The Rotary Club takes part in this medical camp each year and so I thought I would join in. It sounded like fun although I was a little worried about COVID. After all people are dropping dead all over the place and the hospitals are full of patients with breathing difficulties. Of course the government… Read More »
I was invited to stop and sit down and chat with some teachers the last time I took the shortcut up School Road. The road takes you straight through the school grounds but nobody seems to stop you. It’s also quite nice walking through a school without guards with batons and helmets stopping you, as… Read More »
I usually travel with two essentials; a packet of balloons and a bottle of whisky. I never give kids sweets and definitely never give them money. It makes beggars of them. Balloons are light to carry, cheap and universally popular. They are a great way of making friends, not just with kids but with their… Read More »
I was having a ‘bad China day’ on Tuesday. I had tried to get a SIM card but had run into the usual problems of red tape, annoyances at work and the usual pushing and shoving on the metro and on the street. Even the spitting was getting me down more than it usually does.… Read More »
It’s not always possible when you’re on holiday to see into the real life of the locals. So often we are installed in a hotel or B&B in tourist resorts without the possibility to break loose and go off the beaten track. I am lucky to have a friend who lives in Dasmarinas city in… Read More »
I don’t often go to the park on a week day but the opportunity presented itself and I had had a huge lunch with my Chinese mother and father and needed a walk. As usual there were a lot of people in the park and I spent a lot of time watching a group of… Read More »
Do you know what the speed of a marching Indonesian child is? I do, it’s torturous. It was only a 20 minute journey the taxi driver told me. Great, so I easily will make the connection and get to Ubud in time to collect my credit card I had left there a few days earlier… Read More »