Monday, December 31, 2007

The many, many malls of Dubai

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Dubai is home to some enormous malls (and will soon include the world's two largest). Garry and I visited at least three of them simply ...

Luxury in Dubai

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Garry and I have finished seven wonderful days in Dubai. Our adventure began with an unexpected upgrade to First Class courtesy of British A...
Saturday, December 29, 2007

Dhows, Gold, Spice and Frankincense

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Our first full day in Dubai was spent relaxing and wandering around our hotel’s local area. Deira is one of the city’s original districts, f...
Friday, December 28, 2007

Work in progress

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Palm Island Resort, Dubai. Photo courtesy of NASA. Dubai has to be one of the world’s most remarkable places. Here, on the edge of th...
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Sunday, December 23, 2007

Good morning Dubai

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We have just checked into our hotel in Dubai. We're sitting in the Club Lounge waiting for our room to be refreshed. The hotel looks wo...

Delayed and upgraded

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Garry and I have arrived at the airport on our way to Dubai. We've discovered that our flight has been delayed 2.5 hours so we're ki...
Saturday, December 22, 2007

Seasons Greetings!

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Garry and I are off to Dubai tomorrow. We'll be soaking up the sun's warmth in the Middle East for eight days over Christmas. As a r...
Friday, December 21, 2007

Millions on the move

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Authorities predict that the Christmas traffic exodus will peak on Britain's roads at 3:00pm this afternoon. At least 18 million cars ar...
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Thursday, December 20, 2007

All the news that's fit to print

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I had dinner last night with a work colleague living in the USA. She was amused by UK news headline compared with those in America. While mu...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Going north for winter

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Scotland during my first visit in 1990 In a moment of madness we’ve organized a seven-day road tour of Northern England and Scotland to wel...
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Friday, December 14, 2007

Year Three Begins

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Today Garry and I celebrate the second anniversary of our arrival in London. It's extraordinary to discover how swiftly two years have p...
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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Welcome to winter

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It was literally freezing cold last night. This morning we woke to a heavy frost. Tonight the current temperature is 1°C, with an overnight ...
Sunday, December 09, 2007

The Jolly Season

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Christmas is upon us. The signs are every where. After two weeks in the USA I arrived home yesterday to find our Christmas assembled and tak...
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Saturday, December 08, 2007

A day on the Bay

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Several inches of snow fell on New York City last weekend, the city’s first snow of the season. The US mid-West and Great Lakes endured eve...
Friday, December 07, 2007

Food, glorious seafood

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Fresh seafood. It's the one thing I miss most about life in London. Of course you can get perfectly edible seafood here. However its oft...
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Monday, November 26, 2007

Leaving on a jet plane

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This morning I fly to the USA for two weeks on business - first to San Francisco, then on to New York. It's been quite a while since I...
Sunday, November 25, 2007

A vote for homesickness

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Every so often events provoke an unexpected twinge of homesickness. During our first year away from Australia I rarely missed Down Under. I ...
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Friday, November 23, 2007

Restless nights

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Garry got his annual flu shot last week. It was offered under subsidy by his employer. I wish I’d done the same. I’ve been feeling rather of...
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Monday, November 19, 2007

It's cold out there

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It's 1.30pm on Sunday afternoon in London. The temperature outside is 6°C, only one degree off the predicted high for today. The sky is ...
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Sunday, November 18, 2007

Chief Operating Officer

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I can finally share news I've been waiting months to announce. I've been promoted. I'm now the global Chief Operating Officier (...
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London lights up for Christmas

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Christmas is coming! Tonight Garry and I ventured down Oxford after dark to view the Christmas lights along London's most popular shoppi...
Saturday, November 17, 2007

Marsaxlokk

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Marsaxlokk was an unexpected highlight of Malta. This tongue-twisting fishing village sits on the south-east corner of the main island on th...
Friday, November 16, 2007

Valletta - the jewel of Malta

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In December 1522 Ottoman Turks under the command of Suleiman the Magnificent conquered the island of Rhodes. The defeated Christian forces o...