“Simply Beautiful” is Laos’ official tourism slogan, and i knew now exactly what it means, it’s beauty lies in it’s simplicity and laid back lifestyle, a once French colony that remained culturally untouched […]
Sri Lanka: Refreshed After the War
“Refreshingly Sri Lanka” is their newest tourism slogan. Sri Lanka known as Ceylon before 1972 (famous for the production and export of tea, coffee and cinnamon) is now one of the top destination […]
Clare Valley: One Sweet Fine Wine
“Men are like wine – some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.” – Pope John XXIII When I went back to Singapore, Laurie and I kept in touch and we […]
Amsterdam: High Convictions
“It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe […]
Hamburg: My Fairy Tale Dream
“I might have been born in Liverpool – but I grew up in Hamburg” – John Lennon Lennon was quoted with this when they talked about the beginnings of The Beatles when they […]
Berlin: Tear Down Your Walls
“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” A famous speech of Ex-President Ronald Reagan (West) to challenge Gorbachev(East) to destroy the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War. Berlin is the largest city and […]
Schloss Neuschwanstein: Grown Up Disney
“Why do we have to grow up? I know more adults who have the children’s approach to life. They’re people who don’t give a hang what the Joneses do. You see them at […]
Munich: Some Man’s Special Girl
“Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.” – Albert Einstein (Iconic Scientist of all time from Munich) Last year, I met Isi through Kat and Basti, at first i thought she’s […]
Titlis via Lucerne: The Greatest Designer
“Kommet her und sehet an die werke Gottes, der so wunderbar ist. – Psalms 66:5… Dir Gott sei preis und ruhm gebracht, du hast ein schöpfungswerk vollbracht voll herrlichkeit und schöne.” “Come and […]
Paris: Lost & Love
“Sitting there, alone in a foreign country, far from my job and everyone I know, a feeling came over me. It was like remembering something I’d never known before or had always been […]