We took the red eye into Shanghai on Friday night, arriving before dawn on Saturday. Or what passed for dawn anyway, since it was overcast and foggy the entire day. It was too early to check into the hotel, so we just deposited our bags and went searching for eateries already open for breakfast. Our …
What was the one highlight of the trek for you, Juraj (or Ting as she corrected me) asked the group, on our last evening meal in camp. Certainly not reaching the summit - Jeff and I got to 100m below the summit, to Stella Point at 5756m. We would have made the summit if we'd gone …
I've to confess - since I moved to Singapore, my DSLR hasn't really seen light of day. This contrasts with my using it every day in Sydney. But I've always been a little self conscious wielding a huge camera and tripod in urban environments, and much prefer to take pictures of landscapes. And when we …
The start horn blasts, one definitive last time for those of us in wave one. The water comes alive immediately, stirred up by the rapidly whirling arms of the faster paddlers eager to see the last of the Murray River, this marathon at any rate. From besides me, the kids from Baccus Marsh Grammar blasts …
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My new job is with a company headquartered in Sydney, so I had the good fortune to return for a visit 3 months after leaving. 🙂 One of the first things I did was to schedule in time on the water. On the weekends, I went out paddling on the inner harbour, lousy spring weather …
It's been a month since we moved to Singapore. It seems longer, but then again, we haven't managed to do much. Still trying to adjust, nevermind that I grew up here. Felt good tonight to bring out my camera again - its first outing since I picked it back up from the camera workshop last …
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As soon as we decided we were going to Iceland, I googled to see if there were multi-day kayaking expeditions that we could go on. The first search result returned was Borea Adventures's 3-day coastal kayaking in the wilderness. A quick glance through the itinerary and the photos, I was sold. Hadn't even looked up …
Iceland has been a destination on our bucket list for what seems like forever, but it didn't really make sense to fly there all the way from Australia, not when we still had plenty of other places to explore closer to us. But from London where we were based, it's a hop skip and a …
I checked off the iconic walk of the Seven Sisters down by Brighton on a brilliantly blue early summer day. Headed down to Seaford by train, an easy 2 hour ride from London. From the train station, I walked across the small town to the Seaford Head Golf Course, where the sight of the imposing …
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Another weekend, another road trip outside of London. This time we headed to Stonehenge, Bristol, Bath and Lacock, all conveniently clustered close to one another 2.5 hours outside of London. Getting out - and back in - of central London was the annoying bit, especially since sitting in start and stop traffic in a manual …
