Books and booklets
Better Late Than Never
A sampling of stories culled from twenty-plus years as a travel writer, who began his writing career at the age of fifty, hence the sub-title, Stories from a Late-Life Traveller. Includes Spain, Thailand, Morocco… and beyond.
Chiang Mai uncovered
A selection of articles taken from the digital magazine of the same name, avoiding the obvious, the tourist hype, and the ‘must-sees’ of this beguiling city in the mountains of northern Thailand.
Notes from an Offbeat World
Spend enough of your life travelling and you will inevitably come across a fair amount of the weird and wonderful. Often enough it’s simply a moment when you least expect it but gave you a giggle nonetheless.
The Travelling Life For Me
In more than twenty years as a travel writer people never seem to believe me when I tell them it can be a very lonely and sometimes boring job, as almost any professional travel writer will confirm. It is a job, after all,…..but it certainly has its moments.
A Whirlwind Around Morocco
A collection of lighthearted anecdotes from a two-week whirlwind tour of Morocco.
High, Ride and Handsome
Personal stories from a previously non-cyclist of a bike tour in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, to raise funds for the charity, Education For All. (See below.)
More Than Just Magestic Mountains
Kasbah du Toubkal sits in the foothills of Jbel Toubkal in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, but as visitors soon discover, there’s a lot more than just the mountains to enjoy.
Inland Trips From The Costa Blanca
Discover the countryside of stunning scenery and timeless pueblos of Spain’s Costa Blanca in five booklets to carry with you.
Reasonable Plans
Dreams are only the plans of the reasonable is inscribed on a plaque at the entrance to Kasbah du Toubkal, a multi-award-winning Berber hospitality centre. This is the story of how a ruin on the top of a hill in the shadow of the highest mountain in North Africa became a centre of community development in the High Atlas Mountains.
A Different Life
Education for All provides accommodation, caring and encouragement to girls from the poorest families from the most remote villages in the High Atlas Mountains to pursue their education and a life they could never have imagined.
Dinari Delicious
Moroccan cuisine brings together some of the most succulent ingredients and preparation from a wide range of cultures, creating a special gastronomy all it’s own. The kitchens of Villa Dinari add just that little something to make it their own.
Kasbah Kitchen
The country food of Kasbah du Toubkal was recently recognised as the best in the locality, satisfying diners with their stout Berber cuisine. This short recipe book is designed for guests to recreate the the simple but delicious food of the mountains in their own home.
Photobooks
Eye On Morocco
Morocco is a fascinating country, made even more fascinating by the charm of the Moroccan people. The photos in this album are a smattering of thousands I’ve taken over the last few years. I hope you enjoy them, and feel free to send them to your friends, use them as postcards or memoirs of your visit to Morocco.
Eye On Chiang Mai
When I first visited Chiang Mai in January 2014 It never occurred to me that I’d actually make the city my home, but I did, and Chaing Mai still keeps me intrigued enough that the more I look around the more I find there is to discover.
Eye on Valencia
Spain’s third largest city is a delight; beautiful architecture, glorious gardens, excellent restaurants, steeped in history anf only a twenty-minute bike ride from the beautiful beaches of Malvarossa.
A Stroll Through Marrakech Medina
“There are certain places on the surface of the earth that possess more magic than others. And one of those places is Marrakech.” Paul Bowles, American writer who lived in Morocco for fifty-two years.
Galleries
Coming Soon(ish)
A Diverse Plate
Munching on a ‘pimp’ with a side order of pig’s penis at a Thai country market; devouring with caution a stuffed-spleen sandwich in Fez Medina; sharing dubious innards-and-gizzards-on-a-stick from a communal pan by the side of the road in Yangon; smuggling gin and bacon underwater into Saudi Arabia; explaining why British mince pies at Christmas aren’t full of meat and a Yorkshire pudding isn’t sweet, and why Americans named their ‘French Fries’ after the wrong country.
Around Morocco With Edith and Friends
In 1917, the American novelist Edith Wharton spent a month travelling in Morocco seeking ‘barbaric splendour’ and an escape from war-torn Europe. The result was In Morocco, part travelogue, part exploration of the lives of Moroccan women. Almost exactly a century later the author covered a similar route in reverse, and combines Wharton’s vivid imagery with the words of writers who followed in her footsteps and his own.
Scenes From A Plastic Seashore
A six-foot tall lady-boy in diamante-covered heels; the under-cover monk in aviator sunglasses; American Mr Bean in Technicolour apparel who spends his early hours buying gaudy ladies clothes from second-hand clothing stalls. The characters, life and times of Chiang Mai Gate Market in Thailand as observed with a sense of humour and a sharp eye from a tablecloth decorated in nautical scenes at a portable road-side café.
A Slow Meander Around the Bull Skin
La Piel de Toro – the bull skin – as described at the end of the 1st century BC by the Greek geographer Strabo as the shape of the Iberian Peninsula depicted on a map. A selection of stories, articles and anecdotes from over seventeen years living in and travelling Spain. The food, the people, the places, these stories go beyond the normal everyday or tourist high spots seen by the casual visitor.
Magazines and brochures
Kasbah du Toubkal
A quarterly magazine produced for Kasbah du Toubkal, a multi-award-winning Berber hospitality centre (hotel/auberge stressing hospitality over traditional hotel service) in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Described by Condé Nast Traveller as 'having the best rooftop views in North Africa'. The magazine celebrated its eighth anniversary in January 2023.
Chiang Mai uncovered
Almost all guide books to Chiang Mai include somewhere in the introduction the glib comment that the city has over three hundred temples, wats as they are called in Thai. There is far more to Chiang Mai than meets the eye, and this digital magazine dips it's toe into the life of the Pearl of the North, wandering off where few tourists tread.
Miscellaneous Articles
An assortment of articles from international magazines.
