Category Archives: travel
Winds of Change
One of the things that has changed in my nine-months of loafing about Asia is the UK’s energy landscape. And, despite proposed powerstations providing a lot of ground for the trio of prize dogs during the recent TV debates, it’s … Continue reading
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Download your grief
(Written for Kiss and Tell dating column, Horizon magazine, Hong Kong) So, it didn’t work out. I’m sorry. We’ve all been there and it sucks: break-ups sting worse than paper cuts and take longer to heal than broken legs. Feeling … Continue reading
What now?
Are you an eager reader of The Travelog? Upset that Sarah’s trip is over? Keep up with her further musings at her new blog: Adventures in Normalcy If you’ve never been to this blog before, do please have a browse. … Continue reading
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Excuse me while I quote myself
The end. An odd way to start anything but apt in this case because th-th-th-th-th-that’s all folks. After 274 days and seven countries my trip is over: the last goodbye said, the last souvenir crammed into my now-decrepit rucksack, the … Continue reading
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Snaps anonymous
My name is Sarah and I am a photoholic. There, what a relief, I’ve finally admitted that I have a problem and it’s not being able to stop taking pictures. I have taken almost 8,000 in the last 9 months. … Continue reading
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Goodbye HK, Hello KL
And so I was back in Malaysia, after the worse flight of my life turbulence-wise. It was like King Kong was trying to shake us out of the sky. Maybe it was a space lizard? The leaving of Hong Kong … Continue reading
How now, Macau?
Since Macau has dozens of whole churches, it’s strange that the city’s most famous sight is just a piece of one. All that remains of St Paul’s (a Jesuit church built in 1602) is the ornate facade, the rest having … Continue reading
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Is that a Twix in your pocket?
In newsagents in Hong Kong condoms are sold in front of the counter in bright Durex packets of every colour, flavour and variety – a cornucopia of contraception, if you will. This baffles me as I come from the UK, … Continue reading
Go with the flow
So it was the end of my second week in Hong Kong and time was starting to fly past. My job was taking me to new and wonderful places: out for slap up feeds, my first fashion show and now … Continue reading
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