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The Meandering Matriarch’s Very Excellent—and Dangerous?—Adventure Continues
Oh dear, I’m falling behind again. It’s actually very difficult to be having adventures and writing about them at the same time. Just as well I never had ambitions to be a journalist. Actually, I did...
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The Meandering Matriarch Hurtles Through Ho Chi Minh City
The day was a feast—now my brain has indigestion. My mind is a jumble. Thank goodness my camera isn’t! Bonus points to whoever thought of attaching the date to the photos as they are taken, so now I...
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The Art of Survival
Dateline: Saigon I had a very interesting—and enlightening—tour of Saigon’s Art Scene recently. The tour guide was, among other things, a stock broker. From the sounds of it, a very successful one....
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Wok This Way
Dateline Hong Kong Looking for something different to do in Hong Kong, I signed up for a day at the Chinese Cuisine Training Institute. What a day! My knowledge of Chinese cuisine–nevermind being...
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I’m in Meltdown. Again.
Well, I have less than a week to go, so I have hit my usual meltdown frenzy. Why do I do it? Sounds like a cue for a song, but I don’t have time for that. I’m going for a little spin in the...
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Groundhog Cruise
The Caribbean is all about two things: beaches and jewellery. If neither of those things rings your bell, then go to the Baltic. Or Europe. Wherever. On the other hand, if you fancy beaches...
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Groundhog Cruise Sees Its Shadow
I’m just gonna sit here and type some random thoughts while I wait for my Burrito Supreme. Having eaten breakfast at 7 a.m., and no lunch, I’m starving. It’s now 5:30 p.m. I can see the Legend...
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Another Swell Adventure
This time the swells are in the North Atlantic Ocean. Not that they are as daunting as the ones in the Southern Ocean, when I was in the Sub-Antarctic, but enough to make a few of my fellow...
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Meandering Randomly
This is not about me getting lost again. That only happens on trains. Mostly. I’m now on Virgin Australia Flight 24, being squirted through the sky like a watermelon seed. (I presume you get the...
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From Wanderlust To Wanderlost
I used to claim that I must have some gypsy blood in me–my yearning to travel endlessly was so strong. Well, I can now report that the gloss is gone from the gypsy lifestyle. I’m over it. Well and...
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