Gallery 30: Christmas in Manila, Philippines 2019
At the end of 2019 we had just spent two months in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in a serviced apartment to focus focus focus on launching our tea...
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Short essays on Portugal, our travels & tea,
random musings and writings
and galleries of our photography
Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
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You will find, from Elizabeth:
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An ever-growing series about the Teas of the World
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Travel essays and our musings on country and place
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Our experiences and adventures as we make our new home in Portugal
And from Vientiene, galleries of his photography.
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May 4, 20212 min read
Gallery 29: Silver Coast in Lockdown, Portugal 2020
Wow. 5 months since our last post, December 31st 2020. This is the longest we've gone without posting our surely-completely-essential-to-...
Nov 27, 20202 min read
Gallery 28 Animals of the Gers, France 2019
The second part of our Gers or Occitanie album from our 6 months in South West France in 2018-2019. All animals all the time!
Sep 24, 20204 min read
Gallery 27 Occitanie, France 2019
We spent the winter and spring of 2018-19 house-sitting on a country estate in the Occitanie region of France, eating + taking these photos!
Jun 28, 20204 min read
Gallery 26 Nong Khai, Thailand 2019
Our trip to Nong Khai last autumn was to focus on our tea shop. The locale however, made for some irresistible photography opportunities!
Feb 23, 20202 min read
Gallery 24 Prague, Czechia 2019
We visited Czechia in May 2019 for a culture-filled week with my artist sister. This album captures that week, with plenty of art and sweets
Dec 8, 20193 min read
Galleries 22 & 23: Penang, Malaysia 2018
In this gallery, I shift focus to the streets of Penang, from the far side of the island and its industrial regions, to its trendy centre
Sep 19, 20193 min read
Gallery 20: London, UK 2018
"Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life"
Jul 15, 20192 min read
Gallery 19: Vienna, Austria 2018
Vienna is a jewel box. A city made of several hundred palaces (not a typo), connected via grand boulevards and narrow cobbled streets. In...
Jun 26, 20193 min read
The Sad Woman in St Pancras
1-2 minute read. Note: We are currently on a whirlwind visit to the UK, next stop Bulgaria. The below piece is a new style I'm...
Jun 1, 20195 min read
A Beautiful Morning on the Bayou
2-3 minute read. Note: We are currently in Mississippi, USA. // One baby alligator came to the boat launch to see us off. Its little...
May 23, 20192 min read
Gallery 18: Busan, South Korea 2018
We spent a couple weeks in July 2018 exploring Busan, a dense coastal city full of museums, beaches and flame-grilled pork. Lots and lots...
Mar 11, 20196 min read
Update on Us
3-5 minute read. Note: We are currently in southern France, house-sitting through April this year. // Good morning to everyone! You may...
Feb 10, 20192 min read
Gallery 17: Animals of Malaysia 2018
We spent a full two months in Penang in 2018 (Georgetown the capital to be precise), including a driving weekend to the mainland to visit...
Dec 4, 20183 min read
Gallery 16: New Orleans, USA 2014
We visited New Orleans for a family Christmas and New Year in 2014-15 and what an interesting experience it was: the culture, food and...
Oct 21, 20187 min read
Walking Lucy in Ha Tinh, Vietnam
5 minute read. Note: We are currently in Spain, although this post is about Vietnam. // Heat is the defining feature of Vietnam in June....
Oct 5, 20182 min read
Gallery 15: Madrid, Spain 2014-16
With a significant amount of time in Madrid, I was surprised to see how few photographs I took over the years! Happily though I took...
Sep 13, 201816 min read
Surviving the Lombok Earthquake
10 minute read. Note: We are currently safe in the UK. This post is about the Lombok earthquake on 5th August 2018. // I cannot forget...
Jul 27, 20182 min read
Gallery 14: Tokyo, Japan 2017
In 2017, we spent 6 weeks in Tokyo with family. After 28 years in Japan, they were moving to Hong Kong later in the year and so we...
Jul 21, 20186 min read
Entering the Pool in Penang
4 minute read. Note: We are currently in Indonesia, even though this post is about the pool in Penang. // One. The white-blue sky...
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