A Very Merry Christmas at the Chinese Embassy
If there’s ever a way to get your Christmas off to more of a flying start than a trip to the visa section of the...
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Important Projects in Kathmandu
Among my social circle, I am famous for my financial providence, frugality and forward planning, so it will surprise absolutely no one that, when we...
Watching Skyfall in KL
There are many good things about urban Malaysia. Most notably, the museums, the malls, the cinemas and the food. And, as I pick up the...
What Happens When Your Kid Takes The Lead?
Over the last couple of weeks, since Z returned from his overseas trip, I’ve largely been letting him choose what we do. Well, with the...
Welcome to Singapore!
There is a right frame of mind to enter a new country — wide-eyed, alert, well-rested, on the qui vive for new things to see,...
Two Dinners and Four Goodbyes
“You need a ticket to come in,” says the briby man at Denpasar airport. “I don’t have a ticket,” I say. “My son is flying....
Penguins in Bangkok
We didn’t come to Thailand for the penguins. But there’s something surreally magical about stepping out of 35 degrees of sweaty, humid heat and coming...
Mega-Malls
Yesterday we said goodbye to Granny and Grandpa, who are off to Hong Kong for a week of sybaritic luxury with an old friend, then...