I love it when people are able to interpret thoughts and feelings on fabric or some kind of material.Anne Hathaway  Which leads me to the topic of fabric. I bought fabric today. 25 Meters of it in all.Jan and I visited a sari shop in LuLu’s, a mall near her house. We were admiring the beautiful…

Just back from lunch and we dined at a local Indian restaurant. It was delicious.We had chicken satay in Tomato based yoghurt.Accompanied by stuffed Mushrooms and potatoes.(see the menu) We had Tandoori Aloo and Bhaghwani Khumb All at a very reasonable price.

3 days into my trip, and I have to say, I just love being here. Ras al-Khaimah  is one of the Persian Gulf Arab sheikhdoms forming the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Its name means “Top of the Tent”. The emirate is in the northern part of the UAE, bordering Oman‘s exclave of Musandam. It covers…

click here to enjoy a Visual Journal of the day. The temperature has risen to 42 degrees and I wondered if I dare venture out to take photos… but the result of my hour walk was worth the searing temperatures. From my window I have a 180 degree view of the river where  the dhows sit…

Its quiet.  People are talking in low voices and there are more attendants than patrons here in the First Class lounge. No, i’m not traveling first class, but my Qantas status gives me first class privileges and I’ve finished the first leg of my trip and I have 8 hours till I catch the next…

11.00 pm and this is the last night home for 3 months.Right now as I write this in the semi dark of the office, the coffee tastes so good and I just gave in to temptation and ate half a piece of vegemite toast, I shared the rest with Ralf the dog. I’m going to…

I’ve been working on a new design for the web page and blog, so maybe you could let me know if you can read it easily and if I need to make any changes.Using my web page as a format for communication is easier than going through my established blog format, and besides, they censor…