Travel Bits: August 2025

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 When my summer months are all about work..... 


We do not have such a thing as summer holidays in my part of the world. I live in the tropics, near the equator. If there is such a thing as summer holidays in my city, then we will be having summer holidays all year round. Because here in my home city, it is summer for each month of the year!

Nevertheless, I have not anticipated for my past few months to be as busy as they were. And no, it was not due to poor planning on my part. It is simply a confluence of events that somehow flooded my office calendar with work and more work between the months of June and August. And when September comes around, work will start to dip and practically disappear altogether for the last three months of 2025. Life has an interesting way of throwing unexpected things at us.

For the month of August, I am squeezing in a short 5-night trip to Bali with my partner. A short break in-between a storm of work! Needless to say, my work laptop will be accompanying me on the trip and I am expecting tp spend many a busy night hard at work while my partner sleeps blissfully just metres away from me in the hotel room. 

But a busy getaway holiday is still better than none, even if it will be a work-laden one. 🌏

During the trip, I am looking forward to long walks along the beach, with the waves lapping near our feet as we hold hands and enjoy the peace and quietness in the still of the night. As the night wore on, after tucking my partner to bed, it will be time for me to bring out my laptop and start working like crazy! 

That's my life!

Padi field, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia (2023)

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