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Fun in the Australian Outback

Ayres Rock, Australia is a popular tourist destination as it is really unique and such an unusual place to visit. There are thousands of tourists going there every year by car, bus and by plane. If you want to go take a plane because it is a long way from anywhere. Many tourists make the mistake of thinking that Ayres Rock is at Alice Springs and then find when they get there that they are still 500 Klms. away. They then have to hire a car or take a bus tour to get there.

Car travel is very dangerous in the area and many tourists have come to grief on the long drive. They have lost concentration because of the long, hot boring drive and ended up upside down in the scrub, sometimes dead. There is nothing to see for hour after hour except red sand which soon becomes boring. You should never drive at dusk or early morning there because that is when the wildlife are active. Thousands of kangaroos seem to adopt the road at night as do feral camels and wandering cattle from unfenced cattle ranches. Many a tourist has come unstuck hitting a beast with his car and always coming off second best.

So fly in to Ayres Rock and not Alice Springs. There is a very good airport there which takes all but the largest of planes. However, in the summer time when the heat on the tarmac gets up into the 50's sometimes a departing flight is unable to get started and a aircraft mechanic has to be flown in from Alice Springs causing a delay of several hours. Not much fun for the stranded passengers. And don't do what one young couple on their honeymoon from Europe did. They joked about a gun in their luggage and were refused a flight. As there is only one airline flying out of Ayres Rock they had to hire a car to get to Darwin and home again.

So there you go. The airport there is managed by the resort company as is the whole town. The town is called Yulara and was built by the government to structure the hotel industry into one place just out of the rock. The resort company bought the whole town off the government and now have about five hotels there in various star ratings. There is also a camping and caravan park which is always busy because there are many Australians holidaying in caravans. It is a long way to tow a caravan but some must enjoy it. Every afternoon there is a long queue at the park waiting to book in.

Once you are there safely there is only the rock to see so most people only stay the one day and are off again. Don't do what some tourists have done and wander off into the dessert to explore. Some of the sand hills are 30 feet high and once you are out there you loose all sense of direction. Every now and then someone does wander off with insufficient water or even a hat and are found the next day dead. Even the rock has had it's share of tragedies. There are many plaques at the bottom in memory of people who have died there. Some have fallen off just chasing a had that has blown off. Because the rock is round at the top you can be too far before you realize it and keep going to certain death. One tourist one day found things very hot as he was climbing so he took off his shoes and socks and climbed up in his bare feet. Well it is nice smooth rock so it is easy but because it is like ironstone and the temperature is about 45 degrees he got to the top and wondered why the soles of his feet were barbecued. They had to get a helicopter rescue team in to fly him off.

All in all, if you follow all the safety rules and don't feed the dingoes or wild dogs, watch out for snakes and scorpions you should have a fun trip. Hope your flight gets away on time. Just a note there. I remember one day it was so hot that a plane taking off from Alice Springs on route to Perth used too much fuel getting off the ground. Something about the heat and the air pressure to lift off. They had to land at Ayres Rock to refuel before continuing their journey. That is the outback for you. Always hot, always too many flies and always an adventure. Enjoy, Nick

Hi Guys,
Certainly can be an adventure out there. Plenty of tour companies doing fun stuff to entertain you. You can even ride a camel to a dessert breakfast. Enjoy, Nick

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A Seven Week P&O Cruise

It sounds good doesn't it. Seven weeks at sea on a P & O cruise. Well it was good, however it is not quite what it seems. It all happened back in 1957 when I migrated with my family from the Uk. Not quite what you had in mind but I would still like to give you my impressions. After all, as a nine year old, impressions were exciting and lasting.

Better go back to the beginning of it all. My Mum was what they call a war bride and married my Dad straight after he returned from the war. Must have been an exciting time for them to have both survived the war and could now look forward to an exciting new life together. They migrated straight away to Australia which would have been a change from the UK where they had grown up. However, as a young couple madly in love it would have been an exciting time.

I was born shortly after they settled in Australia and my brother a bit later after that. My Mum had been involved in lab work in London as part of her contribution to the war effort at home. They were messing about with radiation of some sort and that was something they did not really understand those days. Before she was 30 she was admitted to hospital some distance away very ill. Some sort of leukemia from the lab work had got into her system and it was not long before she was dead. By the time my Dad got the phone call and had to arrange baby sitters for us two boys and arrange to borrow a car for the long drive, it was too late. He never saw his lovely bride again alive.

