Monthly Archives: July 2008

Bingo. Persistence Pays

At lunch­time today I skipped mer­rily forth from the steel-fenced com­pound hous­ing the Ira­nian Embassy here in Yerevan. After paus­ing briefly in the middle of the road in order to frolic, I galav­anted with glee and chortled with mirth as I biked my jolly way home, car­ry­ing in my sweaty palm a pass­port con­tain­ing a [...]
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A Quick Look Back At The First Year Abroad

One year ago, I ped­alled away from my front door on a bicycle, with the vague inten­tion of cyc­ling round the world. As it happened, the bicycle itself proved quickly to be the least import­ant part of my new way of liv­ing. It was simply a vehicle which con­nec­ted me in an incred­ibly intim­ate way with [...]
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