I’ve seen hope in America
And it shone from the face of a man a long way from home.
Jill's Scene
Here you'll find my thoughts about life, travel, books and, because I love a laugh, the occasional spoof. All this from the perspective of a small town, on an island, in a country that's too close to the Antarctic for comfort.
Nau Mai, Haere mai. Come on in!
Matariki, and for me the stars align.
Why, you might wonder, were we standing on the side of the road, in the country-side, at night?
I need three feet; no, make that four.
“The beauty of travel, as of love or terror, is that it regularly turns all your ideas on your head and reminds you that you really know nothing at all.” Pico Iyer
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Book of the Month: The Moor’s Account
How strange were the ways of the Castilians—just by saying something was so, they believed that it was.
Scooters and other matters in Bagan
Out and about in Bagan: If three can fit on a motorbike then two can go anywhere, right?
Bagan: panoramas and temples
Marco Polo was impressed and eight hundred years later I can see why.
ANZAC Weekend Charter Parade
Celebrate, commemorate, remember.
A meal to remember in Bagan
In Bagan, famous for its 12th century temples, we discover eaters’ heaven.
The Last Days of the Incas: my book of the month.
“They, the conquistadors, collided with an Inca empire ten million strong, smashing into it like a giant meteor.” Kim MacQuarrie.
The Glass Palace
What is truer than truth?
Answer: the story.
Jill's Scene 
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