In addition to my musings from a couple of weeks ago, I had some further thoughts tonight regarding my time in Cambodia. Things have taken a turn for the satirical. It has the form of an email exchange, because that's literally what happened and I'm just including it here as it's funny. Basically I received an email from a stranger tonight about the below conflict in the Cambodian National Rescue Party. The email was CC'd (NOT BCC'd!) to nearl...

Today I went on a tour and what a tour it was! I thought I'd had the best experience that could be in the Fall Trek along the Lebanon Mountain Trail a fortnight ago but so much amazingness was packed into this day trip it would have to rank as the highlight of Lebanon for me. We visited the biggest cave I've ever been to, Jeita Grotto. Last year I saw some pretty stunning caves in Asia (Thien Cung Grotto in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam and Batu Cave in Kuala Lum...

I'm now free to go home! I set myself the vague goal of saving at least enough for a house deposit before I went home or took another opportunity. Just wanted to mark the occasion that I am now free to do what I want again and have nothing to lose in Kuwait. I also got a decent tax return today, so the finance gods were smiling. I'd like to think that I can't be tempted home so easily though, so either I'll have to go on a spending spree to end al...

I wrote this for the 2/11/13 meeting of the Kuwait Writing ClubRevolution Cars can teach us about revolution. Without it they are nothing. For a car to move forward, the engine and consequently the wheels must have a revolution. This is usually a trouble free matter but there a few things about how it can go wrong which can inform attempts at other types of revolutions. Firstly, don't accelerate too much. If you do that, you will do a burn out and might get...

Last week I suffered the embarrassment of finding myself living in a country that is the butt of a Jimmy Fallon joke. Kuwait and a few other Gulf countries are trying to develop a scientific gaydar. They don't want gays here. This is an interesting development and I have a couple of stories to tell from my outsider's perspective of an expat. When I first arrived in Kuwait I saw lots of local men wearing what are known as dresses where I come from. They c...