I had almost forgotten that on some of my travels I enjoyed trying to draw the place while I was on the homeward flight. With my iPad on its final days, I’m relieved to download these travel doodles before I lost them. They’re certainly not the greatest works of art, but they’re fantastic records to […]
Tag: travel
Australian holidays – August 2017
Two weeks back at work, and I’m in danger of forgetting my two weeks holiday in Australia. I arrived in Launceston for a change, as Elle and boys were visiting an ill family member. The next day was already arranged for the boys and I to go zipline-ing at Treetops in Hollybank forest. It was a […]
Touch down Australia, “summer holidays” begin – Aug 2017
It’s 4 in the morning, I’m wide awake, and my body feels like it should be eating dinner. Dubai right now is 37 degrees at 10pm. Outside here in Launceston is 1. My summer holiday has again become a freezing one. It was quite a day of flying. In summary, my plane took off from […]
2016 goals smashed – just. Kind of.
In 2016 I again tried to make continual progress over 12 months in a couple of personal areas I find important: Running 1200kms, and Reading 12 books. Both of these numbers neatly ensure each and every month I keep running and reading. Or, so I hoped. In reality, it’s never that simple for me. My 2015 goals became a […]
2016 Australian Holidays – from the archives
Quite a surprise to find I had blogged while on holidays back in 2016, but hadn’t published at the time. Actually uploaded two years later on 24/08/2018. Better late than never. 30/06/2016 – Let the holiday begin This was the day we were to fly to Brisbane to begin our “Summer Holiday” in Australia’s Winter. […]
Ceylon – it’s more than a great cup of tea – December 2014
I started a new job three weeks ago, so it was probably time to take a few weeks’ holiday. The airport was terribly busy with everyone wanting to escape for Christmas. We thought we had a stroke of luck when tired Owen’s crying got the attention of the immigration workers and we were brought to […]
Madras – it’s more than an Indian curry flavour – March 2014
I had a work trip last week to Chennai, India. Being on business, I travelled without the family for a change. Altho I considered packing 11 month old Owen when he immediately fell asleep in my arms when I took him for a final quick cuddle in the morning. The journey from Dubai started nicely in […]
LEGOLAND Windsor, UK – 03 Oct 2013
As part of the boys’ birthday this year we treated them with a trip to LEGOLAND, in Windsor. The boys and Elle hadn’t visited the UK before, and with the short time frames we had of just the weekend, this was not the trip for much of a visit. This trip was all about the […]
Flying home
On a plane I always enjoy a window seat. I’ve never tired of that childhood excitement at seeing the takeoff, flying up into the clouds, and seeing the miniature scenery on the ground below. Flying out of Dubai at 10:25am is one of the most beautiful window seats possible. We flew around and (what looked) […]
Pet Holidays
Ramadan has been and gone for another year. It went relatively quickly for me. My family returned home for four weeks – as the great majority of expats tend to do, to avoid Dubai’s summer assault. It was a smart move, the temperature was quite intense. I heard that Dubai had one day over the […]