My Passion

Aside from travelling, netball is my other big passion. When I'm able to combine two of my passions, you can probably imagine how excited I am to be going to the World Netball Cup which is on in Singapore in now.

The New Zealand Silver Ferns are ranked number one in the world with our arch rivals Australia number two. Whenever these two teams play one another it's an exciting but tight encounter. Of course, its not a foregone conclusion that they will both be in the finals as the teams from England and Jamaica could be strong enough to make it all the way through the draw.

I've had tickets to the last three days of play for many months now and I'll be in Singapore in a day or two.

Singapore is a great city with lots to do and quirky architecture. When I was there for a few days a month or so ago, I was lucky enough to see a show - The Lion King. It was held in the amazing Marina Bay Sands which is a complex that wouldn't look out of place in Las Vegas! What a treat it was to see this show again, the first time being in Sydney.

This time, my visit will be primarily for that wonderful sport of Netball with some shopping and dining out when the game schedule permits me to leave the stadium.

Oh, I am a lucky traveller.


I'm loving ........ all the travel I've been able to do from my base here in Vietnam. Laos for a second time, Singapore, The Mekong Delta and soon Kuala Lumpur and Bali.

I'm missing....... home! I've been away too long.

I'm reading....... Destination Saigon by Walter Mason. I've finished it but this man is a wonderful writer who writes perceptive comments about life in Vietnam.