“Travel can be glorious, shocking, boring, intense and frustrating.”
“Trying to capture that – even if I couldn’t – was far more enjoyable than just saying ‘wish you were here’.”
So without further ado, here are Murray-Leach’s ‘anti-postcards’ from around the world.
FRANCE
Anything is delicious when you cover it in a tonne of butter, parsley and garlic.
UNITED STATES
An airport security guard really liked my daughter’s backpack. Until he realised I didn’t have a daughter. It got awkward.
In an unfamiliar country social issues can seem far more obvious than back home – especially when they’re rolled out on a 15 metre banner.
ITALY
The worst food in Italy is still better than 99 percent of food in the UK.
There’s something deeply disturbing about watching an active volcano from a cafe. I’m pretty sure this is how civilizations end.
While my sister was forced to cover her sinful lady flesh under a weird hospital gown, my brother and I could totally flaunt our alluring knees. And Jesus was basically naked.
JAPAN
Hotels here have special slippers to wear in the toilet. Wearing them anywhere else is the equivalent of carrying soiled toilet paper in your hand.
That quintessential Japanese experience of being completely unable to read the menu.
KENYA
Calling a product that gives you emphysema ‘Sportsman’ seems… ironic. The tar level in these things means they’re basically bitumen.
