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If you are wondering why this blog has been so quiet, despite the upcoming trip, it was because I have been busy. Busy with work, busy with family, busy planning the Europe trip. But I have also been spending all my spare time on another travel project – a custom made online travel journal to…
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Small steps and large leaps
Ten years we’ve been married. Ten years have B’s dirty white and orange Brooks sneakers been walking the streets of the world along with the brown Kathmandu backpack on my back. Ten years ago we had a joyous wedding ceremony and reception, then retreated to the sanctuary of this hotel. Surely this is worthy of…
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The weekend Rocked
It’s just under a year since Alex and I last visited Rockhampton. It had been six years since our previous visit and we had just returned from a quick visit to Singapore, with Alex just recovering from a bought of gastro. B remained in Sydney. We only stayed a night, enough time to see my…
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The daily grind
For all the visits to Europe, Japan and the rest of Asia there is one journey I take more often than any other. Most days of the week see me in a car, train or on my legs between my home in Sydney’s south to Epping in the north, via childcare in North Ryde, a…
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Canberra ain’t Japan: relearning other destinations
The cherry trees were in blossom, but it wasn’t Japan. I need to relearn how to visit destinations outside of Asia. At night as I sat in the apartment I had to remember that I couldn’t just duck out into the corridor to grab something from a vending machine or pick up some dessert from a…
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A hotel for all reasons
I used to think that business people who stayed in bland chain hotels and ate room service dinners without exploring the city outside were plain silly. Now I understand. It’s funny, I was looking for accommodation in Prague for the upcoming family holiday there. I found one apartment hotel where the interiors looked like they…
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Prague model trains
Thanks to this thread on airliners.net I found some interesting model railway related “sights” in Prague. One suggested accommodation was the Ibis Hotel Mala Strana. Close by is Railroad Kingdom. My Googling also found the Vytopna Restaurant in Prague where the drinks are served by model trains.
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Sorry London
I hereby wish to apologise for causing the London riots. If you want a riot or natural disaster for your country please feel free to invite my family in for a holiday.
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Making it difficult: Australian tourism
The woes of the Australian tourist industry are loudly proclaimed. Not only are foreign tourists staying away, but many Australians choose to holiday overseas in preference to local holidays. The high Australian dollar is partly to blame, but the issues run deeper than that. Australia is a large, sparsely populated continent and its human history…
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Pending disasters
So, will it be riots in Malaysia or an Icelandic volcano that messes up our European travel plans in November? Got to start the disaster watch before we get too far into the planning. Don’t want to get too disappointed this time!