Feb 24 2016
Over the winter I re-read “The Last Lemon Grove”, a gift from visiting friends a couple of years ago. Written by American Jackson Webb, published 1977, it tells of the author’s one-year sojourn in Paleochora in the early 70s, living alone and simply, and his affinities with various animals and pets, neighbours, and the local …
Feb 05 2016
Readers will recall our trip from Paleochora to Nepal in late 2014 (see “Explore” January 2015), our stay in Katmandhu, and trek into the Tsum Valley, close to the Tibetan border. We had booked a similar journey for 2015, well before the dreadful earthquakes last April, and after some thought, and against some advice, went …
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