What I learnt about travelling responsibly in Hoi An With Earth Day fast approaching on April 22nd, Silkwinds, the in-flight magazine of Silk Air (the regional airline for Singapore Airlines) reached out to contributors on the topic of Sustainable … [Read More...]
Ten top things to do in Hong Kong
A place I can never get enough of. Here's my suggestion of ten top things to do in Hong Kong published on the Big Bus Guide. I know I could have easily made it to 20 top things to do - but let's start with 10! Please let me know what your … [Read More...]
She’ll be right mate!
The beginnings of an unlikely friendship Our friendship began on social media. The common link, we’re both writing colleagues in an Australian writer’s group and we met via a closed Facebook group. This link has resulted in an alliance across the … [Read More...]
Meeting a few Hong Kong gems
Cultural Hong Kong There's more to Hong Kong than skyscrapers and towering residential blocks. Hong Kong is brimming with culture and history, where old traditions mix harmoniously with the new. Following my most recent visit in January, I wrote … [Read More...]
Hong Kong – what I like about you
This was visit number six to Hong Kong (should I be counting?) Hong Kong, what I like about you, cue the song released in 1980 by the Romantics It was the day before 2017 clicked over into 2018 and I arrived in Hong Kong airport a little later … [Read More...]
Breaking your leg overseas, the lessons I’ve learned
There have been a few blog posts about my "incident" in Japan. I took the opportunity to write about it and here is my story published last year in Australia's WellBeing Magazine #170 in their "Real Life Experience" column. Its now … [Read More...]
Five of the best day trips from Brisbane
Brisbane is fast becoming the Aussie travel destination of choice Brisbane has all points of the compass covered when it comes to great day trip destinations. The Queensland capital is ideally placed as a base to explore everything Southeast … [Read More...]
An expensive Japanese taxi ride
About that long taxi ride in Japan ……… The Shinkansens are a superb way to travel around Japan. These lightning fast bullet trains are the epitome of efficiency – punctual down to the millisecond. They’re what we used to travel from Tokyo to the ski … [Read More...]