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Be Water My Friend – Five days home in Hong Kong, amongst chaos, courage & solidarity.

I wrote the majority of this in my journal, a year after it happened, in Autumn 2020, triggered by hearing the song 'Lost' by Dermot Kennedy on Spotify shuffle. Many of his songs remind me of the Hong Kong protests. Him, and First Blood were my soundtrack - opposite ends of the musical spectrum; one …

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Exploring Petra & diving in Aqaba – oh Jordan!

The next day, Petra proper. In a word, Wow. And maybe lets use that word once more - wow. A UNESCO World Heritage site, it is a 1.2km long gorge with 80m cliffs towering above it. It truly felt out of this world, and most like a Star Wars set. I didn’t know so many …

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