Deira Diary
An account of the UK, and the wider (and sometimes much narrower) world that I inhabit
Monday, January 18, 2010
Islamic Games fail over Nationalist names
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Arab or Persian? Islamic Games shelved in "Gulf" row Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:22am EST By Asma Alsharif RIYADH (Reuters) - A Saudi-based...
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
SLO train returns
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Bakersfield is synonymous (for me) with country music as imagined by the Rolling Stones (“girl with faraway eyes”) and memorable for both of...
Friday, November 13, 2009
Viva Las Vegas
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We returned for what was scheduled to be a one night gig, 9 years on from when we came here to get married. Once again the Hard Rock Café ch...
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Hiking in a different world (nearly)
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We were sad about leaving Denver. Our path out through the slowly evaporating snow was smooth, but re-entering motel city proved a difficult...
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Things to do in Denver before you're dead
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Having caught the cable car up to the top of Sandia mountain in ABQ, we hiked a little amidst the snowfall in near freezing temperatures, an...
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Route 66 to Albuquerque
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The interpretive center in Chandler OK http://www.route66interpretivecenter.org/ is a remarkable attempt to introduce the Route 66 experien...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
The caravan moves on
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Heading in to Missouri (MO) we visited Pine Woods lake. Hardly a trek, this was a chance to walk off lunch before more driving. After Big Sp...
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