Category Archives: Travel

Cabbages and Condoms

Posted on 2 October 2013 by sheg4184

Almost twenty years since we left Bangkok, I was not expecting to find my favourite restaurant alive and thriving after so long. Our concierge assured me  that it was still in business… …So I gathered up my friends and caught … Continue reading →

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City of Angels

Posted on 26 August 2013 by sheg4184

The Royal Palace is one of the sights to see in Bangkok. Home to the Kings of Siam for almost two hundred and fifty years, this  sixty acre compound – one square mile – contains the Royal residence, throne rooms … Continue reading →

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Snippets from Siam

Posted on 14 August 2013 by sheg4184

Bangkok – or Krung Thep, its Thai name – began as a small trading post on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River in the fifteenth century. Today, the capital city of Siam – now Thailand – has grown … Continue reading →

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Tasting Tinola Soup in South Australia

Posted on 31 July 2013 by sheg4184

I have spent the past three years in the Philippines exploring the history and flavours of Filipino cuisine, so I was delighted to discover a Filipino restaurant in my own home town of Adelaide, in South Australia. Map book in … Continue reading →

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Heavenly Peace

Posted on 25 July 2013 by sheg4184

I first met Kelly in Kuala Lumpur over fifteen years ago. Today, we are a far cry from that modern, bustling Asian city with its Twin Towers, multi-cultural population, concrete overpasses, lush tropical gardens and heavy, humid climate. Kelly and … Continue reading →

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Woodside Wine & Food

Posted on 7 July 2013 by sheg4184

I have always loved the melodic sound of the Onkaparinga Valley Road and its string of small country towns with their syllabic names: Verdun and Balhannah; Oakbank and Woodside. These pearls shimmer amongst the hills and huge gum trees, especially … Continue reading →

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Mooching with Mum in the Barossa Valley

Posted on 17 June 2013 by sheg4184

Despite my family’s tendency to avoid centre stage and keep every celebration low-key, my mother’s seventieth birthday earlier this year seems to have been  worthy of an unusual degree of fanfare. As I was up in Manila and missed the … Continue reading →

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The Inn at Cliffhouse: a romantic escape

Posted on 6 May 2013 by sheg4184

The Inn at Cliffhouse: a secret destination in Tagaytay – so secret we drove past it three times. That’s the way owner Jennifer Dee likes it: discreetly tucked away behind an unassuming entrance just off the General Emilio Aguinaldo Highway. … Continue reading →

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“How’s the serenity?”

Posted on 20 April 2013 by sheg4184

‘I tune into the wind and to the sea and I begin to breathe more easily…’ The wind-ruffled water laps against the pylons, the thatch rustles, the coloured flags slaps the flag poles as I sit on the deck of … Continue reading →

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‘Just because we can’

Posted on 26 February 2013 by sheg4184

Hong Kong: tower blocks rising in stately splendour around the harbour as if reaching for the clouds, bedecked in brightly coloured light displays that have us craning backwards to gawp through the rear window of the taxi, mouths wide open … Continue reading →

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