On our honeymoon, we went to Labuan Bajo in Flores to take a 2 day boat trip to Rinca and Komodo Island. This was for the sole purpose of seeing the infamous Komodo Dragons. I’d heard so much about them – goodness knows how old they are but I’m pretty sure they’re prehistoric. Famed for…
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3 Cafes Every Healthy Foodie Must Visit in Paddington, Sydney
I’m staying in the Central Business District (CBD) of Sydney whilst my new husband undertakes 2 weeks of work. On our honeymoon. But let’s talk about that later. As an utter foodie, I’ve very much enjoyed getting lost in the food malls and little streets, trying fresh juices (they have fresh feijoa juice here!) and…
Review: Longrain Restaurant, Melbourne
Longrain restaurant specialises in South East Asian sharing dishes, boasting fresh ingredients and twists on popular dishes. It was also close to the Sheraton, where we were staying, so we popped in for dinner. I’ll come clean; I wasn’t sure about Longrain when we walked past it. It looked too stuffy and polished and seemed…
The Four Stages of Drinking Vietnamese Egg Coffee For the First Time
Egg Coffee (cà phê trứng) is a Vietnamese drink that is served throughout cafes in Hanoi. It’s made using egg yolk, sugar and coffee, although condensed milk is often included too. It sounded weird, and so of course, we had to try it. The egg coffee, when served (we got ours from the Hanoi Social…
Review: Twilight Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb
What better way to see Sydney in one go than with the Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb? That was our reasoning; even though we’d been in Sydney for a week, as Tom was working, he’d not done much exploring and I had mainly explored the food, rather than the sights. It was our last day and…
A Spiritual 12 Hours in Bali: Tirta Empul and my first encounter with Wayan from Eat, Pray, Love
“It’s been a rather spiritual 12 hours, don’t you think?” Tom ventured as I returned from going AWOL at around 6pm. The last Tom saw me, I had popped in to see if healer, Wayan Nuriasih, of Eat Pray Love fame had any appointments tomorrow. That was three and a half hours ago. I agreed,…
![[I wince and say ARGH as we’re walking down to the doctors and stomping & scooting through leaves]
HB: What’s wrong Mummy?
Me: Ah don’t worry, my foot is a little bit broken, that’s all.
HB: Need sellotape.
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And there, in that instant, I see his future as a doctor ☺️ Sellotape fixes everything!](http://scontent-frt3-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/31058e483f84af32925afee538caeece/5C6A238C/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/44221458_1116122578564689_8143921930858569881_n.jpg "[I wince and say ARGH as we’re walking down to the doctors and stomping & scooting through leaves]
HB: What’s wrong Mummy?
Me: Ah don’t worry, my foot is a little bit broken, that’s all.
HB: Need sellotape.
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And there, in that instant, I see his future as a doctor ☺️ Sellotape fixes everything!")
