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Asia

The view from the bottom… is never the same as from the top

Tweet The view from the plane (©MRandin)

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Top 10 things to do on a Maldivian island

Tweet 1. Pretend you’re Tattoo from Fantasy Island and yell, “Da plane! Da Plane!” everytime you see one

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Italy & India: Why there’s more than meets the ‘I’

Tweet In his novel Shantaram, Gregory David Roberts wrote that “The Indians are the Italians of Asia”. At first I thought that Roberts’ words were a liberal stretch of the imagination. But after various visits to Italy, I’ve come to realise that the two countries have more in common than just the enigmatic Mrs Sonia Gandhi.

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5 things I learnt in South Korea

Tweet 1. Ginseng cures everything (including impotence…)   

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Namsen Tower: Where you can get the best view of Seoul

Tweet Yes, this is a picture of the men’s urinal, taken by M. (I must stress…) at the top of the Namsen Tower in Seoul. As you can see the men are treated to a magnificent view of the city.  The women are that not lucky.

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Photo of the week

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A day out in Jejudo

Tweet Jejudo. M. and I had visions of a small, sun kissed ‘island’ where we could relax, kick back and enjoy – after all it’s South Korea’s number one honeymoon spot.  After reading about the various marvels of nature on this volcanic island, I romanticised about exploring them on foot during the day while spending the … Continue reading »

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The Mysterious Road of Jejudo: Welcome to the twilight zone…

Tweet Just outside ’Love Land‘ on Jeju Island is ‘The Mysterious Road’. On this stretch of road, a car with its engine turned off, will slowly be pulled uphill. Likewise, if you pour a bucket of water on the ground here, the liquid will trickle up, instead of down.

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Why I don’t feel so bad about missing Buddha’s birthday

Tweet We arrived in South Korea just a few weeks before Buddha’s birthday. At the time I did chide myself for not having timed our visit better. But every cloud has a silver lining and ours came in the form of an impromptu bus trip to the mountain temple town of Heinsa.

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I’d use the ‘S’ word… but my mother might be reading

Tweet So instead let me tell you about the Museum called “Love Land” that M. and I visited on the island of Jeju, in South Korea.

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