Thursday, September 25, 2008

Going down!

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We returned from our Summer vacation in August to find the escalators undergoing refurbishment at Swiss Cottage tube station. The first stai...
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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Going digital

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Last October the UK began progressively switching from analogue to digital television. For the next four years, more than one thousand trans...
Friday, September 19, 2008

Memories to last a life time

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My brother is back from Beijing full of stories about the Olympics. He was the team mechanic for the Austrian BMX bike team. I'm enormo...
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This time last year

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In two weeks time Garry and I celebrate the third anniversary of our departure from Australia. I can't believe our fourth year as expats...
Thursday, September 18, 2008

A hole in my pocket

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Relocation opens up many opportunities for learning. It’s surprising how many new talents you begin master half a world away from home. Take...
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

When the party's over...

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How times have changed..! When we first arrived in the UK I was stunned by the national obsession with personal wealth. Newspapers were fill...
Sunday, September 14, 2008

Bye bye fox

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Our neighbourhood fox has gone. New tenants have finally moved into the empty garden flat next door. While we were holidaying Down Under, o...
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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Flying for fun

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Something odd has happened. For the first time in three years I have no business travel scheduled for the next four months. Instead, Garry a...
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Széchenyi Chain Bridge

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One of Budapest's most famous landmarks is the Széchenyi Chain Bridge. It was the city's first permenant Danube crossing and remains...
Monday, September 01, 2008

Doing hard yards

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Scientists don't know why leaves change colour in Autumn. They only understand the internal chemical reaction in each leaf that creates ...
Sunday, August 31, 2008

Lost in a concrete jungle

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Greater London has more than 13,600km of roads, streets and laneways within in its boundaries. Their layout is largely a product of local hi...
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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Big Apple Summer

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14 flights in 24 days. I think that's some kind of personal record. In other words Garry and I have just completed our annual pilgrimage...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Chichen Itza

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El Castillo is probably one of world's iconic Mayan structures. It looks stunning in photos and is truly just as striking in real life. ...
Monday, August 11, 2008

Berlin reflections

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Garry and I have arrived in New Zealand. The weather today has been glorious. We even found time to go for a wander along the beach near my ...
Sunday, August 10, 2008

LAX interlude

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Garry and I have just arrived at LAX. Two flights down, two to go before our journey is over. We left Cancun shortly after 1.10pm local time...
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Saturday, August 09, 2008

Crowd free Cancun

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Our Central American vacation is done and dusted. Last Sunday, we flew from Panama City to Cancun, Mexico. Since then, we've spent our ...
Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Photos galore

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I've spent a few hours in our hotel room sheltering from the intense sun outside. During my incarceration I took some time to upload pho...

Jungle skyline

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At the height of its power, between 600 to 900AD, the Mayan city of Coba supported more than 45,000 people. Then, for some unknown reason, i...