The Swiss Cottage

GREETINGS FROM GARRY AND ANDREW. WE'RE TWO AUSTRALIANS WITH A LIFE-LONG PASSION FOR TRAVEL. JOIN US AS WE SHARE OUR ADVENTURES AROUND THE WORLD AND HERE AT HOME.

Sunday, January 14, 2018

Tigers in the snow

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Garry and I discovered that there's more to Harbin than just buildings of snow and ice. The city is relatively young compared wi...

Harbin Ice Lantern Festival

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The Harbin Ice Lantern Festival is held every January among the trees and ponds of Zhaolin Park. The park is located in the centr...

Saturday, January 13, 2018

Harbin Snow & Ice Festival

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For more than a decade I’ve dreamed of visiting the Harbin Snow & Ice Festival in northern China. This frontier city of more t...

Wednesday, January 03, 2018

Among the peaceful clouds

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Garry and I have just returned from a business trip to Mainland China. We flew out on 1 January so our first night of the new year w...

Saturday, December 09, 2017

A land that time forgot

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There’s a lot about modern politics that disappoints me. I vividly recall the euphoria and optimism that followed the fall of the Berlin Wa...

Saturday, October 07, 2017

The best and worst of Bali

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Garry has added another country to his list. We’ve just returned from a week in Bali, Indonesia. Sadly I’ve previously visited Indon...

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Swatch: Andrew and Garry relocated to London from Sydney, Australia in 2005; before retracing their steps in 2011. For five years they called the London suburb of Swiss Cottage home. Andrew and Garry currently devote their working hours to fulfilling the world’s need for eco-friendly wooden toys. In their spare time, they're still discovering new destinations to explore. Andrew once dedicated his life to roaming the globe, sometimes for pleasure, but usually for business. There's an ozone hole up there with his name on it. These days he maintains this blog, weaving his life story through many of its posts.

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