Category Archives: Travel

Amuse Bouche

Posted on 9 December 2014 by sheg4184

‘New Zealand’ suggests sheep and hobbits and rugby. It whispers of kiwis – birds and fruit – and an on-going feud with Australia as to who invented the pavlova. It rumbles about earthquakes and volcanoes.  It mumbles Sauvignon Blanc and … Continue reading →

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Snapshots of Japan

Posted on 18 October 2014 by sheg4184

A clean and helpful clockwork world where a pair of missing glasses is located and returned before panic sets in. A lavatory with a heated seat, an in-built bidet, a video screen and a sound system that provides the noisy gush … Continue reading →

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“Selamat Datang!”

Posted on 12 October 2014 by sheg4184

“I loved the heat. Hot, hot and then all the rain. It rains, you know, nearly every day in Malaya… It comes down in sheets, in buckets, nearly every day around the same time for an hour or two. And … Continue reading →

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An Inn of Distinction

Posted on 28 September 2014 by sheg4184

The Victoria is a glorious little boutique hotel tucked away down the narrow suburban streets of West Temple Sheen, just the other side of Richmond Park in London. Obediently, we followed our GPS off the motorway and onto the not-so-beaten-track. … Continue reading →

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Ducks are A-Dabbling III

Posted on 22 September 2014 by sheg4184

A Thames Valley Journal: Part 3 “In it’s unbroken loveliness this is, perhaps, the sweetest stretch of all the river…” ~ Jerome K. Jerome Day 6: Marlow to Maidenhead Before we left the Vicarage, we popped into the Church-next-door, All Saints … Continue reading →

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Ducks are A-Dabbling II

Posted on 16 September 2014 by sheg4184

A Thames Valley Journal: Part 2 “Here today, up and off to somewhere else tomorrow…”  ~ Kenneth Graham Day 4: Pangbourne via Bus and Sonning to Shiplake Day four of our walking adventure found us wandering through peaceful water meadows, talking … Continue reading →

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Ducks are a-Dabbling I

Posted on 11 September 2014 by sheg4184

A Thames Valley Journal: Part 1 `DUCKS’ DITTY’  All along the backwater,  Through the rushes tall,  Ducks are a-dabbling,  Up tails all! Ducks’ tails, drakes’ tails,  Yellow feet a-quiver,  Yellow bills all out of sight  Busy in the river!        ~ … Continue reading →

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“I’ve Been to Bali Too!”

Posted on 12 April 2014 by sheg4184

In the Redgum song of my youth, Bali was a land of monkeys and mercurochrome, Bali belly and mozzie coils. Kuta Beach was full of surfers and Ubud was a hippy haven in the hills. My first trip to Bali, … Continue reading →

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Vignettes of Puerto Galera

Posted on 5 February 2014 by sheg4184

A chattering, boisterous crowd gathering on a quay with bags and boxes, cases and Eskies, already sipping beers, keen, eager, ready to party, clambering aboard a large, pelican-like banca bobbing in matronly fashion on a subdued sea… A significant birthday, … Continue reading →

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