Today, the 25th of April, is ANZAC Day.

ANZAC stands for Australia and New Zealand Army Corps.

ANZAC day is a public holiday celebrated by both Australia and New Zealand to commemorate the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during World War One. The forces that fought soon came to be known as the ANZACs.

For children growing up in postwar America, the real-life British action figure known as Winston Churchill looms large. We knew him on this side of the pond as a portly and clever world leader who smoked cigars and saved his country (that we got to know in lit classes) from Nazis. Even little Texas kids like me knew by heart some of the "We shall fight on the beaches" speech from June 4, 1940.

"... Where there is Raffles Place you see The Ocean, where there are Shopping Centers you see nothing but palm trees. The Travel Film Archive has a 11 minute documentary called "Singapore - Crossroads of the East" which gives us a tour of the British colony of Singapore in 1938. ..."

Singapore Like You've Never Seen Her Before

"...Uncle, even an Ang Moh would know this not shortest way." Say this to your cab driver in Singapore when you are sure he's giving you a little extra sightseeing tour and wait if he finds a good answer to this one, i believe not, especially if you are an Ang Moh"

Angry ... What??

One of the most distinctive sights in Lima are its ageing 50s and 60s era buildings. The majority of these in districts such as Jesús María have long since been converted into multi-family residences, while others were built specifically for this purpose.

Singapore only exists since 43 years!
I am not a person of much interest in history unfortunately, so if I write something (this post) about a nations past, you can be sure that I’m only giving you the cracking and interesting ... READ MORE

My husband had this picture on his computer desktop. At first glance, I thought it was a Photoshopped rendering of Milan's canals (yes, Milan has canals) mashed up with some Swiss village. But it's actually a picture of Milan taken on an incredibly windy day. Wind is kryptonite to the Milanese as they are unaccustomed to it.

Part of the Lima PreColombina series

Public transport in Lima used to be orderly, clean, efficient and safe. Bus routes ran across the city in an organised way, drivers and ticket sellers were gentlemanly and vehicles were uniform, functional and spacious. This all changed with the Presidency and quasi-dictatorship of Alberto Fujimori in the 1990s, something that the old-timers of the transport industry lament.