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  • Taipei to Singapore

    Our time in Taiwan had come to an end. I like the country. The people are unpretentious and friendly, seemingly more relaxed than Mainland China or its other outposts. It’s a pretty place too. The cities are much more grungy than Japan, but that’s attractive in its own way. Alex’s Mandarin lessons certainly helped on…

  • Maokang Gondola and Ximan

    Alex was in charge today, or at least for the first part of it. Back to the local place for a breakfast of dumplings and buns. Despite the miserable weather Alex  insisted we catch the Maokong Gondola, a cable car on the mountainous ouotskirts of Taipei. To get there we caught the MRT between Zhongshan and Nanjing…

  • A quick Asia 2016 update

    Hello from Taipei. There’s so much to write about our trip so far, but I’ve lacked the energy to do so yet. I think it shall have to wait until I reach home. The story so far… Our Scoot flight from Singapore to Sydney felt very long. Salt lakes in the Australian desert actually had…

  • Spirited Away to Jiufen

    Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away is one of my all time favourite movies. This beautiful animated feature tells the story of Chihiro, a young girl who must find her way out of a spirit world and rescue her parents. Although the movie is Japanese some of the inspiration for the spirit town came from the old goldmining…

  • The Neiwan Line

    We’re in Taiwan, it’s Sunday and it’s raining. What to do? I’m scared of weekends in Taiwan. Last time the tourist destinations were very crowded. We don’t feel like museums or shops. I want to go on at least one scenic railway line this trip. Last time we caught the Pingxi Line on a weekend.…

  • Wandering around old Taipei

    I’ve heard that business passengers like overnight flights because it enables them to do a full day of work. Maybe if you can afford a nice lie flat bed on the plane that might be true, but for those of us who can’t sleep it means a day of exhaustion before your hotel will let…

  • Scoot to Taiwan

    What were we going to do with the rest of the holiday? I was questioning myself now. After twenty years did I still enjoy international travel? Did I still like flying? Could I ever look at an aircraft again and think “adventure”? The answer seemed to be no. But did I want to spoil it…

  • Stopped by storms

    That one cloud yesterday, the one we suddenly hit as we flew in to Singapore, really messed me up. Now those tropical puffballs above us were a threat. The day starts off well enough, with a swim in the shallow, but long pool. The chill is pleasant compared to what we will experience outside. Whenever…

  • The fantasy and the Big Wet

    When work gets tough and I look out of the office window to watch the big jets drift silently off to the northwest I have a daydream. It involves an escape to the Novotel Brighton Le Sands followed by a flight to Singapore, a night in transit at Katong’s Grand Mercure Roxy Square hotel before…

  • An old friend

    Here we are again at the beginning of 2016 staying at an old friend. It’s a place of many memories, from our wedding night fourteen years ago, through to a work conference, pregnancy with Alex and a tenth anniversary. The Novotel Brighton Beach has seen changes in that time, with sad farewells to the waterslide…