Monthly Archives: June 2013

Our annual girl’s weekend this year was at Mornington Peninsular, a not too long a drive south of Melbourne, along Port Philip Bay. We stayed at the holiday house of one of my friends at Mt Martha, a rambling old …

I recently visited Penang, an Island state of Malaysia off the coast in the north west and connected by several bridges to the mainland peninsular. “Penang is one of Asia’s most liveable city for expats,” declares a colleague soon after …

Getting on the flight on time to fly north from Addis Ababa to Gondar in northern Ethiopia can be a challenge. The problem is that Ethiopian clocks start at sunrise with 1 o’clock being the first hour after sunrise using …

In the jagged arid mountains 30 kilometres out of Gondar in northern Ethiopia, baboons and leopards still lurk amongst the hidden valleys. At least, that’s what we are told when visiting the splendid but empty eco-resort of Befikir Kossoye on …

The name ‘Addis Ababa’, conjures up thoughts of genies in bottles, bright bazaars and tall elegant people clad in flowing colourful robes. And the reality of Addis is not so far from such dreams. The women with their slim tall …