2016-03-19 18:53
After 14 days, over 50 elephants, a dozen lions, and countless World Cup 2010 billboards - we are back from a fantastic vacation in South Africa. We tried springbok steak, slept in a ho… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
We've just returned from a fabulous, amazing two weeks in South Africa. We spent about 10 days out in the African bush - and it wasn't nearly enough.More stories to come... but in the… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Mount Kinabalu is often described (not entirely accurately, I might add) as a "beginner's mountain".That's because it doesn't require special technical expertise. Anyone reasonably fit and d… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Last night I went to see Life: A Doublebill at the Drama Centre Black Box. Both plays, Implosion and Just Late, were good - funny scripts and good delivery. This was the first play I've seen… Read More
2007-07-29 06:15
GV's Gold Class cinema may be expensive, but it was worth every cent. We went to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix at the Gold Class Cinema at VivoCity last week. The plush red L… Read More
2007-07-06 11:07
A small box of Laurent Bernard chocolates was waiting for me at the office when I returned from Ko Phi Phi - a token of appreciation for a good quarter. I liked the chocolates at Laurent Ber… Read More
2007-07-03 16:38
When we arrived at Ko Phi Phi, we had lunch at Jasmine's on Laem Tong beach, where we were surprised with an interesting variation on tom yum goong – it had coconut milk. The food was… Read More
2007-07-01 02:57
With tourism bringing crowds to ever more remote places, low season is today's version of 'the less traveled road'. And it’s a blessing to the cash-strapped - if you don’t mind a… Read More
2007-06-29 13:06
Where would we be without budget airlines? Stuck at home, probably. Last Saturday, we flew Tiger Airways to Krabi for a round-trip fare of about 20 SGD, not much more than the cost of a taxi… Read More
2007-03-04 15:40
Tonight is the last night of Chinese New Year, which started on February 18. You've got to love a culture that celebrates New Year for two weeks!This year I did my first lo hei - in fact, th… Read More
2007-02-23 16:28
Last weekend I had a sinfully rich hot chocolate, with just a hint of vanilla, at Café Mary Grace at Serendra. We'd flown to Manila for the Chinese New Year holidays (when everything… Read More
2007-02-21 15:37
We decided on a Japanese dinner for Valentine's, which in hindsight was a great choice because it's hard to eat steak with a broken arm!You can usually count on Japanese set meals to be beau… Read More
2007-02-20 07:26
John broke his arm! Or, more specifically, he fractured a little bone somewhere at or near his elbow. He got taken down while going for a header. At least he got the ball... his soccer team… Read More
2007-01-28 15:29
We held a Pinoy Potluck farewell dinner for a friend last Friday. As cooking has never been one of my strengths, the only way to survive hosting a dinner party was to order food from a nearb… Read More
2007-01-14 14:44
Happy New Year from John and Ching! Here are the funniest and most fun things we did in 2006... click on the link to see the full story.1. Our Bungy Jump"You booked the tandem one?" asked th… Read More
2007-01-11 13:06
This was our ninth and final day in New Zealand, the end of a great vacation.We'd planned on the weekend market at the Arts Centre as well as the International Antarctic Centre for this day… Read More
2007-01-06 18:19
2007-01-06 18:19
Our cab pulled into an empty gravel driveway surrounded by a nondescript brick wall. There was no one in sight, although I’d briefly caught a glimpse of a shadowy figure through the ol… Read More
2007-01-01 11:02
Day 8 was another road-trip day, going from Queenstown back to Christchurch, again via Newmans coach. We left Queenstown a little past the scheduled time of 8:20 AM and arrived in Christchur… Read More
2007-01-01 09:25
I'm a compulsive reader. Give me a piece of printed text, however mundane, my eyes are irresistibly drawn to the letters. So it was heaven wandering around Southern Laughter where every last… Read More
2006-12-31 11:05
I woke up slightly dazed after a late night out. The previous morning, we'd done a tandem bungy jump, and in the evening watched a local band perform at Altitude. The combination of alternat… Read More
2006-12-31 09:59
"You booked the tandem one?" asked the lady at the AJ Hackett Bungy counter. "You're crazy."Having your sanity questioned isn't exactly the most confidence-building start to an extreme activ… Read More
2006-12-30 19:31
Day 5 was a road-trip day, going from Fox Glacier to Queenstown via Newmans coach. We left Fox at 8:45 AM and arrived in Queenstown a little after 4 PM, with lots of picture-taking stops and… Read More
2006-12-28 11:32
Fox Glacier heli-hikes are billed as a once-in-a-lifetime experience. That’s partly because after paying our tab we were too broke to consider a second go. Kidding aside, the glacier w… Read More
2006-12-28 11:20
2006-12-28 11:20
When we travel, we try to avoid huge chain hotels... not that there's much chance of a sprawling hotel complex in Fox Glacier, population 258. This time, our search for a charming place to s… Read More
2006-11-17 17:22
I'm embarrassed to admit I fell asleep on what is reputed to be one of the world's great scenic train journeys. That feat probably ranks right up there with eating a full dinner before visit… Read More
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