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Home Again

And, four months later, here we are…

February 11, 2014

Flight Twenty

Flight twenty. It went so quickly.

February 10, 2014

Water World

Waterworld was a pretty crap film, lost…

February 10, 2014

Universal Studios

We spent two nights in LA on…

February 10, 2014

Santa Monica

View from our window: Santa Monica, California,…

February 10, 2014

Flight Nineteen

Flight nineteen. Almost home.

February 10, 2014

Flight Eighteen

Flight eighteen. Bidding adieu to tropical paradise.

February 10, 2014

Sunset on Aitutaki

Sunsets on Aitutaki. Every one a treat.

February 10, 2014

Fun Times

Fun times in the swimming pool with…

February 10, 2014

Sunscreen Per Day

According to the instructions on the Cancer…

February 9, 2014

Aitutaki

View from our window: Aitutaki, Cook Islands….

February 9, 2014

Dives in Aitutaki

We went for two more dives in…

February 9, 2014

Japan

Leaving Japan Japan has been wonderful. As…

October 30, 2013

Tokyo showing off its city of the…

October 29, 2013

The knife skills (and massive knives*) of…

October 28, 2013

The Edo-Tokyo museum’s exhibits include a statue…

October 28, 2013

Tsukiji Market is just enormous. There is…

October 28, 2013

We headed down to Tsukiji market on…

October 28, 2013

Miscellany No. 7

Another (admittedly mundane) area of Japanese technical…

October 28, 2013

Dinner at Tofuya Ukai, a kaiseki, or…

October 27, 2013

Cuteness addendum: more National Treasures

October 26, 2013

In Nara, the deer are considered sacred…

October 26, 2013

Within Daibutsu-den, the Hall of the Great…

October 26, 2013

We made the day trip from Kyoto…

October 25, 2013

Australia

Double Bay, Sydney, Australia.

View from our window: Double Bay, Sydney,…

February 6, 2014

Sunny Weather in Sydney

Finally some sunny weather in a Sydney,…

February 3, 2014

Cityscape At Night

Darling Harbour on a balmy evening. Packed…

February 3, 2014

The Walk Along The Cliffs

The walk along the cliffs from Coogee…

February 2, 2014

Bloody Good Food

Our final mega-meal of the trip, at…

February 2, 2014

Sydney Architecture

On a rainy day, we took the…

February 2, 2014

The Centre of Melbourne,

The centre of Melbourne, with skyscrapers, Victorian…

January 26, 2014

War Memorial & Botanical Gardens

Strolling through the war memorial and botanical…

January 25, 2014

kite-surfing

Here is one of those crazy kite-surfing…

January 25, 2014

kite surfers

File yet another one under “crazy Aussies…

January 25, 2014

St. Kilda

A morning wandering around St. Kilda, a…

January 25, 2014

An Investment Opportunity

An investment opportunity for any of our…

January 25, 2014

China

Navigating China in English

Mainland China was fascinating and challenging and…

November 30, 2013

One of the things we really wanted…

November 29, 2013

Miscellany No. 11

Chow Tai Fook, based in Hong Kong…

November 29, 2013

Kowloon, one of the districts of Hong…

November 29, 2013

China is crazy. We don’t have democracy….

November 28, 2013

Views of Hong Kong Island’s stunning cityscape…

November 28, 2013

A real highlight of the trip so…

November 27, 2013

More high speed trains, this time in…

November 27, 2013

Odyssey

Because we are crazy, we decided to…

November 27, 2013

I wouldn’t say you go to Fenghuang…

November 27, 2013

People in Fenghuang (Fenghuanians? Fenghuangers? Fenhuangistas?)

November 26, 2013

Fenghuang by night.

November 26, 2013

Vietnam

On Tipping and Haggling

At home, bargaining is not unheard of….

