I was on a humanitarian mission in Kandahar in Afghanistan, and was passing through airport security. This was a low-tech set up, with...

I visited Zanzibar in 2006 and went across to the non-touristy side of the island in a local transport which progressively redefined the...

I was doing some pro bono work for Lawyers Without Borders on the Caprivi High Treason Trial in Namibia, and I was approached by one of...

I was travelling in Tibet shortly after 9/11, in places which were not in the Lonely Planet. I was using some Chinese maps which a...