Category Archives: Health and beauty
Sink or swim
Our first day in Saigon and I was determined to find the local swimming pool so I could get some regular exercise for a change (it’s been too seldom and far between during our lives on the buses). I headed … Continue reading
Filed under Health and beauty, travel, Vietnam
Rubbing me up the wrong way
Tourists arriving in Thailand generally can’t wait to do one of three things: tuck into a bowl of the excellent cuisine, hit a sandy beach or get their kinks rubbed out with a bit of traditional massage. Well, not me. … Continue reading
Filed under Health and beauty, Thailand, travel
I was a childhood hippy
For me the early 90s were all about peace and love, man. 1993, the year I turned 12, was my summer of love. I had a floating purple ‘maxi’ skirt made from oodles of creased cotton, several tie-die t-shirts and … Continue reading
Filed under age, Health and beauty, Thailand, travel
Bum deal
The door swung open onto a medieval torture scene. In the bare tiled cell a long wooden board balanced atop a crate at one end, a toilet at the other, with a hole down into the toilet bowl. The hole … Continue reading
Filed under Health and beauty, Thailand, travel
Injurious times (4th July)
Injurious times (4th July) It’s no secret that I’ve always been accident prone. Just in the last 3 years I have managed to get hit by a car, fall down a flight of stairs and chip my elbow, and skid … Continue reading
Filed under Health and beauty, Malaysia, Thailand, travel
Whiter shade of pale
Malaysian women are OBSESSED with skin whitening. I picked up a copy of Malaysian Women’s Weekly the other day (in a purely professional capacity you understand) and more than half of the advertising was for skin whitening lotions, pastes and … Continue reading
Filed under Health and beauty, Malaysia, travel
Mosquito, schmosquito
I was going to blog today about how amazing seeing orang utans in the wild was but I’m sure that’s fairly self explanitory. Instead I will just let you know about another aspect of Sumatra’s wildlife that we’ve grown to … Continue reading
Filed under Health and beauty, Sumatra, travel
