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Thailand: Chiang Mai
We’re just back from two amazing weeks in Thailand and Hong Kong. What was originally booked as another K+L long-haul trip to Asia turned out to be a fun mini-holiday with my sisters,…
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And we’re back…
Hello friends. I wonder if anyone still reads this semi-retired blog? After getting our PR last October, I’m lacking serious inspiration to write, partly because our daily life has become more routine, but…
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Life in West Hampstead
So we’ve been living in West Hampstead for over half a year. What’s it like? Well, where we are, it’s technically South Hampstead as we’re on the “garden” streets. It’s very residential and…
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New Years in Playa del Carmen
Our families couldn’t understand why we booked a “sun” trip to Mexico when there’s plenty of sunshine in California, so my father asked. Truth is, we used United miles for our air tickets…
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Home for the Holidays
There’s no place like home for the holidays. It’s hard to believe it’s been over 2.5 years since we last visited California in July 2011. Naturally we had a busy agenda given the holiday season, dividing our time…
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Sojourn in the Persian Gulf
In a period of about six weeks I travelled to the Gulf three separate times, specifically Dubai once on the way back from Nepal and Abu Dhabi twice for work. All trips involved…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Hope everyone enjoyed Thanksgiving with friends, family, and turkey! Our friends who just moved back from California graciously hosted Thanksgiving dinner at their lovely flat in East Dulwich. Being the creative hostess that…
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Glimpse of Musandam, Oman
We took a small detour to Musandam, Oman, a small peninsula between the UAE and mainland Oman, for some diving and trekking through the rugged mountains. We didn’t end up trekking as we…
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Dubai: The Superlative City
Dubai’s slogan should be: “Anything you can do, I can do better, taller, larger, grander, and bigger.” Who would have guessed that some 50 years ago, Dubai was a sleepy trading port in…
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Poon Hill, Annapurna Himalayas
We arrived to the lakeside town of Pokhara, the main tourist hub in the Annapurnas, after a long bus journey from Kathmandu (6+ hours to cover 130 miles!). Our main goal on this…
