Twilight AmberThe days of thunder have long pastWe make haste for measured tasksMay our impulses curtail the wrathSweetness in twilight amber must These lenses will show at a distanceWhat your fingertips should not touchAllow our virgin innocence prosperLet a legacy shine from dawn to duskWe seek this corridor of harmonyLook to a future with hope not dustPaint in seven colours a spring lifeAllowin

IThe girl Id gotten used to seeing her every couple of days. I liked her softspoken calmness. Her English pronunciation was like wafting soap bubbles midair hanging there. It was whole melodic and considered. Id admired her writing too the day shed taught me to write Merry Christmas in Chinese calligraphy. I followed her example as best I could in black ink on red card. She

After doing our research as to what is to see on Kangaroo Island we decided to give it a miss but would head to Victor Harbour and take in that area.It was a little cool and overcast but the trip was only 40 minutes and we found a nice German Cafe that had yummy pastries and coffee. Obviously a very popular stop because it was very crowded and a queue for service.After our recharge of morning

The packing up process doesnt take t long and we head out via the seafood shop on the front to purchase a lobster.The country we travelled was flat and easy to maintain a steady speed of 95100kmh.We stopped at a park at Meningie a nice wayside on the journey through.We set sail again after our cuppa with Milang in our sights this is the Fleurieu Peninsula close to the Victor harbour area a

Plans for the day are to go to someplace called Ba Na and after that off to Hue.Had breakfast at the hotel buffet...similiar to Nha Trang but not as good. Overall the hotel last night was nice but not as nice as the one in Nha Trang. Guess we were spoiled in Nha Trang. I would say that the hotel last night is in a learning process for guests etc. and the one in NT has more experience due to the v

So between working like crazy and what felt like a whirlwind of a week and half where Brett was back from Hong Kong... the blog has been suffering... Sorry Guess this working full time cuts into the things we had gotten used to in our life of semiretirement. Really makes us think though... what's the better way... Think we know the answer. Just need to figure out how to achieve it...So it was

Not alot of time to take pictures when you are working 6 days a week but here are a few snaps from Brett's 3 weeks in Hong Kong. Don't worry there will be more to come since he is due back in HK after a quick week and a half jaunt to Sydney. The trip was a bit of a deja vu trip since it was almost a year ago that we were both in Hong Kong last year for the first skatepark. This time Brett was do

Sometimes when faced with big problems and major decisions to make its nice to take a breather. Get away from it all to postpone the inevitable and think. So I went away to Bohol. Supposedly to think and meditate on the things that I'm going to lose and how to start all over again but I was too busy to do that But somehow its all clear now. Now I know what to do.We were picked up by the driver

Na afscheid te hebben genomen van Laos was het ook al snel tijd om afscheid te nemen van Rob eerst nog een paar daagjes Thailand. De overgang van Vieng Phouka in Laos naar Chiang Rai was enorm. Ook al is Chiang Rai een van de kleinere steden in Thailand het is nog steeds groter dan de meeste steden in Laos. Overal druk verkeer billboards luide muziek De cultuurschok werd al helemaal groot

Today I took a walk downstream to look at the fallsI left the campsite and went through the main gate at the entrance to the falls where you have to pay 3000Ugandan Shillings about 80p and walked towards the river firstly i walked down to a small area that sticks out just above the falls where there was some local people doing their washing and fishing I then walked back up to the roadtra

Hello folksJust thought I would write a few words in case anyone is still worrying about me. I am ok but suffering a case of writers block in addition to not having had much access to the internet. We that's me Marilyn Terry and Angela have had a good week at Wnaka Lake a lovely resort...so being in the hot tub and the beautiful scenery quite a lot of wine has helped us in the aftermath of th

Our itinerary was rearranged before we came so we could be in Pursat for their IWD celebration and trade fair. We were told we needed to dress properly ie. long trousers and shoulder coverings and that Jane was giving a speech on behalf of QSA but little did we know what was in store. We arrived at the DWA centre at 4 and was told they would take us to the fair. Then suddenly our buses were p

Heute Morgen war das Wetter besser als gestern. Also habe ich beschlossen heute auf den Skytower zu steigen und den Skywalk 360 zu genieen. Der Skywalk ist ein ein Meter breiter Giterrost der in 192 Meter Hhe um den Turm herum fhrt. Der Rost hat keine Gelnder so das man ein Auffanggurt bekommt und dann frei um den Turm gehen kann. Wir waren vier Personen und unsere Fhrerin. Von einer P

Wow It's hard to believe I've been here two months and haven't posted in 1 month. I think I'm starting to get the hang of things. It's still been bitterly cold and I know that there's a lot more to do when it gets warm out. So I decided to write this entry on the bus on my way into Seoul. It's my first trip by myself into Seoul and I ended up getting on a bus I've never taken before because it

Sunday March 6th 2011Java SeaLatitude 5 degrees 15 minutes south Longitude 112 degrees 28 minutes southI am struck by the complete paradox that is the Indonesian Island of Lombok. Much less developed than the neighboring island of Bali Lombok is still rural and primitive. A lot of the people there live in abject poverty. Some dont even have or use money they simply trade the rice they

Its been a long journey and good finish. We were on the move enjoying our last days so it was tough for me to sit down and recap. So here is the much delayed conclusion to my blog.From Hoi An Iwe bordered another Iron lung for our journey to notorious Nha Trang. This was Amber's first night bus in Vietnam and so I tried to prepare her as best I could read muscle relaxers and sleeping pills

Hey AllIt's definately been a while since I last posted. This is partly due to my Chinese homework as it exponentially increased in the past few weeks. And well I'll admit that my interest in the Chinese language unfortunately took a dive recently and left me wondering why I came here. Yeah that was scary. But after much thinking I feel like I'm much more levelheaded about it now. Alt

This was my time to get caught up on evaluating the homework for my great students preparing for this weeks class sessions and enjoying my new found past time of Hanji Painting. I will begin this week on Tuesday as I had ended my last blog with my return from Thailand journey notes ending on Monday. Our lovely Korean roomate took great care of Matt while I was away. I think he may be getting a

Mooched around town yesterday afternoon visiting the market outside of the twon walls. Lots of brightly coloured turbans saris fruit and bowls. Not to mention the plastic tat that seems to characterise markets the world over. On the way back to the hote spent some time sat at a rooftop cafe the Taragarh in front of me the tangled little pastel and biscuit hued streets below punctuated every

Vietnamese people are much more forward than Cambodians. This can be good and bad. My first morning in Saigon and going for a wander. The moto and tour touts and beggars are a bit more pushy than Cambodia but not too bad but I go and sit in the park to look at the map away from them. Then a couple of students ask if they can talk to me and practice their English. We chat about a range of th