Archive for 'Travels/Holidays'
The winter’s wrath spoiled my day in Stockholm
I was in Sweden last weekend and my day there was spoiled by the winter’s wrath. On the day I traveled through an overnight cruise accross the Baltic sea there was a forecast of snowstorm with up to 30+ m/s wind. Due to the urgency of my mission there I was forced to go. While [...]
Posted: November 30th, 2008 under Travels/Holidays.
Tags: sweden trip, winter
Comments: 1
Dancing Island of Nias
I served as a Consultant with one of the development projects of UNOPS-United Nations Office for Project Services in Indonesia early last year (2007). The project is the reconstruction of hundreds of schools devastated by the 2004 notorious tsunami in Banda Aceh and neighboring areas and the high magnitude earthquake that struck the island of [...]
Posted: October 3rd, 2008 under Travels/Holidays.
Tags: Nias, Surfing, UNOPS Indonesia
Comments: 2
The tiger’s nest
Let me continue my web journal by featuring this time my pilgrimage to one of the holy sites or legends of Bhutan called Taktshang, the kingdom’s most famous monastery built in 1692. In English it is known as the “Tiger’s Nest” named after their belief that Guru Rinpoche, the founder of Bhuddism in this country [...]
Posted: September 13th, 2008 under Travels/Holidays.
Tags: Taktshang, Tiger's Nest
Comments: 2
A reliable travelmate
In our fast changing world technology has play a vital role in our daily lives. Traveling even in an unknown place these days has become very convenient. Being new to my current adopted home town, roaming around becomes a common problem just like anyone. But thanks to this new digital travel mate, my Tomtom GPS. [...]
Posted: September 11th, 2008 under Gadgets, Travels/Holidays.
Tags: GPS, Tomtom
Comments: 2
The prayer flags of Bhutan
I was assigned in a tiny landlocked country sandwiched between India & Tibet called Bhutan, one of the last “Shangrilas” of the Himalayas region. I am very proud to be here as not so many in the world has the opportunity to visit this exotic kingdom. Even tourists are strictly regulated by the government. [...]
Posted: September 6th, 2008 under Travels/Holidays.
Tags: prayer flags
Comments: 4
A train bicycle
In one of our holidays in the southern part of Thailand, Chaam, my family enjoyed riding this bicycle train. It was perfectly made for a family of five like us. We had a joy riding along the coastal road of the city then spending some time in the beach before spending time in the pool [...]
Posted: September 5th, 2008 under Travels/Holidays.
Comments: 2