Category Archives: Travel

On the Road Again

Posted on 14 December 2020 by sheg4184

After the state-wide panic of a six day Covid lockdown, our brief foray into isolation barely lasted 24 hours. A storm in a teacup? A flash in the pan? Miraculously, two days later, we were able to reignite plans to … Continue reading →

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The Aunts

Posted on 25 November 2020 by sheg4184

A small apartment in the middle of Milan. A kitchen, a bathroom, a bed-sitting room. Tiled floors. Tall windows. The aroma of something delicious simmering all day on the stove. Sauces so rich, it only requires a dessertspoon over pasta, … Continue reading →

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Exploring Nepal

Posted on 7 November 2020 by sheg4184

Part II of a tale I told earlier this year of a trip to Nepal in 1990… That evening, a huge thunderstorm hit our campsite with a vengeance. The gods were playing havoc with hammer and anvil, hurling hailstones down … Continue reading →

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Pad Thai, Penang & a Proton Wira

Posted on 7 September 2020 by sheg4184

Last night, I dined with our lovely new friends next door, who served up a fabulous Phad Thai and an equally delicious pear crumble. This was accompanied by hours of armchair travel, as we reminisced about various trips to Asia. … Continue reading →

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Heading North

Posted on 11 August 2020 by sheg4184

This time last year I was in London, in a city full of covid free people and lush green parks, strolling through Borough Market on a bright summer’s day. Today I am in Burra, South Australia. I am surrounded by … Continue reading →

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Kathmandu

Posted on 30 July 2020 by sheg4184

In April 1990, I flew from Sydney to Nepal, via Delhi, intending to meet the One & Only after his trek to Everest Base Camp. I had left my mother in hospital, heavily sedated after an emergency operation, and was … Continue reading →

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A Sweet Escape

Posted on 21 July 2020 by sheg4184

While current news reports still place covid at the top of the list, in South Australia we have been – dare I say it? – corona free for many weeks. Although we are currently keeping the Victorians at bay, visitors … Continue reading →

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‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’

Posted on 29 June 2020 by sheg4184

While the beaches in England are chock-a-block with holiday makers – for let’s face it who can believe in the myth of a killer virus on a toasty summer day? – here in the southern hemisphere, winter has set in. … Continue reading →

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Once Upon a Time in Fiji

Posted on 16 June 2020 by sheg4184

Earlier this year there was a plan afoot to join a friend in Fiji for a significant birthday in June. Then life got in the way: hunting for a new home; moving in; Covid 19 – and like so many … Continue reading →

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N’oubliez pas Paris

Posted on 11 May 2020 by sheg4184

Whenever I go to Paris, I arrive in a different season, stay in a different arrondissement. It means I get to know another part of the city each time I visit, but it also dislocates my usually infallible internal compass. … Continue reading →

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