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  • This week’s sweet treats : 06/11/2015

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    What better way to start your Friday than with our weekly round-up of some of the many sweet treats we’ve eaten this week, at home and abroad.  Here’s five of our favourites! Clockwise from L-R 1. The weather was pleasant whilst Helen was in Melbourne recently and she enjoyed eating donuts (I say doughnuts) in Carlton Gardens from […]

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  • Return to Mowie’s: Gili Air, Indonesia

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    As much as I love trying new things, sometimes it’s nice to return to old digs for your favourite dish or in this case, multiple favourites. I’ve returned to paradise island Gili Air to visit friends at Mowie’s who I met last year when I was backpacking through South East Asia. In 2014 I got “stuck” on […]

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  • Mowies: Gili Air, Indonesia

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    Out of every place I’ve travelled to across Europe, Asia, America and Australia, Mowies is the one place which has wowed me the most, and here’s why. I’ve heard of many backpackers getting stopped in their tracks and stuck somewhere for a while, but after six months on the move, stopping for no longer than a week in each […]

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  • This week’s sweet treats: 22/08/2014

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    What better way to start your Friday than with our weekly round-up of some of the many sweet treats we’ve eaten this week. Clockwise from top left: 1. Ok, I’m taking a guess here. I think this is Helen’s breakfast bowl of yoghurt and fresh mango and pineapple and possibly muesli. Again, I think this […]