Archive for October, 2006

Sink or Swim

Friday, October 20th, 2006

The last time I went on a cruise I lost my favourite teddy bear and the contents of my stomach to the churning briny below. Oh, and the children’s life jacket store caught fire. Unsurprisingly my desire for further shipboard experiences hadn’t exactly been burning brightly. Until now. Now I have a wife who likes [...]

Up the jungle with a Sandinista

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Published in The Guardian, Oct, 2006 “You can swim here if you like,” said Yaró flopping into the waist-high water and hauling our boat onto a sandbank. From deep within my memory, bells were ringing about tiny jungle parasites that find no greater pleasure than swimming straight up your plumbing and co-habiting your vital organs. Plus, [...]