Harbour-side Visitations
Here I am back in the Sydney Sky Palace (where, incidentally, this whole blogging business began). All here is pretty much as it was before. Which is rather pleasing.The main difference is that we have a daily, twice daily or sometimes even thrice daily visitation from the creature above. As least, I think its from him (or her). There may also be guest appearances by cousins and other tribe members. I haven't got to know them we

The Butterflies of Sun Moon Lake
Sun Moon Lake is the largest lake in Taiwan. Nestled up the highlands where the air is cooler and the humidity is low, it is surrounded by layer upon layer of steep hills that recede away into misty nothingness in the distance. Dawn casts an orange glow across the still waters. If you have a generous budget and a bit of luck, you can stay at The Lalu Hotel and watch the light shift and change from your private balcony, or slide bac

The Path of Enlightenment
"Master, when can I call myself 'Traveller'?""When Grasshopper, you have found The Other Way""To where?""To the Path. To Nirvana.""As in, 'Teen Spirit'?""No, Grasshopper. Not that Nirvana."I was take The Green Bus. So it was written. From Exit 4, Zhongxiao Fuxing MRT. And yet, there I went and Green Bus found I none. Waiting for me in the mountains was respite from all wordly cares, bliss and comfort. Not to mention a 60 metre infinity pool. But how to reach it?"O Reception, I beseech thee most humbly. The Green Bus is not more.How can I get to Sun Moon Lake?"

Dear Gordon,
Dear Gordon,A couple of things on my mind that I thought I should share:1)BiscuitsI don't know who your media advisors are, but jesus! Next time some massive circulation newspaper asks you your favourite biscuit, just answer, for fuck's sake. You don't even have to do it yourself. Delegate the task to the person who fetches your tea if its quicker. But answer!If you had compulsory voting in this country, you would recognise the importance of the biscuit. In failing to engage in this little bit of public banter, its like someone said hello to you at the busstop and you just ignored them. Bad manners, basically. But th

Autumn sunset
Today, Edinburgh graced us with an amazing rainbow, just on sunset. The full semi-circle, and all pretty colours. After a slow (but warm!) start, autumn has turned out to be rather spectacular.The sunset light was rather fine, too. These photos are taken in The Meadows.