Coming to Bratislava is like coming home, in some strange a way. It’s so familiar yet so different that it makes me double-take. Summer in Slovakia is like summer back home, it’s casual and informal, but it’s like a … Continue reading
July 29th 2018. The last night of a free performance of “Antigone” in Marcus Garvey Park. Free art, in a park? God, I love New York. My sister took me to see the play. It was her second time. A … Continue reading
Kanazawa is one of my favourite cities. With aspects of old Kyoto, one of the most beautiful gardens in Japan (the Kenro-Kuen Gardens), and a world-class Modern Art museum, it has everything I could ask for. We visited for a … Continue reading
How should I start? Why do I love this museum so much, and why is it so different, so irreplaceable? I’ll let Hayao Miyazaki tell you with his own words, from the Ghibli Museum’s official site. This is the Kind of … Continue reading
If you live in Australia, you’re likely cursed with the resignation that most countries you travel to will be at least 10 hours flight away (if you live on the East Coast) and you shall suffer these hours in economy. Likewise if … Continue reading
If Studio Ghibli ever made a movie about a cute, loving couple who ran a cafe that served fantastic lattes, mochas, hot chocolates, baked curry, cakes, other home-made comfort food, and THE CUTEST cookies in the world…THIS cafe would be … Continue reading
Forget the Bund, the shopping madness, the city lights…..get out of Shanghai and see something different. ZhuJiaJiao is an ancient water township about an hour by rail out of Shanghai – and another 15 mins by taxi. We caught the train from … Continue reading
Let me start off by saying that I have travelled to Singapore before. And I DID spend more than a night there….but I didn't LOVE it or immerse myself in it the way I normally do. Each place has something … Continue reading
Along my travels through Shanghai, Beijing, Lhasa, Nepal etc. one of the greatest bonding factors I've experienced is the universal love of animals. Purge all your Asian-eating-dog jokes/ preconceptions here. Shake it off, and embrace the fact that humans share … Continue reading