Must have been a devastating time for him. So much so that he packed us all up and sailed home to Scotland to be with his Mum. I was only just 6 then and can remember a little of the trip which was six weeks. I can remember flying fish landing on deck and sailing through the Suez Canal with sand on each side. Can't remember much more before that as I was obviously blocking out the tragic turn of events.

We lived with my grandmother in Scotland and I started school there before she died and my dad remarried and re-migrated to Australia. We ended up in the same town, the same street and two houses away from where we had lived before. Anyway, I can remember more of the trip back to Australia as I was nine. We sailed on the P & O ship Strathnaver which was busy ferrying migrants to Australia. This was a magnificent ship and was every bit a cruise especially to a nine year old.

The trip took seven weeks because of the scuffle that had closed the Suez Canal. We sailed round The bottom of South Africa and that took an extra week. We stopped at Capetown and I can remember the Flat top of Table Mountain. There was colorful rickshaws on the wharf taking people into the city. We weren't allowed ashore but watched the different culture from the decks. People were throwing coins over board and the young native kids would dive off the wharf to retrieve them.

We crossed the equator and King Neptune came on board and seized passengers, lathered them up and tossed them into the pool. Great stuff for a nine year old to watch. It was too hot at night to sleep so we would take our bedding up on deck and sleep under the stars. You had to wake early because they started hosing the decks a 6 am. Our cabin was way down below the water line and I spent hours at a porthole that was under water and just watched the water going past.

They had entertainment for the kids too. There was a fancy dress competition for the kids which stretched the imagine of parents because all there was available was crepe paper for costumes. I can remember being dressed in an army uniform of paper and with spots on my face. A little sign round my neck said German measel. I won second prize which was a wonderful little toy truck. The ice cream man would come round every morning handing out free ice creams. We would meet him on the bottom deck and then every deck after that. We would race back to our cabin and put our stash in the fridge and have ice cream to last all day.

The dining room was all first class and always an enjoyable experience. A couple of weeks out from Australia I fell and fractured my wrist. It was off to the ships hospital and my arm was plastered. Every meal after that I received personal attention from the waiter. He would always be there for me to cut up my meal. Really first class cruising. And with only 2 hours of school each day, us kids loved it. Sad to hear that immigration from the UK dropped off and the beautiful cruise ship Strathnaver was scrapped in the early sixties. What a waste.

Hi Guys,
Has been fun for me remembering that magic trip. Hope you enjoyed it too, Nick

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Living at the Rock

Hi Guys,

This is Nick from the Rock. What rock you may well ask.

We live at Ayres Rock in the center of Australia. Or to be more correct, Uluru, or at the little resort village of Yulara. All one and the same thing basically.

Yulara is your typical company owned town. They own and run everything accept the local bank and the Post Office. They still own them too and collect rent from them as well as the medical center, child care center and other operations that all go to make up the small community.

The community is completely self contained being a long way, 450Klms., from anywhere else which is Alice Springs, the nearest town and shopping. A five hour drive away, means we don't get there very often and have to make do with the local supermarket, which is adequate, once you get used to the higher prices. Being company owned, we do get a 10% discount there on our groceries being staff.

So by being self contained means we have our own water treatment plant. The water is pumped up from the artesian basin and is very potable. It is amusing to see tourists spending hundreds of dollars on arms full of bottled water from the supermarket when the water from the tap is just as good. Still need to drink plenty of water out here as it gets to 40 degrees and more during summer. Very hot and lots of flies and many tourists walk around with fly nets on their heads. One lady wondered off over the sand dunes here a couple of years ago without enough water or head protection. She got disorientated in the heat and they found her dead next day.

We also have our own sewerage treatment plant and electricity plant. The electricity is generated using diesel fuel and is in the process of being converted to LPG gas. All communications come through the huge radio receiving tower transmitted from tower to tower over the dessert. That gives us fairly normal telephone and TV reception but can go down sometimes in a storm.

