(A short story inspired by photos my wife took in Panama.) “You can never give enough money to a poor man,” smiled ferryman Raphael, pocketing his fee and steering his canoe into the choppy waters off El Porvenir. “Kuna. Like me,” he said proudly, nodding to the colourful family of five, who had quickly leapt… read more »
Over the centuries, the Czech nation has been overrun by Swedes, Turks, Hungarians, Tatars, Prussians, Austrians, Germans, Russians, and now the Dutch, myself included, seeking cheap winter sports resorts. The Czech response to these uninvited guests was perhaps best encapsulated by Reinhardt Heydrich, Reichs Protector of Bohemia in the Second World War. In his first report… read more »
I was going to write about Sao Paulo, but big cities are like cool kids in the playground, making life hard for the underdogs, the modest kids who often go unnoticed. The Ecuadorian sisters Quito and Guayaquil, for example, whose names are usually uttered in a single breath by my wife, the professional traveller: “Ah… read more »
As a member of the KLM family, you have– depending on availability of course – the opportunity to fly for cheap. It goes without saying that, after having flown across half the globe, lots of colleagues end up becoming a bit blasé about travelling, along the lines of ‘been there, done that’. Luckily, I still… read more »
The torrential shower drives bedraggled strangers into the hotel lobby, warm rain battering the huge flowers in the beds outside. They nod their heavy heads against the base of the towering windows, begging to come indoors, where gloved waiters coast silently among the tables, serving gin slings to elegant patrons. “It really is little more… read more »
“The ocean of the air connects us all” – this was one of the favourite quotes of aviation pioneer Albert Plesman, who co-founded KLM in 1919. His words seem even more appropriate today, with hundreds of thousands of air bridges connecting continents. I’d even venture to claim that an airline is more like a road… read more »
If your job portfolio at KLM includes ‘International PR’, you can’t avoid a certain amount of ‘duty travel’ now and then. That’s why I found myself at Schiphol airport for the Tuesday evening flight to Beijing. Once onboard, I stretched out in Business Class and left the worries of the day behind me. I wondered… read more »
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