MALAYSIA | Friday, 22 May 2009 | Views [136]
Wretched, wretched. It's 9.30am, and I'm sitting in Kota Kinabalu International Airport, Terminal something. One or two. Not the budget terminal anyway. Having arrived in KK at the budget terminal and seen it in its midday-scorching-heat glory, I'm ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Monday, 18 May 2009 | Views [103]
Jason Mraz should feel pretty proud of himself. Probably unbeknownst to him, his song “I’m Yours”
is currently being sung, strummed, hummed and played obsessively by
jungle village dwellers along the Kinabatangan river in the east of
Sabah.... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Saturday, 16 May 2009 | Views [154]
When my little brother first started "big kids' school" my mother
used to walk him to school. When she tried to leave she would be
assailed by a barrage of wails. Anguish aplenty. She felt terribly
guilty about leaving him in such a state ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Tuesday, 12 May 2009 | Views [98]
Flight Christchurch > Auckland: 8am - 9.15am
Was told by travel agent to arrive two hours early. This time of day
very busy, apparently. Am never listening to travel agent again. Check
in counter not even open. Extremely tired due to 4.30am ... Read more >
SPAIN | Saturday, 5 Jul 2008 | Views [1806] | Comments [3]
On pirate beaches: There are various stories behind San Pedro. The first I heard was that it was a pirate beach and a pirate village. The pirates would emerge from the bay and attack ships as they sailed past. There was even an old abandoned pirate ... Read more >
Tags: pirates, hippies, beaches, barcelona
SPAIN | Saturday, 5 Jul 2008 | Views [821]
(Written late March, 08) How to find accommodation in Barcelona during Semana Santa: Quite simply, you can't. Don't even try. Not only will Barcelona be full of various Europeans on Easter holidays, but also every single American girl on "... Read more >
SPAIN | Saturday, 5 Jul 2008 | Views [820] | Comments [7]
(March 28, 2008) I spend a lot of time creating my own set of laws about the world. It's
in lieu of organised religion. People without organised religion still
need organisation to make sense of the world, but for me that
organisation tends to ... Read more >
THAILAND | Wednesday, 13 Feb 2008 | Views [3634] | Comments [1]
We walk in there half expecting to be ripped off. It's just a matter of how they are going to rip us off.
A drinks menu appears in front of us with all the usual suspects, but with no prices.
"How much for a Singha?" "Singha? Ohhh... one ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
CAMBODIA | Sunday, 3 Feb 2008 | Views [566]
On being gently and repeatedly murdered: Every day I spend in Siem Reap I am killed by cuteness. My hostel has balconies overlooking a busy street. Yesterday I was heading down for breakfast and I stood for a moment to watch the traffic go ... Read more >
Tags: People
CAMBODIA | Sunday, 27 Jan 2008 | Views [658] | Comments [2]
I haven't written about Siem Reap yet because I've been waiting for some sort of tidy conclusion to present itself, but there are no tidy conclusions to be had in this town. Therefore I am very pleased to present this wonderful and incomplete series ... Read more >
Tags: I suck
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