December 18, 2013

Halong Bay is home to a few…

December 18, 2013

View from our window: Charming II Hotel,…

December 17, 2013

Sunset and sunrise in Halong Bay

December 17, 2013

We took a 2-night, 3-day excursion to…

December 17, 2013

It’s beginning to look a lot like…

December 17, 2013

Food wise, our stay in Hanoi was…

December 16, 2013

Hanoi’s Old Quarter: bicycles, motorcycles, cyclos; anything…

December 16, 2013

A bit random: this is a wedding…

December 16, 2013

The Temple of Literature was once the…

December 16, 2013

Miscellany No. 13

It is not exactly sweltering summer temperatures…

December 16, 2013

Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum is given pride…

December 16, 2013

New Zealand

Crossing the Tasman Sea from Auckland’s rocky…

January 3, 2014

View from our window: Mangere, Auckland, New…

January 3, 2014

On our last day in New Zealand,…

January 3, 2014

Fireworks from the beach in Paihia. Happy…

January 2, 2014

The best tour of the trip so…

January 2, 2014

View from our window: Paihia, Bay of…

January 2, 2014

A peaceful evening waiting for our takeaway…

January 1, 2014

Dear World, Yep, Matapouri and the Mermaid…

January 1, 2014

View from our window: Morningside, Whangarei, New…

January 1, 2014

Dear World, More places like Tawharanui please,…

December 31, 2013

Views of Auckland from Mt. Eden, one…

December 31, 2013

The (rather imposing) exterior of the Auckland…

December 31, 2013

Cambodia

On Tipping and Haggling

At home, bargaining is not unheard of….

December 18, 2013

Angkor Wrap-up

Angkor Wat. Blimey. Possibly the single most…

December 12, 2013

The last thing we did before heading…

December 11, 2013

It’s super touristy, but I couldn’t resist…

December 11, 2013

All sorts of delicious Khmer food from…

December 11, 2013

Miscellany No. 12

Tourists at the temples: 50/50 western/Asian split….

December 10, 2013

One of the less charming aspects of…

December 10, 2013

The dominant mode of transport in Siem…

December 10, 2013

Angkor Thom was a huge fortified city,…

December 9, 2013

In Angkor Wat’s grounds we came across…

December 9, 2013

Rather than returning to town for breakfast,…

December 8, 2013

Seeing the sun rise at Angkor Wat…

December 8, 2013

Korea

Standing at the foot of the Tower,…

November 3, 2013

What weird and wonderful foodstuffs we have…

November 3, 2013

A standard part of DMZ tours is…

November 3, 2013

When the armistice ended (suspended?) the Korean…

November 2, 2013

In a slightly disconcerting reminder that there’s…

November 2, 2013

A masterpiece of urban renewal, Cheonggyecheon was…

November 2, 2013

Gwangjang Market: all sorts of crazy and…

November 2, 2013

Dongdaemun Design Plaza, a Zaha Hadid project…

November 1, 2013

Bicycling along the Han River.

November 1, 2013

If you think Changdeokgung Palace looks suspiciously…

November 1, 2013

The Korean word cheollyeop means fishing in…

November 1, 2013

Miscellany No. 8

It seems like 50% of all adverts…

November 1, 2013

Laos

A Laos cooking class. Given my unfamiliarity…

December 21, 2013

Laotian food can be a touch gribbly…

December 20, 2013

The centre of Luang Prabang is mostly…

December 20, 2013

A religious centre, Luang Prabang is home…

December 20, 2013

Try the adventurous menu, they said. A…

December 20, 2013

The destination for our motorcycle excursion was…

December 20, 2013

We *had* to rent a motorcycle at…

December 19, 2013

The Luang Prabang old town. Note the…

December 19, 2013

Because what is the point of going…

December 19, 2013

At the end of our day-long trek,…

December 19, 2013

Khmu and Hmong villages we passed through…

December 19, 2013

A hike up through the jungle and…

December 18, 2013

Thailand

Our guest house in Bangkok is well…

December 24, 2013

Lunch at Nahm in Bangkok: blue swimmer…

December 23, 2013

The reason you go to Wat Pho…

December 23, 2013

Wat Phra Kaew and the Grand Palace

December 23, 2013

In another episode of “Drinks in super…

December 23, 2013

It’s beginning to look a lot like…

December 22, 2013

Speaking of river taxis, this was the…

December 22, 2013

One of the nicest things about Bangkok…

December 22, 2013

View from our window: Phranakorn Nornlen, Bangkok,…

December 22, 2013

We had only two days in Bangkok,…

December 22, 2013