Category Archives: family

Singapore Stories: the finale

Posted on August 13, 2017 by

  We are packing for home. The same amount of clothes that we came with seem bigger. Or maybe the fact they’re dirty means they have grown. Whatever the reason it’s difficult to push down the lid. Perhaps there’s a … Continue reading →

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Singapore Part 2: nature and Nationhood

Posted on August 12, 2017 by

What do National Celebrations tell you about a country? Its confidence? Its personality? There is a danger in stereotyping. In the UK we don’t do National Days. Partly our aggrandizing past has embedded an embarrassment that makes such an event … Continue reading →

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Cambodia Day 6: Of Palaces, Picnics and Museum Pieces

Posted on August 7, 2017 by

Today was sweltering. An early start to the Royal Palace was decreed. If Buckingham Palace and a Swiss Chalet hybridised and moved to Essex this is what you might get. This though is French, built in the 1880s when under … Continue reading →

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Cambodia Day 5: moving times

Posted on August 6, 2017 by

Seim  Reap is now behind us and we are in the capital, Phnom Penh, named after the mother of the city, Madame Penh. Don’t you love the egalitarian nature of that fact? Travelling by air across Cambodia brings home just … Continue reading →

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Cambodia Day 4: of sandstone, sunrise and sculpture

Posted on August 5, 2017 by

Today I’m going to shut up and let the images take over for a while. Okay, this is a tourist must and a 4.30 alarm call isn’t everyone’s cuppa. And if I was being really churlish I’d say it’s a … Continue reading →

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Cambodia Tales Day 1: silk and scenery

Posted on August 2, 2017 by

We are in Cambodia. Today we visited the vast Angkor Thom complex with its mix of temples and palaces, incorporating Buddhist and Hindu influences and stunning sights. I’m blown away when I think this was all being built while the … Continue reading →

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Singapore and Stories Day 3: of tea and pickles

Posted on July 31, 2017 by

  It I had this habit. Rather unfortunate for a leader of men. Well, head of a department at a rather large and self regarding law firm. It was that I kipped a fair bit. You know, took a nap, … Continue reading →

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