Playing to Win
or: Unexpected Public Holiday I am yet to meet anyone who doesn’t enjoy a long weekend. The only thing better than a planned public holiday is when one appears out of the blue and you happen to have been scheduled […]
Tag: holiday
Let’s Get Physical
or – What to do when it’s raining in Tokyo It’s a long weekend and the weather is lousy. This is particularly unfortunate because the national holiday is Sports Day. My colleagues tell me this is when your kids compete […]
I’m Stranded
View from one side of Diamond Head I’ve had a series of clothing-related mishaps this holiday. It all started with when I went missing. To be more precise, it started with a toilet stop in Ala Moana Center (the largest […]
Plans
One of the many benefits of having a holiday is taking the opportunity to stop my usual day-to-day activities and consider what I’d prefer to be doing instead. It’s a bit like having a new year or a birthday as […]
Where It’s At
Once Saturday’s weather cleared, I ventured to the other side of Victoria Harbour to begin my afternoon as a Hong Kong tourist. I had decided to catch the Big Bus for a tour of the Kowloon side given that I […]
Pleasure and Pain
With ‘go hard or go home’ again the battle cry, we skied / snowboarded the slopes of Japan with the Landlords (same as last January). Mrs Landlord (aka de facto Japanese tour guide) had researched the slopes and accommodation to […]
Wonderful Christmas Time
We’ve returned from a whirlwind Christmas trip to visit the family in Australia. Mr Shallot’s family were pre-warned. On my side, I wanted to surprise my Mum, brother and their family. My aunty and uncle knew we were coming, they […]
Africa – Part 3
Day 9 – Lalibella to a braai – buffalo We were the only couple on safari so we decided to search for the elusive buffalo. Figuring it would be about a two hour drive there, we set tled into our […]
Africa – Part 2
Day 7 – Port Elizabeth to Lalibella – Dolphins plus just about everything else Mr Shallot opened the curtains to reveal dolphins playing. I saw this as positive omen as we were to be collected for our safari straight after […]
Africa – Part 1
We are back and have recovered from jet lag. In the interests of easy reading (and to limit boredom), I’m going to split this blog into two – pre-safari and post-safari. I may then write a bit about the rest […]