Author: Tina

  • Goodbye No 79

    June 15 was a very sad day for us, marked as the day we finally moved out of 79 Clares Green Road.Actually, the saddest day was a few days before that, as all of our “stuff” was out of there by the 12th.In the last few weeks there, despite the passing of Vera, we managed…

  • Simply having a wonderful Christmas time

    It looks like Rudolf got lost somewhere and ended up in our garden. Despite that we had a good Christmas with family and friends gathered round the table. . . . . and someone obviously finding something VERY funny! HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone

  • Cambodia 2008

    CambodiaWe had been to Cambodia before, 3 years ago, to see Angkhor Wat.Stunning – but still an eye opener to the poverty and desolate lifestyle of many people.It did not however prepare us for Phnom Penh.Right from the moment we arrived at the boat landing in the city we were met by the most abject…

  • Vietnam, then Cambodia

    Vietnam.Another short holiday exploring more of SE Asia. Back to Vietnam again, with a couple of days in Ho Chi Minh City at the beginning, then a few days in the Mekong Delta region. After that it was a boring taxi boat (about 10 passengers) up the Mekong to Phnom Penh in Cambodia, and then…

  • A quick trip to Korea

    It’s almost 40 years since I was last in Korea, in 1969. I stayed only one night. It was an RAF training flight around Asia and we got there in the evening and left early next morning. All I remember is that there was a curfew after dark, and no-one except the patrolling military were…

  • From dolphins to fire flies

    Yesterday I was invited to a company day out with one of the companies that I work with. About 50 of us altogether. We visited Turtle Island first, and you can see why it is called that (first pic), then we went on to a farm that is set up for family days out. Turtle…

  • Odds and ends

    Pension realizationLast year, while back in the UK, it finally hit home that I really am a pensioner now. I got my usual prescription from the Dr, and took it to the local pharmacy as always. When I went back to collect it and offered to pay I got a very polite “Oh no Mr…

  • Vietnam

    Here’s more on our trip to Vietnam.I will not say much about Hanoi – we covered that 2 years ago. Just to say, it is getting increasingly dynamic as time passes now. Booming does not do it justice. One picture however, that captured Hanoi streets for me, is the following one of the bikes. Note…

  • Vietnam

    We have just had a 9 day holiday in North Vietnam. What a buzzing place this has become, even more so since our last visit 2 years ago. This time we wanted to see more of the country, having seen only Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City the last 2 visits. One particular example of…

  • Lantern Festival

    New year celebrations over it’s now on to Lantern Festival for the next couple of weeks. A riot of colour in various places around the city and the island, and a time when you are likely tosee a flood of the sky-lanterns (4 foot columns of paper launched with a petrolium ring aflame in its…