For some time, I have been writing blogs, recording some of the many sights and sounds I have come across in my travels across the Middle East and the rest of the world.

Some are unashamedly "un-PC" - and if you are easily offended, may I respectfully suggest you move on to other pages on the web?

Here is a selection of some of those blogs:

Dubai's Metro Madness: Do the decision makers ever use their own transport system? Yes. Today they did!

It's ATM time again as Dubai gears up for the tourist trade

Moving house is no fun in the UAE especially when dealing with Emirati red tape

Getting an Indian Visa The trials and tribulations of getting through Indian red tape

Delhi Diary Having got the visa, it's off on Air Arabia...

Alex Beckons Thanks to Gulf Air I actually make it to Alexandria

Culture in the UAE errr... well that's what it says!

For the love of a Kia Maybe not everyone's idea of a babe magnet....

Immigration Officers One of the worst jobs in the world?

Manila Sauce Getting ripped off on a Jeepney

Saudi TV The joys of working as an anchor on KSA2

Driving in the Gulf Smuggling and officialdom