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• The end of the road July 8, 2023
• The Dalton beckons — you may not hear from me for a while July 3, 2023
• ‘You are not working as a freelance journalist and riding a motorcycle to Prudhoe Bay,’ said the Alaska US border guard. Oh yes I am, I replied July 2, 2023
• In an abandoned hamlet in The Yukon, the Tricolour flies . . . but why? June 30, 2023
• The manic madness of Dawson’s demented Gold Rush summer and the great white silence of Yukon June 28, 2023
• I can’t actually quite believe that I am in The Yukon June 28, 2023
• ‘I told ’em there was people buried there but they didn’t listen’ June 28, 2023
• Inside British Columbia’s burgeoning cannabis industry June 22, 2023
• The Rockies! June 21, 2023
• Psst! Wanna see inside Nelson’s secret, maybe not so secret, nuclear bunker? June 16, 2023
• Drama on the road to Nelson, pretty clapboard housing mountain idyll . . . and BC’s capital of cannabis June 14, 2023
• Here’s to Canada . . . to bears, a horny, hubcap adoring bird and a banjaxed sprocket June 12, 2023
• The Cape that does not Disappoint June 5, 2023
• Oregon – the America of youthful memory June 1, 2023
• California’s redwoods are like cathedrals of nature May 31, 2023
• The house is so close to the redwood forest that it appears to be inside it May 29, 2023
• San Francisco has stolen a bit of my heart May 24, 2023
• Breakfast at Mel’s May 24, 2023
• In Steinbeck’s California, the crops are still harvested by Mexicans May 15, 2023
• Heather talks in that urgent way people under pressure sometimes do May 14, 2023
• Down in Hollywood May 12, 2023
• California dreamin’ May 8, 2023
• There is another Tucson and I like it May 4, 2023
• Gun enthusiasts flock to Tucson’s annual expo April 30, 2023
• El Paso’s metal fence a monument to Trump April 29, 2023
• A small town in Texas is at the center of a ‘book banning’ row April 28, 2023
• LBJ’s huge legacy of reform that would not find in welcome in today’s Texas April 24, 2023
• Texas lives up to its stereotype . . . so far April 21, 2023
• There are saints at work here . . . I just hope there are no monsters too April 21, 2023
• A trip to the brothel April 15, 2023
• Viva Mezcal! April 5, 2023
• Mexico doesn’t do small April 3, 2023
• A big weekend in Antigua March 28, 2023
• I had forgotten the pleasure of having a biking buddy March 27, 2023
• A beautiful sunset, a dirty beach, too much to drink and an architectural gem March 25, 2023
• Nicaragua, part II March 21, 2023
• First impressions of Nicaragua were good. Then I got pulled over by the police March 21, 2023
• Monkey business in the rain forest March 17, 2023
• Los Planes March 16, 2023
• In the crater of an extinct volcano, there’s a touch of West Cork March 13, 2023
• My first genuine shakedown March 11, 2023
• Panama’s Canal: ‘A human triumph and one of the great stories of all time’ March 8, 2023
• Crossing the Darién — finally! March 7, 2023
• There’s gold, and a lot more besides, in them there hills. . . March 6, 2023
• A human drama that is epic in scale March 4, 2023
• Colourful chaos at the last frontier March 3, 2023
• ¡Hola! gringa! February 20, 2023
• The square February 20, 2023
• A gigantic landslide creates scenes of Biblical proportions along the Pan American February 15, 2023
• Into Colombia February 14, 2023