Thebarefootfoodie

  Reflections on Father's Day Hi Daddy, you must be having a great time in heaven, together with Mum. Although we never had a close father-daughter relationship, I choose to remember those moments which were special to me - like the outings to Esplanade Park, Satay Club with Mum when I was little, accompanying me to take the school bus on my first day of school, how your face lit up when you attended my university graduation. Growing up, I have often envied other people's daddies and wished you were more like them. I wished I could talk to you when I had my first crush on a boy, felt ugly because my face was full of pimples during my teenage years, looked into the mirror and hated what I saw...So I decided that since I wasn't pretty, I could be clever instead, and lost myself in an alternative world of adventure, imagination and books by Enid Blyton, Alfred Hitchcock, Agatha Christie, Perry Mason, anything and everything I could get my hands on... At home, you were either...

 My recent road trip of Turkey traversed several cities. But it was mostly in Istanbul ( and a few more in Ephesus ) that cats who roamed the streets with the familiarity of a resident, independent and free, yet well-provided with food, shelter, water and loving affection.  On our very first day, we bought a bag of cat food and fed them whenever we encountered them. Some were hungry and responded to us, but others kept their distance, or came over to sniff at the kibbles and walked away. It warmed our hearts to see these adorable creatures as part of the landscape and culture of a most memorable trip in a land so richly endowed with the legacy of the past facing a challenging future ahead. Here's a gallery of cuteness overload. This link best sums up the history and back story of these adorable felines.  https://consciouscat.net/relationship-between-istanbul-and-its-cats/

  In Search of Art, Batik and Other Distractions NOVEMBER 7, 2022 BAREFOOT TRAVELS They say that three’s a crowd, but it didn’t happen with these three. Take one serious, but game for anything, one funny even when she’s serious, and one more funny than serious and you have a party. It was intended to be an arts and batik trip to Yogya ( aka Jogjakarta ) but thankfully, there were no direct flights to Yogya, so we also got to spend a few blissful days in Bali. SNAPSHOTS OF BALI If All Caves Were Like These...The Cave By Ryan Cliff at Uluwatu I Can Happily Be a Cave Woman.. . Mad Hatters after a scoop at Biasa - Oops my shopping bag looks a tad bigger 5000 lost souls by Liina Klaus at Potato Head Canggu is the place for digital nomads, or just restless ones. Chilling at Como Umo Canggu, watching the sunset The locals do it closer to the water at Echo Beach We were sold be their socially responsible tagline. Repeat visits here to oogle, then to their retail shop and outlet for a good ...