Paris Archives — Lara Dunston

Travelling: incongruities #2

I love to discover incongruities when I travel, as I told you. Like the coffee-seller using a shiny Italian espresso machine in Aleppo’s medieval souq, I like this image of two guys working a Turkish doner kebap stand in Beijing. It wasn’t something I expected to see in downtown Beijing. For me, it was out … Read more about Travelling: incongruities #2

What happened to the the journey?

by Lara Dunston

I asked: what happened to ‘the journey’? Is the process of getting ‘there’ no longer as important as it once was? My friend Greg says: “Get me there as painlessly as possible. That is still important, but airports are airports, and other than the quality of food, and perhaps the entertainment system, planes are planes. … Read more about What happened to the the journey?