Maps have always fascinated me - I can stand staring at them for hours. Or at least, minutes. Whether it’s a small map of the area, or something covering the whole globe. There’s a few in particular that stand out as interesting, partly for their political background, and others for their technical [...]

Cuba has, shall we say, a more relaxed approach to electrical safety than some other countries. In part because it’s poor - good electrics are expensive - but also, I suspect, because of some ignorance and lackadaisical enforcement too.
But I was still surprised to see this shower in our first B&B:

I will say one [...]

I’ve just spent far far too long doing these two illustrations. The first shows a traffic jam that’s a problem, caused by people not using up all the road. The second shows what happens if the two self appointed guardians of the road move up a little, don’t block people, and if other [...]