Featured image: Intrepid Welwitschia Hunters in the Namib Desert, Namibia, 1 October 2023 Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 24 November 2023 This is the second article in a series on Southern Africa inspired by a birding trip to Namibia, Botswana and Victoria Falls with Rockjumper and two safaris to Chobe National Park in Botswana with Kalahari Tours and Kruger …
A Lark in Africa
Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 8 November 2023 This is the first article in a series on Southern Africa inspired by a birding trip to Namibia, Botswana and Victoria Falls with Rockjumper and two safaris To Chobe National Park in Botswana with Kalahari Tours and Kruger National Park in South Africa with Lion Roar Safaris. The articles in order …
Street Food Bangkok 2023
Featured Image: Buying a Take-Away Dinner at a Street Stall Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 23 June 2023 This is the second article on street food. Street Food in Bangkok is the companion article to Street Food in Chiang Mai. Another article on Bangkok is about the Klong Saen Saep Transport System. The article on street food in Chiang Mai …
Street Food Chiang Mai 2023
Featured Image: Cowboy Hat Lady, Chang Phuak Market Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 5 May 2023 Street Food in Chiang Mai is the companion article to Street Food in Bangkok. Another article on Bangkok is about the Klong Saen Saep Transport System. Articles in the series on food and restaurants in Chiang Mai are: 1 Akha Tribal Food, 2 …
Organisational Thermometer
Featured Image: Jock Macneish My Elbow Room Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 28 March 2023 Several things coming together at once prompted me to think about Fred Emery’s ideas and my involvement in them from 1979 to the end of the 1990s. First was involvement in doing politics differently and getting an independent senator David Pocock elected into the …
Food in Chiang Mai 7: 2023 Update
Featured Image: The 46th Chiang Mai Flower Festival 2023, Parade Float Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 8 March 2023 Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 8 March 2023 Articles in the series on food and restaurants in Chiang Mai are: 1 Akha Tribal Food, 2 Pho Vieng Chane, 3 Khao Soy, 4 French & Italian Restaurants, 5 Airport Plaza, 6 …
Angkor Guide 2023
Featured Image: Entrance to The Bayon, Buddhist Temple, Angkor Thom Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 1 December 2022 Angkor Guide 2023 Introduction We are thinking of going to Siem Reap and Angkor in Cambodia again as part of a trip to Thailand in January 2023. We went there for the first time ten years ago in 2013. Over the years, …
Passu Paradise, Pakistan: Our Trip 6
Featured Image: Corner on the KKH with the Passu Glacier in the background, Passu, Pakistan 1995 Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 1 June 2022 This is the seventh article in travelling the Karakorum Highway series. The others are: 1 The Karakorum Highway (KKH), 2 The Lower Karakorum Highway, 3 Besham to Gilgit, the Terrain, 4 Extreme Polo in Gilgit, 5 The Hunza Valley, 6 Rain …
Rain, Danger in Sust, Pakistan: Our Trip 5
Featured Image: Magnificent Glacier Riven Mustagh Ata, 7546m, between Tashkurgan and Kashgar, China, 1995 Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 1 May 2022 This is the sixth article in travelling the Karakorum Highway series. The others are: 1 The Karakorum Highway (KKH), 2 The Lower Karakorum Highway, 3 Besham to Gilgit, the Terrain, 4 Extreme Polo in Gilgit, 5 The Hunza Valley, 7 Passu Paradise. The …
Postcard from McLaren Vale
Featured Image: McLaren Vale Vineyards Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 1 April 2022 My postcard series is idiosyncratic. The postcards are short descriptions of travel and places, but there is no theme or rhyme or reason. They are short snippets about things that you might not have heard about or experienced otherwise. The series so far are: 1 Boudhanath Stupa, …
Hunza Valley, Pakistan: Our Trip 4
Featured Image: Lady Finger or Bublimating (6000 metres) and Hunza Peak (6270 m) above Karimabad, Hunza Valley, Pakistan. Ultar Peak (7388 m), Bojahagur Duanasir II (7329 m) are within 5 km. Rakaposhi (7788 m) and Diran Peak (7266 m) although around 27 kilometres away dominate the horizon across the river and the Karakorum Highway, KKH, May 1995. Breadtag Sagas ©: …
Extreme Polo in Gilgit Pakistan: Our Trip 3
Featured Image: Shandur Pass Polo Festival, photo by Shipton Trekking, the polo ground is at 12,300 feet (3800 metres) and the mountains rise up to 8,000 feet higher Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 2 August 2021 This is the fourth article on our trip up and down the KKH. The others are 1 The Karakorum Highway (KKH), 2 The Lower …
Besham to Gilgit the KKH Terrain: Our Trip 2
Featured Image: Indus Valley from Alai Road Looking Towards Besham Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 1 July 2021 This is the third article on our trip up and down the KKH. The others are 1 The Karakorum Highway (KKH), 2 The Lower Karakorum Highway, 4 Extreme Polo in Gilgit, 5 The Hunza Valley, 6 Rain Danger, Sust. 7 Passu Paradise. The Kashgar …
Clarice Beckett Painter, 1887-1935
Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 1 June 2021 Clarice Beckett Australian Painter, 1887-1935 rediscovered in 1971 Introduction We are house-sitting in McLaren Vale in South Australia for three-and-a-half weeks. I have covered house-sitting before in Germany and England in earlier articles. House-sitting is a great alternative to tourism because it takes you to wonderful places that you probably wouldn’t go …
The Lower Karakorum Highway: Our Trip 1
Our trip on the Lower Karakorum Highway in 1995 was in a simpler time & age. The trip covers Taxila, Abbottabad, the Kaghan and Alai Valleys…
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