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Have you caught Crabs on Holiday?

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We actively try to catch crabs when we’re on holidays. 🙂 The best place to catch Crabs. Any river or ocean frontage that comprises of mangroves is perfect for mud crabs. Lucinda 139 km north of Townsville, Australia, is our family’s favourite crabbing and fishing destination.  Passing the 55km mark of Rollingstone, the country turns …

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Tuesday in Townsville or Chinese with a Downpour

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It was all Marty’s fault.  He went and declared the wet season over on a recent afternoon walk.  I knew then and there that we were in for more rain. On Saturday 12th April with Cyclone Ita situated somewhere up near Cairns we went to dinner at the Capitol Regent Chinese restaurant in the City.  …

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The Strangest Food I’ve Eaten While Traveling or a Cup of Pink Pickled Cabbage

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I am so glad BootsnAll posed the question: What is the Strangest Food You’ve Eaten While Traveling? for Day 10 of #Indie30 challenge. Answers I Considered. Poutines? – Only Canadians think they are not strange. Insects? – Nuh – 80% of the World’s cultures eat them. Liver and Pineapple Salad? – While these two ingredients …

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Sihanoukville Market or Phsar Leu Market Cambodia

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The business district of Sihanoukville Cambodia where Sihanoukville Market can be found, is on a small hill with the beach areas of Serendipity, Ochheuteal, Sokha, Independence and Victory spread below like a skirt front, while our favorite beach Otres is 5 km away on the outskirts.  Phsar Leu or Market Upper is central in the …

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Fantastic Friday Balik Emek at Eminönü Plaza Istanbul

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Where is EminönĂĽ Plaza? The plaza is located on the EminönĂĽ side of Galata Bridge in Istanbul. It’s all about the spectacle. On board the boats are huge BBQ plates and multiple cooks – cooks who don’t suffer from motion sickness.  Eminonu is a busy ferry port and waves from passing traffic cause the boats …

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Fantastic Friday and Cambodian Fish Fillets drying in the Sun

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This Fantastic Friday post is for the many people around the world who eat fish for dinner every Friday. Our noses led us to the next stop on our Tuk Tuk Discovery Tour from Battambang in CAMBODIA.  A roadside shed held wiffy vats of fermenting grey fish while beside them out in the open air, …

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Tuesday in Townsville at Relish Cafe

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Updated August 2018. Relish Cafe is currently closed. Relish Cafe has been open for fifteen months and I haven’t been!  Meanwhile their reputation has been building – reports have been trickling through. First of all my food loving friend had breakfast there with her daughter and raved to me about the combination of avocado and …

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Fantastic Friday – Cooking Paella for 300 People in Peurto Lope, Spain

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An hour outside of Granada, Spain, in a field between grapevines, our Cook was creating paella – enough to feed 300 people!  In the way of such days, things were running behind schedule and it was well after 3 p.m. when the Paella was served.  In this photo a whole jar of seasoning had just …

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