My Mother and Father were planning a visit to Japan, with my Aunt. They were flying into Obihiro, in the middle of Hokkaido which is in the north of Japan and the city where I was living at the time. From there we were all travelling together by train back down to Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto, via Sapporo and Hakodate. I advised that they bring one small suitcase each and a day … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2015
Hanging on the Horizon – Lake Ballard
Some people call it Lake Ballard, correctly because that’s where it is. Some people call it the Gormley statues, equally correctly because that’s what it is. It is one of my favourite places in the world, and is ‘quite remote’. What A group of 51 statues created by English sculpture (Sir) Antony Gormley in 2003. The group is spread over a 10 sq. km salt lake. Each … [Read more...]
Chicken Chat and a Thumbs Up
What did I eat in India, I hear you ask? Well the short answer is curries, washed down by Thumbs Up , Kingfisher Premium or Sula (white), or water from a bottle. As soon as I arrived in Kolkata, I wanted to try Bengali food so that I could be seen to be loyal to my new people and also so I would have something to talk about when I had business meetings. But being lazy as … [Read more...]
