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After a 12-hour overnight flight from the UK the words “Welcome to the Langham Sir” were music to my ears. I’d just arrived in Hong Kong on business and would be staying in this magnificent hotel for one night before crossing the border into Shenzhen, China. The Langham is a beautiful hotel, in fact it [...]

Hello and welcome to my new blog. I’ve been meaning to set this up for a while, but work and other commitments have delayed me until now. Over the next few months I’m going to try and document my travels around South East Asia and the Middle East. I made this journey in 2011 so [...]

Another early start, but strangely I don’t feel jet lagged – just excited and nervous about the prospect of trying to find the perfect engagement ring for Debbie. Having spent the last year thinking about my proposal to Debbie and digging for clues I already have a rough idea of what the perfect engagement ring [...]

Up very early for a journey to Gatwick Airport with my Mum and Dad; I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t sad to be leaving, even if it is only for 7 weeks. Some people go away for 6 months at a time, some even go for a year! You see I’ve never been [...]