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The Blog
Short essays on Portugal, our travels & tea,
random musings and writings
and galleries of our photography
Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
Welcome!
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.
We try to publish every few weeks so subscribe to avoid missing a post!
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Gallery 11: Hong Kong, China 2017
In 2017, we were lucky enough to visit Hong Kong on three occasions (although this gallery reflects just the first two). The first visit...
Feb 27, 20183 min read
Gallery 10: Kochi, India 2017 (Living Kerala Series)
[Gallery 10: Photographs from our time Kochi, India 2017] Finally! A gallery of our favourite photographs of this Keralite city. Please...
Feb 15, 20181 min read
Teas of the World: A Tea Primer
They say tea is the most popular beverage in the world, after water. Saying water is the most popular, though, is to me like saying...
Jan 23, 20185 min read
Gallery 9: United Kingdom, 2016-2017
[Gallery 9: Photographs from our time in Scotland, Wales and England] We returned home to the UK for the winter of 2016-2017 including a...
Jan 7, 20181 min read
Gallery 8: The Canaries, Spain 2016
Gallery 8: Photographs from our trips to Tenerife & Gran Canaria in 2016 In 2016 Elizabeth and I were living in Madrid and made use of...
Jan 1, 20184 min read
2017 Accomplishments
In 2017, we visited the UK, the US, Denmark, Norway, Thailand, Japan, India and Hong Kong. Boy did we accomplish a lot. Such as... In...
Dec 31, 20175 min read
Hong Kong Vignettes
In 2017, we’ve spent six weeks in Hong Kong with the most recent trip being three weeks in November and December. Hong Kong is a city of...
Dec 26, 20175 min read
Gallery 7: Minnesota, USA 2017
Gallery 7: Photographs from our trip Minnesota, USA 2017 Earlier this year as a birthday present to both of us my parents-in-law very...
Dec 18, 20172 min read
Living Kerala Series: The Entertaining Side of India
While there are many shocking things here (see my last post), these are by far outweighed by the daily amusing experiences. Also, you may...
Nov 8, 20178 min read
Living Kerala Series: The Shocking Side of India
Since we arrived in June (a whole four months ago, time flies) we have had a range of experiences from completely normal, to super...
Oct 9, 20178 min read
Teas of the World Pt 5: Japan (2 of 2: Tea Houses)
Picking up where we left off from the last installment on tea in Japan, here is the fourth and final lesson we learned during our five...
Sep 18, 20175 min read
Gallery 6: Jerez, Spain 2014
Gallery 6: Photographs from our trip to the Sherry Triangle, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain 2014. In August 2014 we moved to Madrid, Spain -...
Sep 11, 20173 min read
Teas of the World Pt 5: Japan (1 of 2)
Below you will find three of four ‘lessons’ about Japanese tea learned during our five week visit this April/May 2017. It is less...
Sep 4, 20175 min read
My One Day Trying to Do Nothing
We spent two weeks in April on the small island of Koh Phayam in Thailand. The goal during that time was to relax and enter a...
Aug 28, 20177 min read
Living Kerala Series: Sounds of India
Every country has its own sounds. The UK has bird song, sirens (in the cities anyway) and the random motorbike that revs by at 3am on a...
Aug 21, 20175 min read
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Gallery 5: New York, USA (2017) [FIXED]
Gallery 5: Photographs from our trips to New York City in January and March 2017. Apologies for last week's email that contained no...
Aug 14, 20173 min read
The Schadenfreude of Cosiness
Here’s your thought for your week: We can only ever feel cosy when we are actively avoiding or besting adversity. Schadenfreude (schaden...
Aug 7, 20173 min read
The Beaten Path (Khao San Road, Bangkok)
Same-same. This is how a Thai acquaintance described Khao San Road, the backpacker’s mecca of Bangkok. He pointed out that all the stalls...
Jul 31, 20174 min read
Here There Be Vikings (a.k.a. A Visit to Norway)
Thanks to having a friend outside Olso and a £17 one-way offer from RyanAir, we decided to have a three-day stint in Norway en route to...
Jul 24, 20174 min read
First Glimpse of India, Our New Home (Living Kerala Series)
I spent the flight relaxing my muscles and jiggling back and forth due to turbulence. It felt like the pilot had hit a washboard on a...
Jul 17, 20172 min read
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