Lazy Beach Days - Singapore - April 2025
Occasional Saturday's see us having a lazy time on one of Singapore's beaches - these pics are from East Coast Park. A chance to sit in the sun, have a chat, walk the dogs, and, if I am lucky, grab some lunch! This is the laid-back Singapore style. This, and nature walks, is much more 'us'. We leave the party Singapore to others!
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BBQs with Friends - Singapore - Jan 2025
One of the huge advantages of living in a condo, is the facilities that are available to residents. For us, that includes barbecue pits by the pool, barbecue pits on the roof, and barbecue pits in the garden. We are rationed to one BBQ per calendar month, but we have been steadily using our quota since arriving!
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Sentosa - Singapore - Oct 2024
Singapore is a beautiful place - as you'll see in the many great walks on this site. This was one of many trips to Sentosa - an island in the south connected by a walkway (as well as by tram and by cable car!). The island is home to Resorts World Sentosa, a major centre with hotels, casino, universal studios theme park and seaworld etc. However, it also has beautiful nature walks, and glorious sandy beaches as can be seen below.
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Ice Cream Museum - Singapore - July 2024
What would three middle-aged people do to celebrate a birthday? Go to the ice-cream museum, of course! Ball pits, swings, bouncy castles, and ice-creams to try at each station? Who says it is for kids? We had a great time as the pics will testify.
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Pakleni Islands - Croatia - June 2024
Today was a lovely day, sailing among the Pakleni islands. A full day tour from Korcula, we enjoyed a few hours under the full wind sails, and some stops in secluded bays and coves for some swimming. Shanhong even found some sea urchins, although, they are protected in this area!
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Glamping - Bintan - Feb 2024
For Chinese New Year, I booked something a little different! We caught a local ferry over to an Indonesian Island, where we checked into a wigwam on the side of a man-made lagoon! The ultimate glamping experience. I loved it, Shanhong, perhaps not as much! I think you'll agree there are some lovely photos though!
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Feeding the Ducks - UK - July 2023
It doesn't really matter where we go, one of the things Shanhong loves to do... ... is feed the ducks.
Summer 2023 saw us home in the UK visiting Lincoln, Norfolk and the Isle of Wight, and in all three places, Shanhong was enjoying ducks and swans! Enjoy some pics of Shanhong in her 'happy space'!
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Paragliding - New Zealand - Dec 2022
Another holiday surprise for Shanhong... let's jump off a clifftop together!
Queensland is the "adventure capital" of New Zealand, so, something had to be done. Organised through GForce Paragliding (GForce Paragliding – Tandem Paragliding Queenstown), these were tandem flights - so, nothing to do but hold on and enjoy! I don't think Shanhong wants to do it again - but it was one of those things it was great to do once! For me, I'd love to do it again somewhere else. I have to say though, given Shanhong is afraid of heights - she really does get involved in more than I would expect.
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Llama Hike - Lake District UK - June 2022
It is always special to surprise Shanhong on holiday. For Summer 2022 it was a Llama Hike in the Peak District. Organised through Alpacaly Ever After (Outstanding Alpaca and Llama Experiences - Alpacaly Ever After) this was a very simple but lovely day, enjoying gorgeous scenery with adorable animals. Shanhong was grinning all day!
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Family - UK - June 2019
Always good to see the family! David and Teresa came over to see Stephen and Christine - which made it a bit easier, and then we popped over to see Lynn and Chris.
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