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Read more: 151. Sending back what the optimist ordered151. Sending back what the optimist ordered
I have been to Fiji eight times. Eight. Not once did it rain more than what we all know as a sun shower. I want that on the record before I tell you what Samoa did to us. This trip was a gift. Literally. Five years ago, the Latino left Argentina, left his family, his job,…
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49. Lesson on patience.
Read more: 49. Lesson on patience.Today we mostly learned about patience; a good buddhist learning this one. We had spent the evening at Nuwara Eliya at a larged rumpled dusty hotel that smelled of wood polish and disinfectant called St Andrews. We are in the heart of tea plantation country and the evidence of British settlement is everywhere. It’s odd,…
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48. Mr Cody and Bill.
Read more: 48. Mr Cody and Bill.I’ve been a woman who has travelled alone for many years. I’ve learned to enlist concierges on check in to make sure I get good service. (Funny how so many hotels think women are capable of doing so many more things for themselves than men can). I’ve learned to deflect “Where your husband?” with a…
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47. It’s the humans he loves the most.
Read more: 47. It’s the humans he loves the most.We had an amazing day today, my boy and I. We really are doing some proper travelling, albeit a lot better funded than the ten dollars a day variety I cut my teeth on with his dad all those years ago. It’s dusty, it’s dirty, it’s as hot as hell, and we’re spending many hours…
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46. Sri Lankan God of the Mini Bar.
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45. Kia Ora Casa Colombo
Read more: 45. Kia Ora Casa ColomboI would have so much more money in the bank if I didn’t love hotels so much. And I think this one I love the most. But I have said that before. I am that girl. After an hour by taxi, hurtling through a sleeping city, we arrived at Casa Colombo, Sri Lanka around 3am.…
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44. Training to be a Bar Fly.
Read more: 44. Training to be a Bar Fly.Westfield has a lot to learn about food halls. This is the Starhill Gallery, wine and dine awhile department, one floor below the sweltering heat of a Kuala Lumpar late afternoon. I was happy, so very very happy.
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