Armenia
– This was the first country to be a state-declared Christian nation …
Australia – There’s some great, funky architecture down town in Melbourne …
Brazil – It feels like everyone just ‘gets’ that there’s more to life than work and money …
Cambodia – The temples are just as one imagines jungle temple ruins should be …
Canada – To my unexpected surprise and delight, this guy on a Penny Farthing bicycle rode past me …
Chile – I am staying a few days in Valdivia with “barefoot economist” Manfred Max-Neef …
China – I think the West is far too judgemental of China …
Costa Rica – I immediately feel comfortable here, and I am trying to figure out why …
Dominican Republic – Explored Santa Domingo’s old city. Hot & sticky, but a wonderfully vibrant culture & great music …
Ecuador – We flew to Tzapapentza, a small community of the Achuar nation living in the Amazon near the border with Peru …
Galapagos – On the way from the airport to the hotel, we stopped to see the giant tortoises …
Georgia – Tbilisi is like a colourfully painted crypt, discovered amidst the rubble …
Germany – Berlin is a city of surprises to savour, full of delights to discover …
Greece – As my colleague, John Elkington, said: ‘Thanks for civilization! …
India – I didn’t get the ‘assault on my senses’ that I had expected …
Ireland – Aran Island. As I sit here on a stone bench out the back of the lodge, sun caressing my body …
Japan – I heard the strange yet vaguely familiar words: “Ohayo gozaimas” called in a woman’s voice …
Kenya – The roads sparked one of the first lively debates …
Kosovo – We walked around Pristina’s central square and visited the NEW BORN sculpture … such a wonderful symbol …
Madagascar – We stopped to watch some grey lemurs in the trees and were attacked by a swarm of mosquitos …
Malaysia – As night falls, the surrounding Borneo tropical rainforest has come alive with noise …
New Zealand – One of my discoveries was a quaint coffee shop called Cafe Paris …
Nigeria – As in so much of Africa, the culture and its people are colourful, hopeful and friendly …
Panama – I suppose what I didn’t realise was how long the canal is – around 50 miles …
Russia – The visit to Lenin’s tomb was slightly surreal … the real remains of a national hero and global icon …
Singapore – Apart from the balmy weather, there’s a lot to like about Singapore …
South Africa – I don’t know how close we came to drowning, but it certainly felt dangerously close …
South Korea – Clues that you are in Seoul: Clue #1 – there is a pre-installed laptop in the hotel room …
Sri Lanka – Set in a tropical forest and overlooking a lake, the Kandalama hotel is an inspiration in sustainability …
Thailand – Our hotel was right in the heart of the red-shirts protest zone …
Tunisia – The troglodyte cave dwellings are fascinating and aesthetically beautiful …
Turkey – What I liked the most were the church-mosque hybrids …
UK – Findhorn seemed to me a healthy, innovative, spiritually centred living and working community …
Ukraine – From the brief night-tour I had, I can see that it is a beautiful city …
USA – At the Henry Ford Museum, I drove in a Model T Ford and saw a replica of Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park laboratory complex …
Vietnam – Bizarrely I found myself watching a very friendly giraffe, who likes to have his head scratched …
Zimbabwe – This is a country that has been through decades of breakdown, and the result is remarkable resilience …
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