Flaming Lips... Best Concert Ever

6am (no photoshop, btw)

Dragon's Back

My favorite brand

Kids (not mine)

Sardines in Lemon

One of the things I learnt when slaving away in a deli in Positano.

Avocados

I've been having avocados for breakfast. It's so much better here than the rocks that we get in Hong Kong.


Avocado + Scrambled Eggs

I scream for Ice Cream.

Borrowed an ice cream maker from the Cousins.

Flavors attempted so far

• Vanilla

• Salted Butter Caramel (This was yum)

California Über Alles

I arrived in SFO for a three week stay in the Bay Area on Tuesday night. My flight was delayed for an hour and a half and CX lost my vegetarian meal, but other than that it was a pleasant and empty flight.

I got my first US stamp ever in my UK passport! My life is filled with thrills like this.

My five miler (with a nice 1500 ft of elevation change over the first mile) this morning in the beautifully shady Huddart Park in Woodside.

Sai Kung, Hong Kong

Bonjour Paris!

Nice problem to have...

Getting your weekly shopping into your Ferrari...

Penny University

A coffee shop on Redchurch Lane that only serves brewed coffee.
Delicious!

Goodbye Amalfi, Hello again Rome!

Fish baked in salt!

Rainbow over Amalfi town

Mount Vesuvius

Sorrento, Italy

Pezzogna (pats-zon-ia)

We had a great local fish called "Pezzogna" last night (May 31st). We
then asked the receptionist what the English name for it was...

" I don't a know but it's like a goldfish"

Sorrento, Italy

Rome

1. People here aren't as stylish as I thought they would be. For every
well dressed person, there are at least ten people walking around in
their short shorts.

2. There are load of clocks on top of things (ie newspaper stands, bus
stops...) and the time is always reliably wrong.

3. It's getting harder to spot the American tourist abroad these
days... The German and Russians are definitely challenging for the
title. But I'm sure once the mainland Chinese get their game on...
Hello, world!!

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Heading to Sorrento today. Will be in the Amalfi Coast for the next
six days.

London Breather...

Just arrived in London for a less than 24 hour turnaround before heading to Rome and the Amalfi Coast with the family! This is our first family trip since Bali in 2006 (and the precursor to that was the Galapagos Islands in 2002). Within a half hour of arriving at the flat, Dad and I popped around the corner to the Star Tavern (our local) for Guinness and chips. Ahh... bliss

Croatia is amazing. The route we took from Dubrovnik to Korcula can only be described, based on my prior experience, as Napa Valley meets Big Sur enhanced by Tour de France levels of EPO/ 'roids(Pre-Lance Armstrong, of course)...

Hopefully my film photographs will show it, but I was definitely under-armed for Croatia.

Never mind! There's always next time..

Meanwhile, I'm packing the big guns for Italy.

5am, Korcula

Heading to Korcula

Mostar, Bosnia

Incoming storm, Croatia

Cruise ships, Dubrovnik Port

Heading to Mostar, Bosnia

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mostar_Old_Town_Panorama_2007.jpg

Long way down....

Sunset, Dubrovnik

We must have the Internets!

Our room is on the right. PK is at where we can get the wifi.

Dalmatian Coast, Croatia

Ston, Croatia

Pool at Dubrovnik Palace Hotel

Hotel Pool, Dubrovnik

In action

Dubrovnik

Croatia!

Flying into Dubrovnik tomorrow, back on Tuesday. 

Pilsner Urquell Brewery (Plzen, Czech Republic)

Prague Castle, as seen from the zoo.

Who needs a Smart Car when you can park like this???

Andrassy Ave, Budapest

Do I need to travel to take good photos?

“I should go to Gaza, but I’d probably get sick, and I’d be scared….we’ve got Zabars here” - Jeff Mermelstein on why he doesn't really travel to take pics.

Heading back to London

One of my polaroids framed, now showing at someone's house

Prague/ Budapest film

My favorite Hungarian dish

Paprika chicken stew with dumplings/noodles and a side of greens