20th August: It was a weird quirk that the only car colours I saw on my first drive into Skopje were either white, grey, or black. I’m...

17th August: Thanks Alex, I'll take it from here. Rebecca was feeling unwell and stayed back at the hostel for the night, whilst I set...

15th August: It turns out that the pen I so recently praised is simply a biro. They didn’t give me the same pen. I’m devastated. So, yes,...

10th August: It’s that time again where I’ve fallen so far behind that the dates I write these under are never correct. Case in point,...

The room was darker than the others, but there was a shaft of sunlight beaming through the roof high above.

The following is a narration of my interview with Alam Hamidi, organised by topic into a more readable format. I have taken certain...