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30 August 2018

An afternoon in Napan Yaur village in West Papua

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Today, between dives, we visited the Napan Yaur village in Indonesian West Papua. As our outboard approached the beach for a wet landing, a ...
24 August 2018

Flight to Indonesia

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Morning packing and getting ready to fly to Indonesia for more diving. Taxi to the airport just 17 Sgd, so cheap in the context of an expens...
23 August 2018

Singapore maiolicas and crabs

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Sveglia tardi, forse ancora un po’ di jet lag. E poi siamo stati in piedi sempre fino a tardi in questi giorni, io a scrivere il mio libro s...
22 August 2018

Singapore music box museum and cheapest Michelin star restaurant in the world

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The highlight of the morning is the Singapore museum of music boxes . It is the property of a Japanese collector who somehow decided to open...
21 August 2018

Japanese dinner

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The most memorable thing from this easy day of work in my hotel (it was mostly raining) is dinner at YAKINIQUEST, a Japanese restaurant on C...
20 August 2018

Ancora a Singapore

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Rieccomi a Singapore. Non mi ricordo più quante volte ci sono venuto, ma son passati sette anni dalla prima volta, nel 2011. Non posso certo...
26 July 2018

Book review: The Judgement of Paris (2005) by G. Teber, *****

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Synopsis The Judgement of Paris was a blind tasting that pitched American wines from California against French reds from Bordeaux and wh...
09 June 2018

London Naked Bike Ride

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Today our street saw the start of the London Naked Bike Ride, part of the World Naked Bike Ride. People all over the world ride their bikes ...

Nude bicycle riders in London

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  Today traditional annual nude bike rider tour of London, starting from just next to my home at County Hall.
24 May 2018

Guernsey and its Little Chapel

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Island with a population of 63,000 people. In 1215 King John promised a special charter, the locals would not have to pay taxes to London or...
22 May 2018

Smallest house in Britain, Conwy, Wales

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Today I visited the smallest house in Britain . It was a real house, with someone living in it until it became a museum.  The last occup...
21 May 2018

Belfast and Giants’ Causeway

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As we disembark we see piles of coal at the harbor, they tell us it is still extensively used for home heating! We have a guide who is ob...

Giant's Causeway at Cobh, Northern Ireland

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Stop at the Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland's only Unesco WHS . Rainy day but fun to see this unusual site and waves crashing...
20 May 2018

Killybegs, Ireland

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Biggest hand-operated loom in the world made with Canadian pine wood. The lady said she can do 1000 knots per hour! These carpets are in I...
19 May 2018

Isle of Skye

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Some consider it the most romantic island of Scotland, and maybe it is, but kind of windy and cold for that purpose today. We take a leisu...