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Author Archives: Thea Stainsby
Blown away by the Pyramids
Our first sighting of the pyramids was from the Cairo Tower near our hotel. The sun was low and the sky hazy however we could make out the shapes of both the Giza and the Step pyramids. The following day, … Continue reading
Dubai-est
We have spent three days in Dubai seeing the tall-est building, the fast-est lift, the bigg-est shopping mall, the larg-est aquarium glass front, the expensiv-est hotel, the new-est metro… and so the list goes on. We marvelled at the slickness, … Continue reading
Living a Western Life Style
We spent our last day in Kuala Lumpur at the telecommunications tower with great views of the city and its many parklands. We then spent time on the Hop On Hop Off Bus, avoiding the rain. Last dinner was at … Continue reading
Header Banners – Tioman Island
I use PhotoSynth on my iPhone to take panorama photos. Great app, easy to use and does a nice job of stitching the individual photos together to make a panorama, which I edit in Adobe Photoshop Elements. I have now … Continue reading
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Stories to tell – in “Nomads in 2012”
I have started writing about our adventures and adding some photos. They are in a new page called “Nomads in 2012”. I will just add interesting snippets to this “Home” page. I can’t promise to be totally up to date … Continue reading
Homeless & Nomadic
So we are now on a long adventure to Malaysia, Dubai, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey,… and eventually Spain around August. The rough plan is to spend 6 months travelling and then try to rent an apartment in Spain for a few … Continue reading
Couch Surfing
We have had an amazing 3 weeks with friends and family between vacating our apartment and flying out. After 4 “interesting” nights at the Sandy pub, we invaded the Davies’ peace and quiet. Sally, Bruce & I had a wonderful … Continue reading
Farewells
It has been a week of farewells: “see you in a year…”. Perhaps the most poignant was afternoon tea with “my oldies”, the friends I have made at Fairway, where I have helped them use the computers that are available … Continue reading
The Last Doggy Walk
For the last 6 months Sally and I have joined a gorgeous group of dogs with their delightful”mums” for a walk-and-talk and coffee/chai on Wednesday mornings. Sally has become very attached to her doggy friends, especially young Chloe, whilst I … Continue reading
Homeless with a Plan
Well we are officially “homeless” – we have no home to call our own, having vacated the apartment this morning. Life at the Sandy Pub is interesting, but the view not as good. But we have a plan – a … Continue reading