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What’s top of my mind: Mum. Mum was taken to hospital in the middle of the night a few days ago, (not for anything particularly urgent) and while she was there, a routine scan picked up a possible malignancy on one of her kidneys. Poor thing! Ever since Dad tripped over her walker a year […]
What a flurry of Little Adventures I’ve had recently – all thanks to Scott. For those who are new to this blog, when I retired in 2020, I knew that I’d have to force myself out from The Best House in Mekbourne and explore. I knew I’d travel, but in the in-between times, I’m a […]
Readers of the other blog will already know that life has been unexpectedly busy this past week. On Tuesday Mum, out to lunch with a couple of women she used to work with, had a nasty fall and broke her right humerus. She also badly wrenched her left shoulder, which means that for the last […]
This is Frederick 7. Penis shaped like a corkscrew. At least, this was according to a Russian diplomat at the time. He didn’t end up having any offspring, despite having two wives. Today was the first day of the new tour. We had a morning’s tour of Copenhagen, then an afternoon canal tour. I’m the only […]
What’s top of my mind: winter is bloody cold. I’m sitting with the heater on, but my hands are stll cold. The sky is grey and just looking out of the window brings chills. I know for a fact that right now, there are tourists in Borneo walking around in shorts and t-shirts, laughing at […]
What’s top of my mind: wondering how cold it’s going to be in Iceland, etc. I’m so used to travelling with carry-on luggage, but I’m starting to wonder if I might need more space for more clothes. It’ll be autumn when I’m there, so it won’t be as cold as it can get, but I’m […]
Every roundabout here has a sculpture. This one is the hibiscus flower, which is the national flower of Malaysia. Entrance to the Mari Mari Cultural Village is via a hanging bridge across a creek. This place was set up to showcase the 5 tribes of Borneo, showing how they lived and also offering food and […]
WHAT a day! Today was a truly memorable day. I fulfilled a goal and had an adventure. We had an early start for the morning cruise. By 6:30 we were on the boats to see what we could find. A crocodile! The first real thing was a tiny bronze-backed snake. I have no idea how […]
Shaolin Temple is famous for king fu and medicine. Kids start at 6, with 90% being Chinese. Also, around 90% are boys. 7K AUD a year is the fee to go to the school here. It’s not cheap. They are there from 7:20 am to 6pm. Domenic has a 12 year old son there, so […]
I joined a few TripaDeal groups on Facebook when I started booking all of these holidays. This one is the Terracotta Warriors tour. The China FB groupswere explicit about a couple of things. The flights from Australia get in REALLY late. The days are go!go!go! and the lunches and dinners are late. Blogless Sandy and […]
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