Welcome to my new web site, designed to showcase my books about Fred the snake. There are now six of them, and another in development “When Fred the Snake and Friends go camping”. The books are aimed at young children (ages 3-8), and many have some hidden educational message, like how (not) to cross the […]
My first impressions of USA were very positive. Planes could not then fly directly from Japan to USA, so I was forced to spend a day in Honolulu, mostly on sunny Waikiki beach, watching bikinis throw frisbees. The contrast from the grey (often raining) constrained Japan was impressive, and was further emphasized next day when
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I arrived in Tokyo at last on May 23rd. For my non-medical readers (if there are any, I thank you), I should explain again that my reason for being in Japan was to explore their progress in the development and use of flexible fiberoptic endoscopes to examine the human guts (esophagus, stomach and intestines, small
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Thanks to those who read and commented on part 1, our stay in Iran. The family returned to England on May 15th, and I got ready to go to Japan. I had some time to spare, so planned to see a few places on my way. My first thought was to fly to Moscow and
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Like many people I imagine, I have spent spare Covid time sorting old photos and memorabilia. I came across my battered journal of my journey around the world from (almost) 50 years ago. No doubt you would like to hear all about it…… I was in my final years of specialist training in gastroenterology with
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