"Something's just occurred to me", I said."What?""This might have been a really stupid idea"."Yeah", Karim replied sagely. "I was thinking that".That was about thirty minutes in, perhaps a mile down the path. It was a strange realisation, made all the more strange because it hadn't occurred to me before. Perhaps it had, but I wasn't paying attention. Perhaps I was just distracted by the thought of having three weeks away from my pub, with a pack on my...

The EndGo Airlines Check In Desk, Prague International Airport, 3PM, Tuesday 15th October."Don't you have a real passport?""Mate. You see there where it says Emergency Passport?""Yes, but...""No hang on. If I had a real passport, why d'you think I would need an emergency one? Just to piss you off? Make your day a bit more complicated? Get a rise out of you?"When you have everything you own stolen 20 hours before you're due to fly home, after three mon...

The BeginningThe pilot on the flight back seemed to have some kind of death wish. I was staring out of the window as we were coming into land, watching the horizon shake up and down dangerously.The young English couple sat next to me didn't seem to appreciate me remarking "This guy can't fly for s***". At least I didn't say "We're all going to die", which is what I was thinking.We didn't die. But it was chucking it down at East Midlands.I'...