A photograph of Corfu, Greece.

A photograph of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

A photograph of Beirut. Lebanon.

A photograph of Amman, Jordan.

Every two years work on The Working Traveller slows down as I focus my attention on the festival of football playing out on the TV. Watching two games a day puts a large dent in productivity so after a desperate hunt around for a half arsed idea to pass off as a well researched piece we came up with showing football’s popularity around the world.

Inti Raymi, the Festival of the Sun, was a celebration of the winter solstice and a way to greet the new year in the southern hemisphere. Dedicated to the sun god, Inti, the ceremony was the most important in the Incan calendar.

A photograph of Malacca, Malaysia.

A photograph of Sukhothai, Thailand.

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