Middle East
Istanbul
A crazy city of 13m people where East meets West, Istanbul has always been a vast, confusing metropolis. Some things never change!
- Originally published: 25 Sep 2011 in Middle East
Göreme
Leaving the city for the desert: the rocky landscapes of Göreme, a town in Central Anatolia that has become a popular destination for backpackers.
- Originally published: 25 Sep 2011 in Middle East
Cairo and Giza
Through the frenetic, dusty Egyptian capital to the great pyramids.
- Originally published: 19 Oct 2006 in Architecture, Middle East
Luxor
Into the Valley of the Kings, then on to Deir al-Bahri and the colossal necropolis of Luxor.
- Originally published: 18 Oct 2006 in Middle East
Sharm El Sheikh
A second trip to Egypt and a busier time of it this year as we packed in a few visits.
- Originally published: 17 Oct 2006 in Middle East
Winter holiday in Egypt
The first time we visited Egypt, we discovered the extraordinary beauty of the Red Sea.
- Originally published: 25 Jan 2006 in Middle East
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Syriana
A movie for our times: a challenging look at the many side-effects of crude foreign policy.
- Originally published: 5 Dec 2006 in Film
Sea of Love
A streetwise city cop thriller that crawls familiar kerbs but more or less delivers the package.
- Originally published: 2 Apr 2007 in Film
Göreme
Leaving the city for the desert: the rocky landscapes of Göreme, a town in Central Anatolia that has become a popular destination for backpackers.
- Originally published: 25 Sep 2011 in Middle East
Finishing FarCry
Finishing FarCry last night brought to an end my long struggle with mutant monkeys, mad professors and obsolete computers. It had been almost a year before I could even play the game after my own mid-spec machine gave up the ghost on all but the lowest display settings available in Ubisoft‘s inaugural next-gen gem. Whilst …
- Originally published: 27 Sep 2005 in Personalia
Stouterik
3/5. A solid Belgian stout with strong roasted aroma and surprisingly fruity flavours in amongst the expected sourness.
- Originally published: 22 Jan 2011 in Beer
Who you gonna call?
Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name. In fact, I am a consultant working in user experience and information design.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.
Shameless self-promotion
Over a year in the making, Dopeology.org is my latest personal project: a topology of doping in thirty years of European pro road cycling.
I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.