The Philippines 2024

More travel, more haiku.

Bohol

Cocks cry, ziplines zip
Back to green chocolate hills
Slow ferry, fast change

Siquijor

After hills, we swim
Through a blue waterfall cave
On birthday island

Ronda

Zipline shortcut to
Kawasan Falls, canyoning.
Long walk, rocks, long drops

Where we stayed

• Paradox Hotel, Clarke Quay, Singapore
• White Sands Resort, Lapu Lapu, Cebu
• Villa Kasadya, Alona Beach, Bohol
• Nakabalo Guesthouse, Siquijor
• Les Maisons D’itac, Ronda, Cebu
• Bluewater Maribago Beach Resort, Lapu Lapu
• D’Resort, Singapore

Rocklyn Ashram, Victoria

Chant the pain away?

Glimpse of hostel life again

A much better cure

A Haiku

Wurundjeri, Taungurung and Dja Dja Wurrung people are the Traditional Custodians of the land where this photo was taken, on the site of the Rocklyn Ashram.

Bright, Victoria

A solstice rose, and
river to float away on
Through Christmas hail stone

The traditional custodians of the land surrounding the Bogong High Plains are the indigenous Australian Bidawal, Dhudhuroa, Gunai–Kurnai and Nindi–Ngudjam Ngarigu Monero peoples.

Where we stayed: site 278, Bright NRMA

Bangkok, Malaysia, Singapore June 2023

More travel. More haiku.

Artwork from the wall of Tiong Bahru Bakery, Fort Canning, Singapore.

Bangkok

Siering old giant
Chatuchak with kids is hard
Mud farm, river balm

Georgetown Penang

Art filled allyways
Found archipelago bar
Behind the blue door

Langkawi

Sick child. Sleepless nights
Hot heads, tiny bites, small sips.
Influenza A

Bon Ton Resort

Silk house. Outdoor tub
Same strawberry daqueris
Fifteen years have passed

Singapore

Tiger beers, old friends
New World’s End tour through wet streets
Still, our favourite

Where we stayed

• Royal River Hotel, Bangkok
• Jawi Peranakan Mansion, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
• Tanjung Rhu Village and Villa, Langkawi, Malaysia
• Bon Ton Resort, Langkawi, Malaysia
• Dayang Bay Resort, Kuah, Langkawi, Malaysia
• Thanksgiving Serviced Apartment, Oxley Road, Singapore

Turning 40 in Singapore and Thailand 2022

My new era of backpacking. Railay pier, catching the boat to Koh Yao Noi, Boxing day 2022.

I’ve said a lot about Singapore and Thailand over the years. Now traveling with young kids leaves little time for writing long blog posts, so I thought I’d try Haiku.

Singapore

Warm city of ease,
Lazy river of old haunts,
Age thirty. Forty.

Thailand

Ninth maybe tenth time 
Less banana pancake trail
More zen cat islands

Where we stayed:

• Concourse Skyline Singapore
• Mai Khao Palm Resort
• Railay Village Resort
• Koh Yao Seaview Bungalow, Koh Yao Noi
• Casa Blanca, Phuket Old Town
• Raiwai Palm Beach Resort