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Category: Travel journal …

January 30, 2018August 8, 2018sarahnicho

The light of day …

November 28, 2017March 27, 2018sarahnicho

Paris is always a good idea …

September 3, 2017March 27, 2018sarahnicho

A rare view in rainy Venice …

December 7, 2012March 27, 2018sarahnicho

Stalin’s building …

October 28, 2012March 29, 2018sarahnicho

Bosphorus, by boat …

October 27, 2012March 28, 2018sarahnicho

Sacred ground …

October 25, 2012March 29, 2018sarahnicho

Mediterranean fire …

October 24, 2012March 29, 2018sarahnicho

Cotton on …

October 23, 2012March 31, 2018sarahnicho

Becalmed in Bodrum …

October 20, 2012March 27, 2018sarahnicho

Colours of Kas …

October 18, 2012March 28, 2018sarahnicho

Silk Road stopover …

October 17, 2012March 28, 2018sarahnicho

Whirling perfection …

April 26, 2012March 27, 2018sarahnicho

When second is best …

April 25, 2012March 29, 2018sarahnicho

Climbing to Canyon …

April 24, 2012March 27, 2018sarahnicho

On shaky ground …

April 23, 2012March 27, 2018sarahnicho

The big five-oh …

December 14, 2011March 28, 2018sarahnicho

Geneva’s festival …

December 12, 2011March 28, 2018sarahnicho

Pleasantest sensation …

December 9, 2011March 28, 2018sarahnicho

Mmm, macarons …

November 15, 2011March 31, 2018sarahnicho

Singapore fling …

November 14, 2011March 31, 2018sarahnicho

Bathroom with a view …

February 10, 2011March 28, 2018sarahnicho

Going the distance …

February 9, 2011March 31, 2018sarahnicho

Edinburgh …

February 8, 2011March 28, 2018sarahnicho

Sunshine to storms …

February 7, 2011March 28, 2018sarahnicho

Day tripping …

February 6, 2011March 31, 2018sarahnicho

Really freezing …

February 5, 2011March 27, 2018sarahnicho

Royal rooms …

February 4, 2011March 27, 2018sarahnicho

The Mackintosh house …

February 3, 2011March 27, 2018sarahnicho

Burns’ Scotland …

February 2, 2011March 27, 2018sarahnicho

Fresh Ayr …

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About me …

My name is Sarah and I’m a travel journalist writing features and news for a swag of Australian newspapers, magazines and websites.

This is my website, the place I post words and pictures gathered as I gallivant around the globe.

So enjoy the news, reviews, updates, random thinking and regular snapping – photos, that is – assembled here.

And hopefully you will find inspiration for your next trip far, near or here …

© Sarah Nicholson 2018

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What's new on Instagram ...

Is there anything more Italian than a red Vespa parked in front of a beautiful building in a Roman piazza?
Welcome to Rome ... and the city of gelato for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day turns to night somewhere over the Indian Ocean between Port Hedland and Singapore ... thanks to the SQ228 crew for making today’s first flight a cinch. . . . #singaporeairlines || @singaporeair
My Melbourne Monday ... looking down in the puzzle of railway infrastructure leading away from Flinders Street. . . #visitmelbourne || #visitvictoria || @visitmelbourne
... Sakura and sunshine in my backyard.
... flying with blue above and blue below.
... thanks for another wonderful visit Saigon 😘 I’ll be back as soon as I can.
... one last look at some classic Saigon architecture.
... selecting fabric at my favourite Saigon tailor.
... I found a salvage yard across the road from the Saigon Centre in District 1 selling all sorts of “antiques” as well as doors and shutters saved from colonial-era buildings facing demolition. . I would LOVE a couple of these to take back to Australia but I’m not looking too closely as I have absolutely no idea how to get them home. . And there’s an old cyclo there too for anyone seeing a new mode of transport.
... Saigon #doorporn. . A modernist beauty on the Independence Palace gatehouse.
... Saigon’s Reunification Palace by night. . This place always makes me think of Neil Davis, the legendary Australian photojournalist who covered years of the “American War” and stuck around in Saigon after the very last American soldiers left at first light on the morning of May 1, 1975. . He wanted to be there to see what happen when the North Vietnamese Army arrived so waited on the Palace lawns for the first troops to reach District 1. . His photos of NVA tanks rolling through the palace gates, and a Communist soldier waving the new regime’s flag from the balcony, are some of the conflict’s most significant images. . Davis survived bombs and bullets in Vietnam only to be killed during a tin-pot coup in Bangkok 10 years later.
... Saigon hair cut.
... can’t get enough of the view from my room at Liberty Central Saigon Citypoint Hotel.
... exploring the bones of the glorious - but now slightly disheveled - building at 42 Nguyen Hue Street. . This structure went up in the late 1960s to accommodate American soldiers serving in Saigon and then was home to dock workers from the nearby shipyard after the south fell in 1975. . The building is now home to indie cafes, coffee shops and artist studios making it easy for architecture fanatics like me to snoop around on the way to a cool drink.

What’s new on Twitter

  • Started my #Rome sightseeing a little early this trip with my @SingaporeAir #A350 flying above the #Vatican on appr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago
  • Watching day turn to night somewhere above the Indian Ocean between Port Hedland and #Singapore ... thanks to the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago
  • Tempting #Tasmania is awash with new travel experiences in 2018 ... from riverside glamping in the Derwent Valley t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 weeks ago
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