“Madrid has none of the look that you expect of Spain… yet when you get to know it, it is the most Spanish of all cities, the best to live in, the finest […]
Madrid & Toledo: Real Dreams Realised
Lisbon: Seizing The Opportunity
“Today there are opportunities that no one knows if they will come round again in the future.” – Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugese football player) This was just a sidetrip for my Spanish trip but it […]
Sicily, Italy: Friends Are Family You Can Choose
“Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family.- Don Corleone” ― Mario Puzo, The Godfather Our family friends from The […]
Revisiting Ho Chi Minh: Owning Up to Responsibility
“Right is only the goodness you carry in your heart…wrong is all that comes between you and the love.” – Papa from Heaven And Earth I first visited Ho Chi Minh (or I […]
Ho Chi Minh: Facing Your Life Battles
“I have had my fill of pain I will not look back again I would rather die.”- Kim (Miss Saigon) It was in May 2009 when we went to Ho Chi Minh (or […]
Revisiting Seam Reap: In The Eyes of a Child
“If you want to know people, do so by making friends; if you want to know the world, do so by traveling, distinguish the evil and wise through conversation; if you want to […]
Siem Reap: A Heart of Love
“Cultivate a heart of love that knows no anger.” – Cambodian Proverb I visited Siem Reap twice in 2009 when I was still living in Singapore. My first visit was just a last minute […]
Liverpool: The Gift of Love
“We’ve got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can’t just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it’s going to get on by […]
Revisiting Cotswold-Gloucestershire: The Beauty of Life
“Beauty, which is what is meant by art, using the word in its widest sense, is, I contend, no mere accident to human life, which people can take or leave as they choose, but […]
Cairo: The Blood At Your Doors
“All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise.” – Cleopatra (the last active Pharaoh of ancient Egypt) Egypt has always been a top tourist destination because of the only remaining […]