It's the last day of the year, and of late I've been reflecting a lot. This week I was reading something I’d written at the end of 2017. I was going to post it for new year’s eve last year,…
A few weeks ago I had the privilege of helping out some very dedicated people in a fund raising event. I’m so excited to have found this organisation, as I’ve had this picture in my head about the organisation I’d…
There's definitely times in life when major decisions are presented to us and we are put in a position to make a choice. A choice that will change the direction of our life... or not. This is one such time for…
Once I booked my flights to Prague, I started asking around about what food was like. I got mostly negative responses... or at the most, indifferent. I was led to believe that I'd only like it if I liked really…
Riding trains in Italy is like a free tour through the beautiful country... only it's not actually free. But it's really reasonable and much more enjoyable to take in the scenery than trying to navigate roads and parking (parking? What…
Curiosity is definitely one my character traits. I usually consider this a strength of mine, but it also gets me in trouble a lot. So I thought I'd share a few stories about my recent incidents where my curiosity got…
If you ever find yourself in Dalat, high up in the mountains in the south of Vietnam, then you should seriously consider spoiling yourself with an overnight stay in the Crazy House.
As I've travelled, I've given streets names of my own to help me navigate: coffee street, food street, bar street, temple street, etc. Unfortunately in Japan, I've had to add an extra name to a couple of the smaller towns:…
Kanazawa, on Japan's west coast, is known for it's well-preserved houses and artefacts from the Edo-era when Samurai and Geisha were the norm. Here are some photos from my 2 days in Kanazawa in April 2017.