Feeling the high-octane energy in Ho Chi Minh City

The country may have been through two brutally tough years but as with newly established IPP Air Cargo it’s almost take-off time following the lifting of travel restrictions.

Of long beaches, dense forests and topical tropical nonsense

I suspect that another beautiful island off a nation’s south coast could so with such an economic stimulus. Offshore duty free in Tasmania anyone?

I can think of no better way to kick off the week in which Irish people around the world celebrate St. Patrick’s Day (17 March) than with a stirring rugby victory over England in Twickenham. Being there in person on a lovely spring afternoon on Saturday made the moment all the more special. Along with

Miscellaneous

March 5, 2022

From pea soup fog to the bleakest darkness

We must not forget the critical point that, whether you agree with the approach or not, the government here is trying to preserve the health and lives of its people

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January 8, 2022

Only three more sleeps until Christmas

Who would have possibly believed back then that most of the photos of people working in the travel retail community less than two years later would show them in masks?

Quirky

December 20, 2021

Twinkle Twinkle Little Earth – a timely tune from Sestus Omicron 3

“The closing four pages are so cataclysmic and catastrophic as anything I’ve ever done—the harmony bites like nitric acid – the counterpoint grinds like the mills of God.”

Miscellaneous

September 16, 2021

Funny where the time goes

On that day The Moodie Report was born. Perhaps in kindredship with its creator, it wasn’t a particularly beautiful baby. The first edition was a 6-page pdf. No frills. No photographs. No advertising. No subscription fee. And according to some, no hope.

Miscellaneous

August 16, 2021

Time to abandon the rear view mirror

It takes me 12 strides to walk the approximate 10-metre length of my room. That means 150 ‘laps’ or 1,800 strides to do my equivalent of the 1,500 metres. Today I plan to set a new personal best in a probably futile attempt to delay the onset of madness.

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