WRITTEN ON Monday, January 11th, 2010 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN travelling
On our way to Lisbon, we had 24 hours in Bangkok. It wasn’t by choice but ended up being a great experience. What I kept from it was the kindness of the people, who always tried their best to help and communicate with us, even if most times we couldn’t understand each other. The city’s [...]
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WRITTEN ON Sunday, September 13th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland, travelling
One of the highlights of my recent short trip to New Zealand’s South Island was the discovery of the Lyttelton Coffee Company, a neat café in the small harbour town of Lyttelton.
The drive to Lyttelton was not planned. Ninety-nine per cent of the time we just decide on a direction and drive for as long [...]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN china, travelling
In deep contrast with the dirty grey smog that covers the city, Beijing’s monuments are filled with bright colours and intricate patterns. I couldn’t stop staring at some of these, even if I couldn’t quite make out what they were supposed to represent. Just one of the layers of art, isn’t it? Knowing what it [...]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN china, travelling
The first visit to the Great Wall took us to the Badaling section, on our very first day. We flew for nearly 15 hours to get there, dropped our bags at the hotel and headed to the bus station to find the bus that would take us to Badaling. It was Sunday and the busiest [...]
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WRITTEN ON Thursday, August 13th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN china, food, photography, travelling
Eating in Beijing
Donghuamen Night Market
Yep, she is holding a snake on a stick. Yep, she wants us to eat it. Nope, of course we didn’t!
Crickets, anyone?
I am all for being adventurous and experiencing other cultures. But I’m also all for staying healthy so you can actually enjoy your trip and bring back good memories of [...]
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WRITTEN ON Sunday, August 9th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN china, photography, travelling
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN books, kiwiland, travelling
polly evans has been keeping me company on the bus ride to work (and sometimes back home, if it’s not too dark or i’m not too tired to keep my eyes open). not polly evans herself, of course, but her second book, kiwis might fly, about the time she spent touring kiwiland on a motorbike.
i’ll [...]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN china, travelling
a total spur of the moment decision, after c. found cheap fares online. next thing we know, we had a booking confirmation for nearly two weeks in beijing. exploring the great wall of china, walking through tiananmen and the forbidden city, taking a gazillion photos of the summer palace and the temple of heaven (and [...]
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WRITTEN ON Monday, April 13th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN travelling
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Consider this “it’s all your fault” rant by a woman who returned to Britain with an unexpected holiday souvenir: “My fiance and I booked a twin-bedded room, but we were placed in a double-bedded room. We now hold you responsible for the fact that I find myself pregnant.”
Her complaint and scores like it, compiled by [...]
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WRITTEN ON Sunday, April 5th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland, photography, travelling
even now that summer is coming to an end, kiwi green remains my favourite colour. which is good because green is something that kiwiland is not lacking.
