Chopstick Fingers
0 Ooops!!!! Ignore my Darwin Post. A case of chopstick fingers. But my Chinatown one will soon be out.
Highgate and Archway – Ghosts and Graves (Part Three)
1+ Ley lines. Are they simply straight lines that connect ancient monuments or are they highways of super energy? When the archaeologist Watkins coins the term in 1921, he means […]
Highgate and Archway – Ghosts and Graves (Part Two)
0 When William the Conqueror does exactly what his title says and conquers England in 1066, he seizes property and land from the existing Saxon manors and landlords. He then […]
Highgate and Archway – Ghosts and Graves (Part One)
0 A disillusioned young lad creeps out of the home of his wealthy master. Despite his hard labour, he is poorly paid and can no longer tolerate the beatings by […]
Kuala Lumpur – Tropical Birds, Orchids and Hibiscus By the Lake Gardens
1+ It’s early morning at my local train platform. As I wait, I hear the “cuc-koooo” call of the spotted turtle doves (image here). Or so I think, until I’m […]
Kuala Lumpur – A Browse Around Brickfields
2+ Once upon a time, Brickfields was a quiet little Indian residential settlement. And then in 2009, the original Little India along Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman was moved out. “More […]
Kuala Lumpur’s Lake Gardens
0 It all begins with a State Treasurer named Venning and a British Resident named Swettenham. One day, they meet for a drink in tropical Kuala Lumpur. The story then […]
The South Bank (Part Three) – Blackfriars Bridge to Millennium Bridge
0 In 1715, bridges over the Thames were scarce. So an Irish actor named Thomas Doggett jumps on a river ferry to get him back to his residence in Chelsea. […]
The South Bank (Part Two) – Hungerford Bridge To Waterloo Bridge
0 It’s a story straight out of a James Bond movie. It’s 1978. A Bulgarian dissident writer stands at a bus stop at Waterloo Bridge. He feels a sharp pain […]
The South Bank (Part One) – Westminster Bridge To Hungerford Bridge
0 1500 years pass before a second bridge is built over the Thames in central London. Until then, London Bridge is the solitary bridge on this side of town since […]