Sometimes, you need to leave your preconceptions behind to see a broader reality. Johannesburg, late 2009. [Sorry - Pictures are yet to come...] T…

Sometimes a perception of a place is clouded by past experiences... South Africa, 2009. I’m sitting in Sandton, Johannesburg, a relatively s…

Part of business life on the road is experiencing the extraordinary.  Disasters which have affected my travel and business plans are no exceptio…

Walking through the streets of Asia last night with colleagues, now come good friends, we were laughing about the state of things in t…

Friends and friends I have yet to meet, I need to publish a story.  It is not mine.  However, I do share its beliefs for my own reasons.…

On a balcony in Mainland China. I watch the city scurry below me.  A sea of unknown faces carrying out a million agendas, each on ano…

Life out here can be mercenary.Friendship is often the great facilitator,My allies are almost always fiduciary.And relationships …

The idea of self.  The basis for who we are.  It is our past that defines our future, our present environment shapes the way we act, think …

Starbucks, Guangzhou.  It’s a gui-lo gallery of caffeine hounds looking for their morning fix.  The locals behind the counter know me, so…

Most people view travel as an escape from life’s troubles.  But what travel becomes your life?  I did not engineer this nomadic experienc…

“...for them to see the advantage in defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards...” - Sun Tzu - Art of War. In the shadow of a …

Its not about the claim you lay.  Its all about the game you play. A week in the past... The jeep spirits me back to the airport, tropical h…

If there is a lesson to be learned in Asia, it is that everything is negotiable. Bangkok, March 2008."So what are we gonna do tonight?""Wh…

I’m breathing heavily…  my calves burn under the strain of the upward hike, skis splayed out before me.  Step by step, I climb up this …

Another month in my shoes: Melbourne Sydney Bangkok Guangzhou Shenzhen Bangkok Los Angeles Dallas New York Atlanta Phoenix Los Angeles Bangkok…

@ 32,000 feet, ex-Sydney, now in international airspace.  I'm in that strange place where fatigue and oblivion meet, more like stasis than sle…

36 hours. Thailand.Koh Samui.A weekend of R&R.@ Q Bar.Watching the upper class party.Glenmorangie Scotch on ice.My host, a major developer w…

Yet another night in Asia. Yet another outing where the fine line between business and pleasure blurs. I know where this is going - I have s…

Beep… beep… beep... The ECG monitors broadcast their electronic heart beats as I walk down the corridor of the Cardiac Unit.  Each beep rep…

I’ve got two phones and a PDA on me.  I’m wired for communication and that call will be coming soon.  Those phones are weighing my su…

I’m the sort that attracts trouble.  I know it.  Whenever I return to Australia, my friends always ask me the same question:  "…so…

I'm hours away from my home base in industrial Zhuhai.  Standing on a dusk caked roadside, being bathed in diesel exhaust, I am waiting …

Inside, I’m a mess.  I’ve got a broken jaw and half a dozen nails holding my features together.  I smile a welcome to my new company&nb…

I have travelled to Africa for a friend.  He asked, I agreed. As I was packing my bags, someone asked me a question. The question was:  "…

Express Yourself. This is a story about communication.  The world is full of languages.  There are many currencies of expres…

“There’s something happening here… What it is aint exactly clear There’s a man with a gun over there Tellin’ me, I got to beware I think it…

There are certain seminal moments in life.  Moments of such importance, they become personal milestones.  Moments that change perspectives …

Something strange happened to me once, on a birthday…  many years ago… Such a special day.  A birthday.  The day of birth, …

Mercy is a virtue. Vietnam 2001. I'm in a pool hall in Ho Chi Minh City.  Uncle Ho may have led a revolution from the north to bring his lig…

When you read these blog entries, you'll probably be wondering:  What does this guy do? The answer is complicated, so I usually do not ans…