Icing the perfect cake….. Equipment: One long and thin rectangular sponge cake Portion of soft icing of your choice Icing knife Teaspoon Sugar granules Edible silver baubles Black food colouring Icing sugar Liquor
Monthly Archives: September 2016
Goodnight and Sweet Dreams
“The Night is Dark and Full of Terrors” –Â Melissandra – Game of Thrones A heinous man, not four feet tall, approaches the car. His long pointed noise, crooked and bent, sniffs the cool night air like a hungry wolf. Greasy long blond hair lies in knotted strands down his hunched back. Black beady eyes peer […]
Kazakhstan Route: Stage 2
Yesterday we left Kazakhstan and entered Kyrgyzstan. Here’s the route we took during the second half of our stay. [For all you stat fans: We travelled 1464km and smashed our previous height record by hitting 3297m]
“And your top three highlights are…..”
Now that we have been travelling for nearly three months we thought we’d both have a think about each of our three highlights so far. We didn’t confer on these and left the brief open. Interesting, I think, that most of these aren’t ‘tourist attractions’ or actual places we have visited but more a general […]
Kazakhstan Photos Pt.3
Kazakhstan Photos Pt.2
Kazakhstan Photos Pt.1
Lights, camera, action!
Friday 15th September – 8.27pm – Charyn Canon, Kazakhstan “I’ve never been so happy in my life.” “You’re drunk on wine.” “No I’m drunk on life.” “Oh you big fat hippy.”
Vive la Visa Revolution
I’m writing this with our Uzbekistan visas proudly displayed in our passports; so I’m now free to write about the long procedure we had to go through to get it. No possibility of a jinx đŸ˜‰ Firstly one has to fill in an online form with your details and print off two copies together with […]
New Friends in Almaty
Driving into the old capital of Almaty after dark was an amazing experience (for me at least) as I got to gaze outside the window at all the sights. The fringes of the city are lined with kebab stalls, fruit markets, small shops and restaurants. Both cars and people mill around in amongst the swirls […]