Why would one eat Chinese food in Amsterdam?
Read MoreAt a distance Venice gave off an air of elegance, yet there was much ruin and decay when you looked closely. Mind you, I would also rot and shrivel up if my feet were stuck in water for centuries.
Read MoreRome with its myths, power and prestige was once called an Eternal City, the largest in an Ancient Empire but now doesn't even feature in the top twenty largest cities of today. Yet it's still impressive.
Read MoreWe found Paris quite confusing to get around. We didn’t have the luxury of GPS’S and Google maps.
Read MoreAnother highlight with some gloomy undercurrents was visiting an old cotton mill, which was still in working order. How sad to know that children used to work in the mill to earn a living.
Read MoreIt was a blurry mish-mash of different sights from historic buildings, art galleries, roaming the streets to rushing from town to town.
Read MoreThe drive in the taxi was quite hair-raising with lots of hooting and squeezing past other vehicles on the narrow island roads, but the sweet fragrances from the sugar cane and tropical blooms along the side of the road soothed our senses…for a while.
Read MoreIt had been raining heavily throughout the night. We were high and dry and were still snug in bed. Till I stretched my toes.
Read MoreBy the time we got there though, the sea was not very cooperative. The Indian Ocean was pounding relentlessly against the rocky shores. The tide was higher than we anticipated and the waves were crashing over the rocks repetitively.
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