Tag: travel

Hanoi Revisited (Part 1)

Initial thoughts on my trip to Hanoi this year.

Ipoh retreat

I was looking forward to a little retreat in Ipoh, no food or tourist stuff, just sleep, practice yoga and sleep some more.

Oh God, not much exercise, lots of food and some mild walking. Am looking a little on the pregnant side… Managed to do a little mat practice this morning though, as well as some on the beach yesterday.

Kuching Art

Photos of art taken in Kuching’s various museums.

Langkawi – Day 1

I haven’t stepped on to Langkawi for almost ten years. My first visit was when Dr. M just designated the island as a duty free haven. Things were very different in the early 90s. Kuah Town was just fishing village, with one row (at the most two rows, if memory serves me right) of old-skool […]

The Holy Land – Part 2.

The following day, we checked out of Nazareth, and headed northwards to Haifa. We went to Mt. Carmel along the way (right pic), where Elijah defeated the prophets of baal. The chapel on the hill was really beautiful. We ended up in Jaffa, where Peter had the vision of the food coming down from heaven […]

The Holy Land -Part 1.

We went into Israel by bus via the Allenby Bridge crossing, so we passed by Mt. Nebo in Jordan, where Moses saw the promised land. There is a small chapel on the mountain (pic above), and the view was just amazing (pic below), you can see the whole of the Jordan river and the dead […]