Category: Asia

A very posh Christmas tree

http://www.instagram.com/p/C08gEjRL9TS/ This is how the other half lives – in Orchard Road, Singapore. Do you find this luxurious decoration inspirational, aspirational or just plain gaudy? Do let me know, and do please have a Merry Christmas, with or without any help from Louis Vuitton!…

Words of Wisdom Wednesday #4

Not much else to say about this quote other than I photographed it on a hotel wall in Ho Chi Minh city recently and thought it would be perfect for my Wednesday Words of Wisdom. Enjoy.  

Words of Wisdom Wednesday #3

In honour of St Valentine’s Day here are some romantic Words of Wisdom, this Wednesday, and some funny photos to go with them.       If  you haven’t found your true love yet this Valentine’s Day don’t despair. There are plenty of days left in the year and there are plenty of books on…

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St Valentine’s Day

Ah, what is love?  Who can answer that question; most people have different definitions of what love means to them and I think that is how it should be.  But greeting cards have to be sold, flowers have to be harvested and chocolate has to be eaten so here is my post inspired by St…

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Harmony in Hiroshima

This week’s blog topic from Where’s My Backpack blog – Travel theme: Harmony Hiroshima was in the news recently when Barack Obama made his visit there – the first US president to do so since the 1945 nuclear attack. This visit brought up the collective memories and consciousness of the horror that occurred almost 71…

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Travel theme: Dazzling

Being a lover of all things that glitter and sparkle, I was enchanted by the notion of a blog post entitled Dazzling and couldn’t wait to post my own.  So I searched through some of my travel photos to pick some of the prettiest and, most dazzling. Coincidentally, just today I went through a display…

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Hong Kong Sweat

Here’s a post I wrote a little while ago for the travel blog, She Goes, run by the irrepressible Emma Gardiner. Posted by Emma on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment Hong Kong Sweat By Genevieve Frew Hong Kong looks so glamourous in the brochures.  They promise you exotic delights, inexpensive shopping and…

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