When: May 2014 Weather: 6-16C Coldish Attending a meeting in a new place is always interesting and so it … Continue reading
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New York Post : Central Park
When visited: April 2014 Weather: 6C one day, 23C the next Having left cold wintery Boston, we arrived in wet wet wet and cold cold cold NY…only one word for it…the weather was just vile. Nothing for it … Continue reading
Boston beautiful…
When visited: April 2014 Weather: 6C and freezingly cold and wet from bad weather in US midwest Travelling to Boston by SQ26, I was upgraded to that most rarefied of travel classes, the Singapore … Continue reading
Nandi Hills in 4 hours…
When visited: April 2014 Temp: 20-24C In Bangalore for the weekend again and this time I had a morning free to visit a birding site and most people seemed to suggest that Nandi … Continue reading
A stroll in Rifle Range, Singapore : The Barred Kukri snake : Oligodon signatus
When: April 2014 Weather : 25C and hot A night ramble in rifle range road, Singapore started off quietly……a few usual grasshoppers and … Continue reading
Tokyo in Spring, Cherry Blossoms and all
When visited: April 2014 Weather: 11-18C. Cool Tokyo is always an experience; its culture, its cuisine, its people, its politeness, its cleanliness and I always come away with something new. This time … Continue reading
Noppharathara National park, Aonang, Krabi…
When visited: March 2014. Weather: Hot 25-30C Found myself here for the weekend and thought I’d do something different from the usual day trip to the Phi Phi islands. Searching for birding sites, the only place near … Continue reading
The theosophical gardens in Chennai, India
When visited: March 2014 Weather: Hot 28C In Chennai for a meeting over the weekend and had a morning free; it was between visiting Guindy Park or The Theosophical Gardens and I chose the latter … Continue reading
Pitta patters in singapore
Having been an enthusiastic birder for many years, I’d never ever seen a pitta before…had read about them…seen pictures of them but just never been able to find them. I even went to Borneo to seek the elusive pitta…I saw … Continue reading
24 hours in Penang
When visited: February 2014. Weather: HOT 25C Arriving in Penang after sleepy Butterworth, it was immediately obvious how much wealthier and more developed Penang island is compared to Butterworth. The traffic though is truly terrible! I stayed at the … Continue reading
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