Two posts within three days?! You can’t say I don’t spoil you, dear readers! 🙂 I’ve received some lovely feedback on recent posts which I’ve really appreciated. Please keep the comments and questions coming, whether on the blog itself or sent to me separately. I arrived in Seoul in the early hours of Sunday morning…
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Farewell to Thailand!
I arrived safely in Seoul in the early hours of yesterday morning and am really enjoying it so far. It’s a fantastic, modern city with lots to see and do. I did a fascinating tour of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between South and North Korea yesterday, but am planning to make that the subject of…
Sausages, elephants and flowers (not all at once)
I’m still very much enjoying my time in Thailand and rather sad to be leaving in two days’ time – though I’m sure my time in South Korea will be great too, just different! I have a fair few recent trips and experiences to update you on today. A couple of mornings ago, I visited…
Of Good Food and Golden Temples
Quite a few of my own personal highlights from Chiang Mai so far have been doing very little, or sitting with a book or craft project, while looking out over this magnificent view from our villa, which has quickly become one of my favourite places: We’ve taken several trips into the centre of Chiang Mai…
Protected: Further reflections
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A fraught journey to Paradise
I joked with a couple of friends when getting ready for this trip that something, at some point, was bound to go wrong. Little did I imagine that the challenges would kick in so quickly, but hopefully my quota of bad luck is full for the time being. (I’m also currently surrounded by wood, in…
Map of Spring 2024 Trip
Hello everyone! I’ll be posting my first real update shortly, but for now, here is a map of my current trip: https://www.pictramap.com/app/view?p=7a615d (N.B. that the mapping tool can’t cope with the fact that the earth is round – I will in fact be flying across the Pacific from the Marshall Islands to Los Angeles rather…
The Philippines – final stop
Sadly it’s now time for me to go home, but I’ve had the most amazing trip. My dad joined me in the Philippines for a few days at a diving resort near Dauin on the island of Negros. We had a lovely time there and met some interesting fellow guests and staff, with whom we…
Melbourne Part 2 and Hobart
Two days ago, I took a trip to the southern peninsula of Melbourne to do a dive. I wanted to add this to my diving list because of the possibility of seeing sea dragons, and the fact that 80 or 90% (I forget which) of species found in southern Australia are unique to this area….
The Blue Mountains and Melbourne
On my last day in Sydney, I visited the Blue Mountains area. It was an exceptionally hot day – nearly 39 degrees Celsius – which made the trip more challenging. After a two-hour train journey, I alighted at Katoomba and bought a hop-on, hop-off bus pass that covers a circular route around the Blue Mountains…
Helen the Liege 