We get an occasional storm here with extreme light shows and lots of rain, although it is fairly rare and it may only rain a couple of times a year. This means it is always dry, hot and sometimes windy. You can see the windstorms coming sometimes as the sky goes red. The sand here is a red color and you have to quickly close the windows of your house and car to stop them filling up with sand.

We see lots of tourists and that is natural because that is the only reason we are here. The average stay is only the one night but there is always at least 1000 in house so the airport is very busy. Yes, we have our own airport here with six flights a day every day with hundreds of tourists arriving and leaving. The hire car companies and bus companies are always very busy. Never seen so many buses as out here. A lot of tourists arrive in Alice Springs and start looking for the rock not realizing that it is nearly a days drive away. So they have to hire a car there or take a bus trip to get here. Consequently, Alice Springs has a big tourist industry too.

We have been here four years and haven't climbed the rock yet. Almost did on a couple of occasions but the climb was closed on those particular days. It is often closed if it is too hot or windy on top. I remember one tourist recently decided it was too hot so he took his shoes off and climbed in his bare feet. The rock looks like a huge lump of ironstone and can get pretty hot in 40 degree heat. By the time this guy reached the top the soles of his feet looked and felt like they had been barbecued so he was unable to walk anymore. They had to get a rescue chopper in to get him down.

There are some plaques at the base of the rock dedicated to a few who have died there. Some have fallen off chasing hats or dropped camera to close to the edge. One guy had a dream of climbing the rock all his life and finally managed to do it when he was sixty. Just got to the top and died of a heart attack. All this means of course that we have a dedicated and well trained team of paramedics, fire crews and rescue people who can quickly assist anyone in trouble. There are many car accidents too nearby as drivers inexperienced with the long roads and frequent animals on roads come to grief. Some of the four wheel drive roads close by too get their fair share of accidents when drivers try and go too fast for the conditions.

We do see animals here apart from the normal small beasties like nasty snakes and lizards. You will often see dingoes wandering through town looking for a tasty rubbish bin to tip over and make a mess. And driving to Alice is dangerous if attempted after dark. There are lots of camels wandering the dessert and many come to grief on the highway. With no fencing, cattle are a constant threat to safe driving and of course the kangaroos at night are everywhere. Any of those can make short work of your car if you happen to hit one. We have been very lucky so far and missed them all but to be constantly alert while driving can make it very tiring.

So why are we here at the end of the earth. The average stay by staff here is about three months so we have done pretty well at four years although we have nearly had enough and looking for a change soon. The only accommodation here is company owned of course with the rent deducted from your wages and is fairly basic but comfortable.

Well, because my wife is from the Philippines and arrived in Australia with two daughters in their twenties and none of them could drive, we needed to find employment for four all in the one place. This fitted the bill so we have been here ever since. The girls have learned a trade here and we can now move anywhere but they still don't drive. One of these days. You don't really need to drive in the Philippines as the transport system is really good and cheap. But that is another story.
Catch you soon, Nick

Hi Guys,

An interesting place alright. Come and have a look sometime, Nick

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Holiday Tasmania

I have heard some people describe Tasmania as that place somewhere in South Africa. I think that is probably Tanzania but Tasmania is south of Australia. The most southern state and separate from the mainland of Australia by probably the roughest piece of water anywhere known as Bass Straight. That makes the trip there interesting sometimes if you choose to travel by the over night ferry.

That takes about twelve hours and is quite a luxurious trip if you go by stateroom. There is the backpackers option of dormitory accommodation down in the bowels of the ship. I remember being down there once just before we sailed and they did a watertight door testing. As they clanged shut it felt very eerie and isolated locked in below water level. There are lots of facilities on board including some nice restaurants and lounges to make the trip quite comfortable although as it sails over night and you berth in Tasmania just after breakfast, there is not much time to anything exciting. That is of course unless you strike some rough weather and big seas which can happen quite often. Then you can stand up front behind glass and watch the seas breaking right over the ship and hang on as she gets thrown about. Not much chance of sleeping anyway and probably not much chance of enjoying breakfast after a night of that.

