Danger Zone
or: How to avoid a hangover, Mauritian-style One of the 974 things I like about traveling is being able to experience the culture through local food and drink. I do it all in the name of research. Last night, I […]
Tag: holidays
Monster Hospital
or: Great excuse for a holiday I have now participated in one of tourism’s growing trends – medical tourism. I’m a prime candidate given my love of travel though many others opt for it for various other reasons including a […]
Black Caffeine
or Coffee – One of Life’s Simple Pleasures One of the 974 I like about travel is sampling food and drink in its country of origin. I like to experience the difference between the original and the (likely) adapted version […]
No Difference
After a late landing on Monday evening, I’ve only had four days at work this week. They went surprisingly quickly, especially given I was waking up exceptionally early and unable to fall back asleep. I even managed only one, two-cup […]
The Land of Make Believe
There are so many things I like about Japan that it is one of the countries that I visit as much as I can. Every time, I learn something new and am surprised by something else. I like being somewhere […]
Dancing with Myself
Three days into a five day long weekend and I am yet to undertake a social activity of significant duration. It’s fantastic and has happened at a very opportune time. It wasn’t even planned! Just to be clear, I haven’t […]
Now or Never
Bucket lists – what is the point? A few Pimms at the HK Rugby Sevens on Saturday and I’m chatting about bucket lists and holidays with a very well travelled friend. As it turns out, neither of us have our […]
Roll Up Your Sleeves
Aside from the usual feeling of tiredness that I have after a holiday (it’s typically the travel back that does it though it can be a result of a very active holiday too), I generally have another feeling or rather, […]
Pure Massacre
English is my native language. I generally speak it pretty well except when I’m tired, stressed, drunk or when my thoughts have moved faster than my mouth. Sometimes this can happen simulateously. I have taxi driver / dim sum Cantonese. […]
A Matter of Time
One of the 974 things I like about Hong Kong… No protracted shopping festivals where each holiday seamlessly melds into the next creating the illusion that it is actually one long holiday with different products required at each end. Holiday […]