Category Travel

Think I need to move to Costa Rica

Costa Rica is the green­est and hap­pi­est coun­try in the world, accord­ing to a new list that ranks nations by com­bin­ing meas­ures of their eco­lo­gical foot­print with the hap­pi­ness of their cit­izens.1 And, sur­prise sur­prise, unlike places like Bri­tain and the U.S. (which fig­ure low on the index) Costa Rica is run by left-wingers not…

Back in London

So much for hav­ing wads of time to blog, I’m back in Lon­don now. Tak­ing a hol­i­day in NZ doesn’t involve a whole lot of time indoors. For­tu­nately I man­aged to do some things I’ve wanted to do since I was a teen: walked around Lake Waikare­moana with my father and brother, sailed through Milford…

Blog from 10000 metres

Thought I bet­ter write a blog at 10000 metres above sea level when I had the chance.

Going coming home

I’m going home to NZ for a couple of months. Know of any­one who needs a room in London?

Why I’m off to Iraq

I read a book recently that changed my life. The door opened just wide enough for me to get a foot in and go on to learn the most import­ant les­son of my life. This is a little story of the lead-up to that les­son and the point bey­ond: becom­ing part of the Truth Justice Peace Human Shield Action Iraq.

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