So you finally arrive in Tasmania on the north west coast at a place called Devonport on the Mersey river. Interesting that most of the places in Tasmania are named after places in England and the climate can be very similar too. You can choose to fly if you wish with a couple of airlines providing service to several parts of the island. From there you are able to hire a car and explore as you will whereas if you come by ship you can bring your own car with you along with the heaps of freight trucks that deliver to the island. And I always tend to think that arriving by ship is a much more romantic way to start your holiday.

If you have decided to drive around the island and explore most of it you will need a couple of weeks because it is quite large. You can spend the best part of a day driving from one end to the other. The beauty is that in that day you will see a great diverse range of scenery from coastal beaches to mountain ranges with sheep grazing ranges in between. Then of course there are the other two coasts to explore with their range of towns from holiday places and rural communities to other centers based around local mining of various minerals. One such place is Queenstown on the west coast which is very rugged. You come into Queenstown from a mountain top and wind down a steep road to the town and mine site. The landscape is completely bare with all vegetation killed by mining wastes and almost seems like you are driving on the surface of the moon.

The capital of Tasmania, Hobart, is a beautiful city sitting on a vast waterway, the Derwent river, and is snuggled under Mt. Wellington which is often snow capped. For this reason it can get very cold as the wind whistles off the snow right down the main street of the city shops. Still. The locals are very resilient and love their alfresco dining outside with the fire pot burning. You can see them sitting there enjoying an evening meal rugged up in their coats and winter woollies. There is so much to see in Tasmania and many tourists visit every year enjoying the vast range of delights. There is no way I can cover it all in this short article so I will have to try and expand on the range of treats waiting for you there in a future article.
Enjoy, Nick

Hi Guys,

Lovely place for a holiday, Enjoy, Nick

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Holiday Into History

Yes, the colorful past of Tasmania is still very much evident and a must for travelers who like to see a bit of history. Not like the history of Europe of course with centuries of grand buildings and structures but an interesting link to our past nether the lest. I want to go beyond the convict settlement and look at an other aspect of the heritage of Tasmania.

When I was only one year old, my Dad took a job as an engineers' clerk at the building of the first hydro electric dam in Tasmania. That place was at Wadamana which is practically the dead center of the island and still miles from anywhere. To get there now you still have to turn off the main road and continue on an unsealed road for quite a while. But it is worth the travel time especially for me reliving a small part of my past.

When we lived there it was a thriving little community just for the workers on the dam site but all the houses are gone now. The hydro electric commission would move them off to the next dam site and ready for the next batch of workers. However, the original hydro generation building is still there and has been preserved as a electrical museum and is really interesting.

If you look to the hills you can see the massive pipes coming down from the water in the lake above. There are several of these huge pipes which seem to drop straight down for many meters and must have created a lot of pressure at the bottom. That is what turned the electric generating turbine I suppose and the whole thing looks like a real engineering masterpiece. If you go inside the Station they have retained all the original turbines and have cut them away so you can see the workings inside. Quite remarkable really and very interesting.

Around all the walls they have posted the photo's of the building operation. And you know what. There is not a machine in sight. Those days everything was done by pick and shovel and wheelbarrow. Extraordinary. There is a copy of the advert from the nearest city when they needed workers. It simply said, 'Work available at Wadamana. Straw mattress provided., Apply on site, 3 days walk from Launceston'. How many applications do you think you would get today with an ad like that? In the back there is still the offices set up for the engineer etc, and preserved with a wax model to show you how it looked. That is where my Dad would have been.

The Tasmanian Hydro Electric Commission was recognized as a world leader in the design and construction of hydro electric dams and systems. So much so that their engineers where exported all over the world to assist other countries to set up this energy saving power system. Unfortunately, building dams became unpopular in Tasmania and so the commission was disbanded. Many see that as a real shame. Although there are negatives to damming water systems there are also pluses. Tasmania is recognized as having some of the best trout fishing in the world in some of the lake systems created. So if you are in Tasmania on holiday it is worth a look at this little known treasure of our past.

Hi Guys,

It was really exciting to see where I lived as a baby and even more so to see where my Dad lived and worked in this revolutionary industry.

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A Different Holiday

There are holidays and there are holidays. Some people are happy to go to the same old place every year because they are comfortable there. It is not too dangerous and it can be fun sometimes. Others want to get away to every exotic place they can find and do it all and see it all. Trouble is you are usually doing it all and seeing it all with busloads of other tourists with the same interests. That is ok if you like that sort of thing but what about getting away on your own and doing and seeing something where there is just you and the locals.

