So the day got off to a good start – I had to rescue đ¨đťtwice, as he got on the wrong minibus, twice. Not a good sign on day 4 of the holiday, especially as I thought that Iâd not been misbehaving too much. I hadnât intended to write a post tonight, but the thoughts […]
Author: Sarah Isaacs
Just mooching around in The Mother City, The Big Table and the man jumps . . .
After a few hours in the lounge at Heathrow, and too much free alcohol, we slept, and presumably snored, our way to Cape Town. Great flight! Pleased to see the âhealth checksâ before passport control – better than nothing, and neither of us were too warm so we were allowed into the country. However, we […]
Been west, been east, now going south . . .
Time to travel again, this time just me and him. Back to the country of his birth – although he can’t remember it. Given storm Ciara is battering us at the moment, we can’t wait! As you can see the most important aspect of the trip is the camera equipment, which is sorted. As đ¨đťwill […]
All good things have to end . . .
So after a lovely last day where we did the Singapore river walk from our hotel, through the immaculate litter-free streets, past the colourful old shuttered buildings interspersed with the modern glass monoliths, coffee bars and restaurants we now wait at Singapore airport to board our flight home. Having said good bye to the sun […]
“Don’t confuse having a career with having a life”
I’m in Singapore for a conference so a couple of conference photos as proof – one from each dayđ¤Ł. If in London you are never more than 20 feet from a rat, in Singapore you are never more than 20ft from a shopping mall! Expert shopping guide to hand we had a little conference shopping […]
Itâs like London, without the traffic
So we made it to our final destination – Singapore. A complete contrast to Bangkok. Even our airport experience was completely different – we were through passport control within 5 minutes of leaving the plane, and in our taxi within 30 minutes – they even have carpet in the airport. There is no traffic, although […]
âIn Asia we donât worry, in Europe all safety, safety, safetyâ
Today was a real treat – air conditioned 6 seater minivan, with massage chairs and tinted windows! Oh, and two different markets, both are famous. First was the Maeklong Railway market I think the video sums it up! We did ask why the market grew up on the railway line, but we didn’t get an […]
Under threat of death here is my one and only Blog
After a 05:00 alarm call we clambered out of bed to get to our hotel meeting point. It was a beautiful traditional house converted to a hotel but a little too far out of town. Our hotel is a 15 minute walk to a huge shopping mall with automated toilets that have heated seats and […]
Culture Shock
So after a short late evening flight and a bit of a delay at the airport – we were mobbed by hoards of teenagers, waiting for a boy band from South Korea rather than us, we arrived at our hotel at 01:15 Friday morning, and despite this were up early, if not bright, and out […]
Humbled. . . .
Our last two days in Vietnam were spent in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon. They started early with a 05:00 alarm on the Wednesday for a 06:00 pick up for an 07:55 flight. We were taken directly from the airport to the Cu Chi tunnels. It was here that we learnt most about the […]