Home Again
And, four months later, here we are…
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Flight Twenty
Flight twenty. It went so quickly.
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Water World
Waterworld was a pretty crap film, lost…
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Universal Studios
We spent two nights in LA on…
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Santa Monica
View from our window: Santa Monica, California,…
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Flight Nineteen
Flight nineteen. Almost home.
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Flight Eighteen
Flight eighteen. Bidding adieu to tropical paradise.
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Sunset on Aitutaki
Sunsets on Aitutaki. Every one a treat.
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Sunscreen Per Day
According to the instructions on the Cancer…
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Dives in Aitutaki
We went for two more dives in…
Read MoreLeaving Japan Japan has been wonderful. As…
Read MoreTokyo showing off its city of the…
Read MoreThe knife skills (and massive knives*) of…
Read MoreThe Edo-Tokyo museum’s exhibits include a statue…
Read MoreTsukiji Market is just enormous. There is…
Read MoreWe headed down to Tsukiji market on…
Read MoreMiscellany No. 7
Another (admittedly mundane) area of Japanese technical…
Read MoreDinner at Tofuya Ukai, a kaiseki, or…
Read MoreCuteness addendum: more National Treasures
Read MoreIn Nara, the deer are considered sacred…
Read MoreWithin Daibutsu-den, the Hall of the Great…
Read MoreWe made the day trip from Kyoto…
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Double Bay, Sydney, Australia.
View from our window: Double Bay, Sydney,…
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Sunny Weather in Sydney
Finally some sunny weather in a Sydney,…
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Cityscape At Night
Darling Harbour on a balmy evening. Packed…
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The Walk Along The Cliffs
The walk along the cliffs from Coogee…
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Bloody Good Food
Our final mega-meal of the trip, at…
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Sydney Architecture
On a rainy day, we took the…
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The Centre of Melbourne,
The centre of Melbourne, with skyscrapers, Victorian…
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War Memorial & Botanical Gardens
Strolling through the war memorial and botanical…
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kite-surfing
Here is one of those crazy kite-surfing…
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kite surfers
File yet another one under “crazy Aussies…
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An Investment Opportunity
An investment opportunity for any of our…
Read MoreNavigating China in English
Mainland China was fascinating and challenging and…
Read MoreOne of the things we really wanted…
Read MoreMiscellany No. 11
Chow Tai Fook, based in Hong Kong…
Read MoreKowloon, one of the districts of Hong…
Read MoreChina is crazy. We don’t have democracy….
Read MoreViews of Hong Kong Island’s stunning cityscape…
Read MoreA real highlight of the trip so…
Read MoreMore high speed trains, this time in…
Read MoreI wouldn’t say you go to Fenghuang…
Read MorePeople in Fenghuang (Fenghuanians? Fenghuangers? Fenhuangistas?)
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Read MoreOn Tipping and Haggling
At home, bargaining is not unheard of….
Read MoreHalong Bay is home to a few…
Read MoreView from our window: Charming II Hotel,…
Read MoreSunset and sunrise in Halong Bay
Read MoreWe took a 2-night, 3-day excursion to…
Read MoreIt’s beginning to look a lot like…
Read MoreFood wise, our stay in Hanoi was…
Read MoreHanoi’s Old Quarter: bicycles, motorcycles, cyclos; anything…
Read MoreA bit random: this is a wedding…
Read MoreThe Temple of Literature was once the…
Read MoreMiscellany No. 13
It is not exactly sweltering summer temperatures…
Read MoreHo Chi Minh’s mausoleum is given pride…
Read MoreCrossing the Tasman Sea from Auckland’s rocky…
Read MoreView from our window: Mangere, Auckland, New…
Read MoreOn our last day in New Zealand,…
Read MoreFireworks from the beach in Paihia. Happy…
Read MoreThe best tour of the trip so…
Read MoreView from our window: Paihia, Bay of…
Read MoreA peaceful evening waiting for our takeaway…
Read MoreDear World, Yep, Matapouri and the Mermaid…
Read MoreView from our window: Morningside, Whangarei, New…
Read MoreDear World, More places like Tawharanui please,…
Read MoreViews of Auckland from Mt. Eden, one…
Read MoreThe (rather imposing) exterior of the Auckland…
Read MoreOn Tipping and Haggling
At home, bargaining is not unheard of….
Read MoreAngkor Wrap-up
Angkor Wat. Blimey. Possibly the single most…
Read MoreThe last thing we did before heading…
Read MoreIt’s super touristy, but I couldn’t resist…
Read MoreAll sorts of delicious Khmer food from…
Read MoreMiscellany No. 12
Tourists at the temples: 50/50 western/Asian split….
Read MoreOne of the less charming aspects of…
Read MoreThe dominant mode of transport in Siem…
Read MoreAngkor Thom was a huge fortified city,…
Read MoreIn Angkor Wat’s grounds we came across…
Read MoreRather than returning to town for breakfast,…
Read MoreSeeing the sun rise at Angkor Wat…
Read MoreStanding at the foot of the Tower,…
Read MoreWhat weird and wonderful foodstuffs we have…
Read MoreA standard part of DMZ tours is…
Read MoreWhen the armistice ended (suspended?) the Korean…
Read MoreIn a slightly disconcerting reminder that there’s…
Read MoreA masterpiece of urban renewal, Cheonggyecheon was…
Read MoreGwangjang Market: all sorts of crazy and…
Read MoreDongdaemun Design Plaza, a Zaha Hadid project…
Read MoreBicycling along the Han River.
Read MoreIf you think Changdeokgung Palace looks suspiciously…
Read MoreThe Korean word cheollyeop means fishing in…
Read MoreMiscellany No. 8
It seems like 50% of all adverts…
Read MoreA Laos cooking class. Given my unfamiliarity…
Read MoreLaotian food can be a touch gribbly…
Read MoreThe centre of Luang Prabang is mostly…
Read MoreA religious centre, Luang Prabang is home…
Read MoreTry the adventurous menu, they said. A…
Read MoreThe destination for our motorcycle excursion was…
Read MoreWe *had* to rent a motorcycle at…
Read MoreThe Luang Prabang old town. Note the…
Read MoreBecause what is the point of going…
Read MoreAt the end of our day-long trek,…
Read MoreKhmu and Hmong villages we passed through…
Read MoreA hike up through the jungle and…
Read MoreOur guest house in Bangkok is well…
Read MoreLunch at Nahm in Bangkok: blue swimmer…
Read MoreThe reason you go to Wat Pho…
Read MoreWat Phra Kaew and the Grand Palace
Read MoreIn another episode of “Drinks in super…
Read MoreIt’s beginning to look a lot like…
Read MoreSpeaking of river taxis, this was the…
Read MoreOne of the nicest things about Bangkok…
Read MoreView from our window: Phranakorn Nornlen, Bangkok,…
Read MoreWe had only two days in Bangkok,…
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