A Travel Blog
Not that you’ll see any fine dining here, though it may be mentioned. Gourmet is, we believe, as gourmet does … and the thing is that, as travellers interested in food, we found a lot to interest us today.We didn’t mention breakfast yesterday, but our hotel deal includes breakfast and it is a full-scale buffet … Read more
CourtesySingapore, we’ve heard said, is a very Western city and therefore not of much interest to travellers wanting to experience the “real” Asia. Perhaps so, but while it’s clean, organised, and English is the main language, there is quite a different sensibility. For one thing, there’s a level of politeness and courtesy that seems both … Read more
Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.” ― Henry David Thoreau Oh dear, poor old Thoreau would be turning in his grave. We are almost too embarrassed to admit that we are about to take to the skies again. But it’s not always easy sailing is it? … Read more
You thought we’d done our overseas trip for this year didn’t you? And that was our plan when we told Hannah last year that we would visit her in Canada in the first half of 2014. However, early this year, Len’s sister Helen and husband John asked us to join them and their family in Koh Samui … Read more