All the tuk tuks were covered with Christmas paper and other decorations, with presents fixed to the roofs – it was an amazing sight.
Category: Places
Posts about places I’ve visited
On Crosby Beach
Mesmerising
2004: Walking on a Glacier (Franz Josef, New Zealand)
We set off up the centre of the glacier in search of ice caves.
2015: Poetry in Motion (Wanaka to Fox Glacier, NZ)
Crossing rivers, streams, gullies, falls and creeks. Bright yellow signs proclaiming their names.
Immense Volcanoes
Lake Como, it seems to me, touches the limit of the permissably picturesque; but Atitlan is Como with the additional embellishments of several immense volcanoes. It really is too much of a good thing. After a few days in this impossible landscape, one finds oneself thinking nostalgically of the English home counties.
“Atitlan” from “Beyond the Mexique Bay” by Aldous Huxley, 1934
I wrote this in my journal but no idea where it was copied from… the quote was referenced a lot around Lake Atitlan
2008: Wellington: A City of Action
It’s true you can’t live here by chance,
You have to do and be, not simply watch or even describe
This is a city of action, the world headquarters of the verb
Lauris Edmond, 1924-2000
Bridge Sculpture, Wellington Waterfront (part of the Wellington Writers Walk)Excerpt from NZ Journal, March 2008
1999: Lost in the Cameron Highlands (Malaysia)
We found the beginning of the trail without too many problems – it began around the back of a Camelia garden.
27 Hours In Twizel 