The Grand Moofti Speaks

  Virtual tours became a thing during the pandemic. I was a late adopter of this new and innovative form of delivering tours to a global aud...

Surface travel, i.e. rail, road and sea, are my preferred travel modes. Anyone can travel by air between two cities but few take the time an...

I visited a traditional handicraft shop in Karachi, Pakistan a few days ago. It was a typical upmarket "ethnic' handicraft shop o...

Not many people in their right mind have the desire (or privilege!) of spending ten weeks playing in a foreign country. But spending ten wee...

At Pakistan's Independence in 1947, the country's Jewish community numbered between 1,000 – 2,500, with most residing in the port ci...

  Je Suis Karl may be cliched in many respects but the movie does represent the chaos, confusion and resultant dangers of our times. A scare...

There are many ways to assess a year gone by, e.g. money, bonus, new cuountries visited, etc. One particularly useful way is to remember the...