Quarantine Diaries

Today I needed warm-bodied company, so I placed fruit on the terrace and didn’t wait long; bulbuls were soon snatching…

12 September 2020 It took five days to shake off gastro, which I must have traded with at least one…

Quarantine is not unbearable. It’s frustrating and restrictive, but today I’m energetic. Hayley Cassim’s gym sessions have smoothed away knots,…

Gastro finally got the better of me and 30 other inmates, three of whom sit in hospital. I planned to…

The day breaks with a cool drizzle and dancing palms. Movement is energy, I leap up to catch the sunrise.…

We arrived at Long Beach in three prison-issue buses and a police escourt. I laughed at the obvious symbolism, but…

Jano and the Wakashio. Two perfect reasons to cut short my six months in paradise. So, when the High Commissioner…