To walk with, talk with, observe, debate with, listen to, admire and to try and understand:

Sir David Attenborough,
Bono & The Edge,
Amir Temur,
Sappho,
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi,
Cicero,
Alexander the Great.

"In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity"

"There is nothing impossible to him who will try"

I'm lucky enough to have been all over the place.

Would love to go to:

Latin America, Nepal, South East Asia some more, Jordan, all the way down the Nile, Samarkand, the Mongolian steppes on horseback, Rub al Khali, and more...

My wife Jodie, my family, my friends, exploring the world, new adventures, meeting new people, good food, chess, the history of nearly everything, sci-fi, horse riding, polo, shooting, conservation, kung fu, taekwon-do, olive trees, skiing, civilisation old and new, the fascination of different cultures, driving my car, squash, technology...?

English, French, a little bit of Arabic