This is my ninth National Day living in the UAE, and every year the celebrations have gotten more and more impressive, from classic car displays, fireworks and parades through to [ ... ]
It was a fantastic day at the races yesterday for Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest horse race, and after meeting plenty of people who had travelled into the UAE [ ... ]
Lying on a sunlounger in the shade, I’m recovering from one of the most random, fun nights out I’ve had in Dubai – at Grand Hyatt‘s annual Oktoberfest (an [ ... ]
I had really been looking forward to the trip to Switzerland this summer. It was only going to be for a few days staying with a friend in Lucerne but [ ... ]
I was talking to a friend of mine this week who’s thinking of going to Japan for a holiday; just talking about it reminded me what a fab time I [ ... ]
With the start of the year, I’ve been looking ahead and trying to establish key dates for the diary before the summer. The online list I found included Dubai International [ ... ]
We crossed the border to Thailand at Satun, via an hour-long ferry trip from Langkawi island in Malaysia. I had a spot of trouble at the border as [ ... ]
Bali marked the half way point for my globetrotting, and my entrance into Asia. After several months of comfort in New Zealand and Australia we flew from Perth to [ ... ]
