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Live Blog - Last Notes from Malta
A few swims in the pool and the bay later, with a good tan, the next logical thing to do would be to take a bath. Right? All relaxed, I...
Ian Tay
Aug 20, 20212 min read
Live Blog: Exploring Malta
The flight departed Stansted half an hour late but due to Ryanair's very generous flight times, we only arrived 15 minutes in Malta...
Ian Tay
Aug 20, 20215 min read
Live Blog : On the way to Malta
It's been a while since my last 'live' travel journal entry. I guess the pandemic didn't really help and any travels done were either to...
Ian Tay
Aug 17, 20212 min read
Travelling during the Covid-19 Global Pandemic
When did sitting in airport lounge become such a novelty? When did airport lounges stop serving alcohol? I guess when there is an ongoing...
Ian Tay
Apr 14, 20218 min read
DeGlobalised - Leaving the EU, Brexit
It's been a while since I blogged on this site - and this time it is not going to be a travel post. Surprisingly its been about a month...
Ian Tay
Feb 7, 20202 min read
A Train Journey Around an Integrated Europe
I write this sitting on a train that takes me closer to the current frontier of the European Union on Good Friday. It has been a...
Ian Tay
Apr 20, 201911 min read
African Adventures - Morocco
African country number 3, after Mauritius and Tunisia.. This continent remains to be the elusive continent for me - especially that I...
Ian Tay
Feb 20, 20198 min read
Southeast Asian Getaway - Philippines
2 ASEAN countries left unvisited - Philippines is one of them, Brunei being another one. Therefore, this summer holidays, we did a short...
Ian Tay
Aug 15, 20189 min read
European Weekend Getaway - Road Trip in Norway
This May Bank Holiday, a contingent of 5 staff members of a private college in Cambridge decided to go to Norway for a road trip on the...
Ian Tay
Jun 1, 20183 min read
European Weekend Getaway - Copenhagen, Denmark
Another standard morning start with a panther taxi to the train station and then catching the train to the airport. No morning shots this...
Ian Tay
Mar 31, 20182 min read
European Weekend Getaway - Cork, Ireland
Why not... especially if the flight costs less than £30. What was supposed to be a simple bike ride with K by the river to a nearby pub...
Ian Tay
Jan 22, 20182 min read
European Christmas Holidays 2017 - Valencia & Madrid, Spain
19th December 2018 My first day in Spain this time around started with a lie in the room of Eurostars Rey Don Jaime. It was a decent...
Ian Tay
Jan 1, 20185 min read
European Christmas Holiday 2017 - Lisbon & Porto, Portugal
8 hours later, I arrived in Lisbon Oriental Station and took the Green Sintra Line to Entrecampos. After checking into the VIP Grand...
Ian Tay
Dec 31, 20176 min read
European Chirstmas Holiday 2017 - Netherlands
The Adventure Begins At Victoria Coach Station, a little bit of scampering happened - looking for which counter I had to go to to check...
Ian Tay
Dec 31, 20173 min read
European Christmas Holiday 2017 - London
Christmas 2017 Pre-Adventures - London The 2017 Christmas holidays started with a short stopover in London for a very good reason - the...
Ian Tay
Dec 30, 20172 min read
Global Studies - Ljubjana, Rijeka, Trieste
But it was Hello from Ree for the next part of the half term holidays. Less than 12 hours back in Cambridge, we were now headed off to...
Ian Tay
Oct 31, 20173 min read
Global Institutions - Athens, Greece
The half term begun early as I had to bring students to the Model United Nations Conference at the German School of Athens. I am proud to...
Ian Tay
Oct 30, 20172 min read
Global Ian's - Norway
The composition of this post started on a train from Oslo to Bergen via Voss on what the Lonely Planet dub as the most beautiful train...
Ian Tay
Aug 31, 20175 min read
South American Adventures - Uruguay
Crossing the Rio de La Plata on a ferry.... 16:01 Argentinian/Uruguayan Time 15/8/2017 Here I am on the Buquebus ferry back from Colonia...
Ian Tay
Aug 14, 20172 min read
Global Family - Argentina
The other side of our planet from Kuala Lumpur is Ecuador (http://www.antipodr.com/). Although my current destination is not Ecuador, it...
Ian Tay
Aug 13, 20174 min read
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