if you may recall, my friend Mike jumped off the famous bridge here.  The water is a lot higher and …

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  • Waiting for test results

    After putting the full stop to your final exam in school and handing the paper over, there is little you can do to effect the outcome.  Maybe you can ask friends what they put for some sort of reassurance.  Perhaps you can go back to a text-book and confirm a particular answer.  There is little …

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  • Sexual health checks in foreign countries

    Well it’s been a long time coming I guess.  I think the last time I had someone poking and prodding around my junk was back when I lived in Glasgow.  So that’s about four years ago then.  Since that time I’ve…erm…visited a lot of places.  I figure you shouldn’t mess around with stuff like this, …

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  • Sarajevo: War and Peace. A photo journal.

    Sarajevo.  Heartbreakingly beautiful.  I’ve learned more in two days about this city’s turbulent past than I did during the entire time it’s struggles were happening.  I was 13 years old when the war broke out here in 1992.  When the siege began.  When thousands fled or were forced to leave their homes.  When strange, unknown …

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  • 1984 Olympics

    Torvil and Dean’s Bolero.  Inspiring.  Magical.  Emotional.  The finest ice dance the world will ever see.  I could never stop the hairs standing up on the back of my neck while watching this.  Proud that they were British.  The best in the world.  It just so happens that it was to become my mum’s all …

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  • Jajce

    That’s yight-se to you and me.  Honestly it takes us around three days to figure out the pronunciation.  This proves especially difficult when people ask us where we’re going.  “Jaja”.  “Jajajce”  “Yajesay”.  Nonetheless we manage to make it to this small, picturesque town in the heart of Bosnia.  The taxi driver rips us off 10 …

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  • Mostar-bridge-jumping-Mike

    OK so once again it’s been a while dear readers.  Basically I’m not usually in a position to upload stuff due to some kind of internet restriction thing.  I will try not to be so tardy in future.  I think I’ve said this before.  Anyway, let me take you on a journey.  Back.  Way back …

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