My Life On The Planet Earth

Walking the Great Wall in January 2006 was a difficult and dangerous experience. The thousands of steps were icy and extremely steep. One...

Espanol abajo: I sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1978 on this yacht, from Antibes in the South of France to Ft. Lauderdale. Florida,...

The MY Antibes was the first private yacht I worked on in the South of France (1977). It was quite famous as it was very fast for a yacht...

In 2017 I organised a 'Mexican Appreciation Day'. It was a fun day shared with friends here in Patagonia and around the world. My friend...

Yesterday I made a video showing my old boots turned into flower pots. Many comments mentioned the movie 'Wall-e!' We wondered why? Then...

Google Earth took a new satellite photo of our land earlier this year. Fortunately I have a previous one from 2014. Los mapas de Google...

Almost fifty years ago, a teenager at sea, I was on the MV Westminster Bridge, anchored off Dampier, Western Australia for almost three...

We've joined Tiktok and are sharing our life at Paul and Konomi's Garden, our piece of paradise in Chilean Patagonia. If you're new to...

From September 2007 to August 2008, Konomi amd I walked from Hong Kong to Beijing, to help green the olympics. planting trees along the...

In 2008 I came up with a simple idea, Earth Jump, as a part of our Celebration Earth Festival in Okinawa, Japan. Acupuncture for the...

August 6th 2004: It was to be a very full day for myself and walking companions. Up with sunrise for the 8.15 ceremony marking the time...

I first visited Hiroshima in November 1972. I was a catering boy on the Westminster Bridge a British Merchant ship carrying iron ore that...

On June 26th 2004 I began walking from the World Peace Prayer Day (WPPD) at Mt. Fuji to Hiroshima, planting trees along the way to draw...

Every weekday morning from the age of four years old until I went away to sea at the age of seventeen I was awoken by the air raid siren...

This was the last yacht I worked on and my last job as a chef. I was on the Sharon S for six months, based in Miami, Florida from...

I can say things in a fairy tale that I could never say in another form, shake the governing tree without appearing to rock the boat. I...

Holiday Inn Sarajevo: In the Eye of the Siege | War Hotels Documentary The armoured car pulled onto the forecourt directly in front of...

April 21st. Into Sarajevo: Early in the morning we returned to the police station. My documents were not available. “Wait ten minutes.” A...

April 20th 1995: Not long after leaving Konjic I walked through a village where there was a large military presence. I was getting fed up...

April 19th 1995: A major miracle has occurred. Konjic is not being shelled today. I slept in the communications post of Malbatt, the...