Imagine being in an interesting place with a fascinating culture with no other tourists about to clutter the landscape. Imagine how you could really soak up the atmosphere and enjoy the unspoilt culture. Are there any such places still left that are safe to go to. Where there are no major terrorist attacks or major crime waves. Where there are comfortable and cheap hotels to stay in while enjoying a fascinating culture and all on a shoestring budget.

This sounds amazing. Where are we and why havn't we heard of this before. Well once I tell you you better get there quick before everyone else hears about it too. I am talking about Davao City, the southern capital of the amazing Philippines. I only found it because my wife found me and I went there to get married. Now I can't wait to get back there and live permenently as lots of other x-pats have done. Don't worry, you don't see them about much so they don't spoil the landscape.

Davao is an amazing place. It is the largest city in the world in area with a population of about 1.5 mill. It is on the coast of the Davao Gulf and very sheltered so there is no violent weather extremes with the temperature a lovely 30 all year round.

Davao used to be the most lawless city in the Philippines but has had an amazing turn around with the best police force in the country and has been constantly in the top 10 most livable Asian cities. You can even drink the water straight from the tap, buy a large bottle of coke for 20 cents to go with your local bottle of rum, very smooth, for $2.00. MacDonalds will cost you about $1.00 for a meal and the best 5 star restaurant dining only will set you back $10/20 for a top meal.

Hotels there are not expensive and there is heaps to do and see. That is if you can get out of the large shopping centers with their budget prices. Shopping is so much fun when you can get a pair of shoes or a nice shirt for a few dollars. And the best part of course is the local people. Go into a shop there and you are a sir or a maam. Walk the streets and you will bombarded with the local smiles, all wide and genuine. For a people with very little money and basic comforts of life they are always so happy and relaxed and will just love you because you are you and a little bit different. School kids will come up to you on the street and offer a high five. Truckies going past will still call out, 'hey Joe' and wave and make you feel a little special.

There are always the sad things too like the dirty, hungry kids begging for a meal and the same in some adults who are caught short of something and need a loan. They always make it a loan and have the intention to repay it but will never be able to. But just to see a people so happy in their poverty is a treat to enjoy. You will marvel at the tall glass high rise with the lean-to shack alongside. Davao seems to be a modern city built amongst the poverty of the past with both cultures mingling with each other in a fascinating mix of old and new.

Just to cross the street there will have you in stitches as will a taxi ride as there doesn't seem to be any road rules. After three months there I was still fascinated by the travel systems. You will ride a jeepnee and tricycle as well as taxis and a mixture of other home made styles of transport. You will buy your food fresh from the street vendor each day. That very day's catch, fresh and so cheap. You will see beaches of white sand and beaches of black sand. You will come across lots of squatter settlements and see people bathing in a tub in the front yard. There will be cocks tethered there ready for the cock fights on Saturday. There will be a small pig roasting over an open fire in the front yard and lots of dogs roaming around. Scores of little kids with cheeky grins will come up and take your hand and touch it to there forehead, a sign of respect.
There is just so much to experience. If you want a holiday with a difference and one you will remember for a long time, check out Davao City Philippines. Might see you there one day..Nick

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Getting Married in the Philippines

Finding myself single again at a later age was not much fun. Back to living in a small apartment was a very lonely experience. To help things in the evening I would go online and email ladies all over the world. We had all met through an international dating site and it was a way for me to keep my sanity. One lady I met was in the Philippines and we became very close online.

Some people find it difficult to accept that people can become very close online but it is happening more and more now. I think because you are not face to face you can feel safer revealing more of the real you. Anyway, we eventually decided to marry so I arranged a return airline ticket for her and sent it over. I arranged a wedding celebrant and booked the honeymoon suite. She left her job and applied for a tourist visa. The idea was for her to come for 30 days and we would get married and then she would return home while we applied for a spouse visa. However, they refused her visa on the grounds that she was an unacceptable risk of non-return.

