World Up!
With the beginning of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan earlier this week, I am reminded that I have been working here in Kuwait for a year now; a year that has literally flown by - in the words of Pink Floyd 'every year is getting shorter'. I also realised that I haven't written any [...]
For my final New York blog post (4 blogs from 4 days, not bad eh?), I wanted to share a few photos that didn't quite fit into the themes of the other posts, but which I like nonetheless, so join me on a trip around the city! We start down near the World Trade Centre, [...]
Leaving Liberty Island, you can't help but think you've already had a pretty fantastic experience, but there was much more to come on this special day out - however, whilst we enjoyed the short cruise towards Ellis Island, my camera was still focused on the Great Lady. Ellis Island Prior to this trip, I didn't [...]
Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and the 9/11 Museum all in one day, it promised to be a day of wonder, history and high emotion; but it started off really cold, as we left our hotel and walked a couple of blocks for an early egg mcmuffin at the golden arches, before hailing a cab [...]
Like many bloggers, I am also an 'instagrammer' - I joined back in August 2016, and since then have posted 381 times; primarily photos of landscapes and buildings. I typically post once or twice a week, and these days my photos attract an average of about 25 - 30 'likes', so they don't exactly go [...]
Sometimes you need to get away, far away! A 14 hour flight is pretty far, and thats what I did recently, when I flew from Kuwait to New York to spend a 4 day weekend there with Mrs E and her son Aston. However, due to a forced change in my schedule, only 2 of [...]
As a teenager back in the England of the early 70's, my first love was music - rock music, prog rock, guitar based rock, anything that sounded 'heavy' and wasn't to be found on 'Top of the Pops'. Any money that I was able to acquire was typically spent at one of my local record [...]
Long before the UAE had oil, there was Deira - an area of Dubai that offers such a contrast to the giant glass towers, 5 star hotels, and pristine beach lined shores of much younger neighbouring districts. Deira is the original commercial centre of Dubai, benefiting from its Creekside location, although these days the key [...]
I found myself back home in Dubai for 10 days recently (the sunsets at our new home are amazing!) Whilst there, I experienced the lows of emergency dental treatment, the highs of hosting a house warming party, and a whole bunch of other stuff in between. These are some moments from my time there, starting [...]
Over the past few years, being an expat, and working away from home has meant that I spend many working weeks living alone, and one of the downsides of this is that I tend not to eat too well. Whilst I quite enjoy doing a bit of cooking, it's not the same when it's just [...]
