Travel, Nature, Music, Art

“Blues” - Magical view of the Mediterranean Sea from my friend Soraya’s boutique in Ain El Mraisse, Beirut - thank you for the hospitality and excellent coffee @artisansdulibanetdorient - a boutique dedicated to beautiful Lebanese and oriental handicraft #artisansdulibanetdorient #beirut #ainelmreisseh #artisanat #artisans #lebanon #liban #mediterraneansea #mediterranean #mediterranee #mermediterranee #handcraft #craftspace #blue #bleu #bleus #thalassamarenostrum (at Artisans du Liban et d'Orient)

Strolling on the Zeytouna Bay marina deck by the Saint-George Hotel - with remarkable combination of colours, reflections and perspective (no adds-on or filter) on the second day of 2018. #beirut #downtownbeirut #zeitounabay #zeytounabay #mediterraneansea #mediterranean #mediterranee #mermediterranee #blues #bleus #saintgeorgehotel #thalassamarenostrum (at Saint-George Hotel,Yacht Club & Marina)

Eternal Nile at sunset 🌅 #feluca #sunset #cairo #egypt #zamalek #nileriver #terrace (at Left Bank)

Lunch on the Nile - better than Death #nile #zamalek #nileriver #felouca #egypt #cairo #businesstravel #terrace (at Left Bank)

The London Santa 🎅🏽 Run 🏃 this morning by gorgeous weather ☀️️ and high spirit 🍾 - modest 6.5km (at Battersea Park)

Winter sunrise 🌅 from my window (-2c outside) today (at Harbord Street)

Pedro Almodovar pair of jeans as part of the "Jeans for Refugees" by Johnny Dar at the Saatchi Gallery - which closed last Sunday Oct 30, 2016. The concept is: 100 celebrities donated one of their pair of jeans or a hat, which was abstractly hand painted upon with acrylic multicolour painting by artist Johny Dar, exhibited in this large hangar-like room at the Saatchi Gallery and auctioned online at the end of the exhibition to raise funds for refugees donated to the International Rescue Committee #jeansforrefugees #saatchigallery #johnydar #johnydarcreations #saatchiart #artwithacause #artengagé #art #refugees #unhcr #unicef #suffering #life #hope #help #contribution #alleviate #pain #forgotten #ignored #ignorance #barbarism #crime #crimesagainsthumanity #cynicism #donation #initiative #internationalrescuecommittee (at Saatchi Gallery)

Very moving and effective exhibition called "Jeans for Refugees" by Johnny Dar at the Saatchi Gallery - which closed last Sunday Oct 30, 2016. The concept is: 100 celebrities donated one of their pair of jeans or a hat, which was abstractly hand painted upon with acrylic multicolour painting by artist Johny Dar, exhibited in this large hangar- like room at the Saatchi Gallery and auctioned online at the end of the exhibition to raise funds for refugees donated to the International Rescue Committee #jeansforrefugees #saatchigallery #johnydar #internationalrescuecommittee #weareallrefugees Albert Hammond Junior, Alicia Vikander, Anna Wintour, Audrey Tatou, Bella Hadid, Benicio del Toro, Bryan Adams, Camille, Candice Swanepoel, Cara Delevingne, Carl Cox, Carla Bruni, Cat Stevens, Catherine Deneuve, Chanel Iman, Charlotte Church, Christina Ricci, Christine Taylor, Claudia Schiffer, David Copperfield, Daniel Bruehl, Daniel Radcliffe, Dannii Minogue, Elle McPherson, Elton John, Emma Watson, Eva Herzigova, Fearne Cotton, Florence Welch, Heather Graham, Iris Berben, Isabelle Adjani, James Norton, Jamie Theakston, Jane Birkin, Jaoquin Phoenix, Jim Broadbent, Julio Iglesias, Karlie Kloss, Kate Moss, Lars von Trier, Lily Allen, Linda Evangelista, Macy Gray, Marianne Faithful, Melanie C, Minnie Driver, Nicholas Hoult, Nina Hagen, Ozzy Osbourne, Peaches, Pedro Almodovar, P!nk, Roger Waters, Ryan Gosling, Sadie Frost, Selah Sue, Sharon Osbourne, Sharon Stone, Sofia Coppola, Tinie Tempah, Tom Waits, Toni Garrn, Tuppence Middleton, Twiggy, Usher, Victoria Beckham, Vivienne Westwood, Woody Allen and others... (at Saatchi Gallery)

Me and my guide Theresa at the Nairobi National Museum today after the tour (at Nairobi National Museum)

The Pool at the Serena Hotel, Nairobi #nairobi #kenya #outofafrica #eastafrica #travelafrica #африка (at Nairobi Serena Hotel)

Nairobi siesta #outofafrica #nairobi #kenya #travelafrica #eastafrica #siesta #африка (at Nairobi, Kenya)

Clouds over Nairobi today #nairobi #kenya #outofafrica #eastafrica #travelafrica #африка (at Lenana Rd)

Ahhhh!!! It pays to be fit and being able to run a sprint down the long corridors of Heathrow (with of course your gate being at the other end of the terminal to add spice to the endeavour) while at the same time avoiding other passengers and slaloming around luggages and buggies trying to thwart your race to the finish line!! What a run - I bet I must have broken my record for the 1km!! The gate of the plane was literally closing when I got in!! Anyway it all started with terrible traffic on he M4 and me having to go back to Barons Court on the Piccadilly Line to catch a train to Heathrow. Delays... I make it to Term 5 and manage to have a business call on a transaction which I am doing in Africa. Then I get told I got the wrong terminal and that I should go to Term 3!! Term 3 for BA?!? Right. I take the Heathrow "Express" which also is delayed by 15 min due to a technical fault. I rush to the check-in and baggage screening and there the x-ray machine in my queue breaks down. I get moved to another queue where I land on an over-zealous controller wanting to analyse every single corner of the scan on his screen and consult with his colleagues. I finally get my luggage and rush, almost knocking down a few old couples leisurely walking in the terminal. And the race starts... but now taking off with a glass of Louis Roederer Brut!!! On my way to Nairobi!!! Sayonara!!! (at Heathrow Terminal 3)

One of the most potent works I have ever seen, impregnated with emotion, stunning landscapes, unbelievable rawness, primeval, primitive and instinctive feelings, and overflowing with humanity in communion with nature... so penetrating it makes you cry if you allow yourself to be carried... and Baudelaire's incomparable sonnet Correspondences from Les Fleurs du Mal springs immediately to my mind: "La Nature est un temple où de vivants piliers, Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles, L'homme y passe à travers des forêts symboles, Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers" #sebastiaosalgado #wimwenders #beaudelaire #lesfleursdumal (at Bishops Park)

Les Belles de la Contrescarpe - Love Paris 😍 (at Place de la Contrescarpe)

Georges, Rami and Alain!! First people to arrive in situ for a yet to come awesome brunch... so waiting for the rest of the crowd to arrive, sipping Petit Chablis on the sidewalk rue Princesse 👸 in St Germain des Près under autumn sunshine ☀️ (at Coffee Parisien)