So much for that. It took months to get a refund on the air fare. I finally arranged to get away for a couple of weeks to go over there to get married. She met me at the airport with one of her daughters and we piled into a taxi for the ride back to her house. I was absorbed in the place and enjoyed the taxi ride as I just watched out the window at everything that was so different. I found it fascinating to see all the different things in this strange new country. Eventually we arrived at her house but only to drop my bag because she had arranged our government interview for that afternoon. This was to get a permission to marry and so it was back into the taxi and off down town. Another fascinating ride for me through the city in a place where there didn't seem to be any road rules. The taxi driver seemed to be quite skilled as he could maneuver through four lanes of traffic all going in different directions, while he was texting on a cell phone. Sometimes we were in two lanes and sometimes we were in three as he commandeered one of the other lanes so we were technically going the wrong way.

We arrived safely and into the government office and filled out the quick questionnaire. I passed that OK which gave us entry into the full day seminar that was on the next day. This was a compulsory seminar for all couples intending to marry. That was interesting as most of it was in Tagalog, the local language and not much good to me anyway. But it covered everything from relationship issues to birth control and was a really good idea. This gave us a certificate at the end of the day and from there it was back into the taxi to catch city hall before they closed. That was interesting in itself. We went into the marriages section and there must have been 20 or 30 ladies there all sitting at old typewriters. Not that they were using them as most seemed to be having a coffee and chatting or texting on their cell phones. texting is a major industry in the Philippines as it is very cheap and is the main way Filipinos stay in contact.

We filed our application to marry with the seminar attendance certificate and had it all stamped and authorized which meant now we were free to marry but not for at least 10 days. That gave us time to visit the pastor of my wife to be and arrange for our wedding in her church the following Saturday. We had a week to relax now and get to know each other which was a lovely time as she showed me round some of the city sights. We were walking home one day not long after and the next door neighbor rushed out to catch us and asked could she make our wedding cake because she had heard the wedding was close. No worries. We hadn't arranged one anyway and she only wanted something like $10.

The big day finally arrived and we were married in my wife's church by her pastor who was a guy from the US. We were married in the morning and my new daughters sang at our wedding while their big brother played the keyboard. A very talented family and it was all very good. Then it was off to a buffet restaurant for a lunch and the pastor and his wife came too. My wife's family and friends were there and we had a separate room private from the rest of the restaurant. A lovely meal and the wedding cake was on a table when we arrived. That was amazing in itself. I have never seen one so huge. It was made of many decorated cakes on a spiral system round a pole and stood about 5 feet high. Instead of giving the guests a slice of cake to take home we had to give them a whole cake each. Amazing. A good time was had by all and I went to pay the bill. It was something like $2.50 a head which is incredible.

Everyone headed home and we went off for our first night together as a married couple. We hadn't got round to booking anything so headed for one of the better water front resorts and just fronted up at reception. Yes there were rooms available. Did we want a basic, deluxe or a resort suite. This is our honeymoon so we wanted the best they had. We booked in for a total cost of about $60. The prices there are really unbelievable. We had dinner in their water side restaurant which was way out at the end of a long jetty in the middle of the water. It was lovely and we had an outdoor roof top table. Evenings there are your typical tropical balmy waterfront heaven.

The room was OK but there was no hot water for the shower next morning and the kettle didn't work to make a cuppa in bed. Never mind. It can't be all perfect. The buffet breakfast was good as was the rest of my stay. I will tell some more next time. Nick

Hi Guys,

If you are considering a lady from the Philippines, go for it. It is a wonderful place and the people are wonderful too., Nick

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About Me

I live on the lovely Sunshine Coast of Queensland, Australia with my equally lovely wife Charm.
Charm is from Davao City, Philippines and she has been here in Australia a little over 5 years. Davao is a wonderful place, so much so we have started to build a house there ready for our retirement one day.
It really is nice there and not all that far away as the crow flies. It is actually closer to Darwin than Darwin is to Sydney. However, one has to fly the long way round to get there either via Manila or Singapore which is the way we prefer.
Davao is actually the largest city in the world in terms of area and has a population if 1.5 million wonderful people.
It is consistently listed in the top ten most livable cities of Asia so it can't be too bad.
Anyway, we just love it there and go back as often as we can which is never often enough.
Catch you soon, Nick