Tag: Travel

• Sri Lanka : Much I Have Learned from You

  There’s Anna Martin’s blog on her  time in Sri Lanka on Facebook. She and I were one of many guests at our friends’ wedding there. I click on it, read it and share it  commenting, “Great blog. I learnt much from it.” I thought I wouldn’t get away with that lightly. Then Anna  asked me, “Share what you […]

  Andrew Whalan

  April 29, 2015

  Personal

  Anna Martin, racist, Sri Lanka, time in Sri Lanka, tourist, Travel, wedding

• Why I’m UnAustralian

  Being unAustralian is an epithet often levelled at people who don’t tow the line or aren’t politically correct. In that case I better explain myself. I believe in that Australia is a welcoming country where people of all races, colours and creeds put aside their differences to live as harmoniously as they can. Despite the […]

  Andrew Whalan

  April 11, 2013

  Leadership, Personal, Politics

  Australia, Australian English, China, Credit rating, Oceania, Politics, Recreation, Religion, Travel, United States

• The Introverted Tourist

  Halfway through listening about that last overseas trip I wanted to interrupt. I had heard something new and quite different about travelling overseas. While talking about meeting people in their own country I began to hear a quiet deference. Someone who wanted to tread lightly as an invited guest. I’m no traveller. I’ve been to […]

  Andrew Whalan

  March 3, 2013

  Personal

  Extraversion and introversion, New Zealand, Oceania, Singapore, Tourism, Travel, Travel and Tourism, United States

• Business Class and Back Again

  At last I’m on the flight home from Canberra. The flight was late, it was cold and raining and there seemed to be more people and luggage than the plane could hold…. The seat on my right was the last one left. And then two people, a lady and gentleman, came down the aisle. And […]

  Andrew Whalan

  August 20, 2012

  Humour, Personal

  Air, Aviation, Business class, Canberra, Recreation, Seat belt, Transportation, Travel