Ocean Park

Ocean Park

A bit of a late night out on the Star Ferry exploring last night sets us back in getting out the door again this morning. Luckily the Hong Kong metro is efficient and we arrive at Ocean Park from our apartment in Causeway Bay in about half an hour, virtually no time!… Read the rest

Victoria Peak, Man Mo & The Star Ferry

Views of Hong Kong from Victoria Peak

It’s nearly 10am before we leave the apartment headed for Victoria Peak. So much for my daily schedule. Though I shouldn’t be too hard on us, we’re all exhausted after the Thursday night flight and did quite well to get through our arrival and first afternoon in Hong Kong relatively unscathed.… Read the rest

The Penguin

The Penguin

Another perfect Dubai winter’s day.  Twenty eight degrees Celsius and clear skies.  Top top it all off, we have an invitation for The Penguin.

The Penguin herself

We’ve been out on The Penguin before, however, today is special as we are farewelling our hosts and will be sad to see them leave.… Read the rest

Antarctica, World Islands

Dubai Skyline

Far from La Dolce Far Niete, the art of doing nothing, today we head out on a Dubai Marina Yacht Club rally to the World Islands. We have a line up of things to do!

JBR Skyline, morning

We reach the marina around 8:30 a.m.,… Read the rest

Too Busy, Too Tired

Too Busy, Too Tired

“I’m too busy” I think to myself on the commute home, “I’m just too tired to go out tonight”.  It’s been a bit of a rough day at work.  After a day like today, going out isn’t the most appealing thought.… Read the rest

Dina

The cake #cupncakesdubai_adult

We had about 70 people at our wedding.  I’m not sure how you muster that many people for a birthday party, but somehow our lovely diva Dina has.

Melissa (co-organizer), Hamish (Melissa’s hubby) & I are the first to arrive.… Read the rest

Park Run, The Palm

#parkrun

We ran our first Park Run a little over a year ago.  My friend, Alison, used to participate in Brisbane when the children were babies although where she got the energy from in those days, I’ll never know.  Then, last year when we visited them in Bristol and thoroughly enjoyed the experience at the Kings Weston Junior Park Run (4-14 years).… Read the rest

Halloween

Crazy pumpkin doughnuts and coffin cakes

It’s Halloween.  The kids are excited and the ghosts and ghouls are out.  Despite the popularity of Halloween these days a couple of things strike me as rather ironic tonight.

Firstly, the fact that most people don’t even really know what Halloween is.… Read the rest

The Green Planet

#The Green Plant

It’s funny how we (I) can live our lives in such a bubble.  Opened in 2016, The Green Planet, like most things in Dubai, is relatively new.  However, it still surprises me that I didn’t know about it until a birthday party there a few weeks ago.… Read the rest