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CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 26 Apr 2006 | Views [820] | Comments [3]
I stayed at the Foreign Correspondents Club (FCC). As one would expect the rooms were of a high quality and the beds even had a duvet, but they weren't half noisy. My room is not in the main building and after settling in I had to walk back to the main ... Read more >
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VIETNAM | Friday, 7 Apr 2006 | Views [1113] | Comments [6]
I met an English guy in a bar yesterday. Think of the pretentious English who think they are sophisticates because they have managed to settle in Spain and then multiply it by 20. He avoided my gaze like I was carrying bird flu and then spoke to the ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Wednesday, 22 Mar 2006 | Views [554]
went into an English bar tonight. Sad. Compare Thai bar to English bar THAI BAR Bar Girl: Hello Sir, welcome, what would you like Me: Heineken please BG: Where are you from Sir? what do you do? You like Thailand? Me: Lovely place <some banter>... Read more >
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THAILAND | Sunday, 5 Mar 2006 | Views [811] | Comments [2]
What an interesting place Phuket is. Yesterday I went to the beach to watch the sunset, not bad as it goes and I like the beach and there seemed to be lots happening even though it was closing down for the day. On my way back to my hotel I called in ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Saturday, 4 Mar 2006 | Views [516] | Comments [2]
Arriving in Bangkok from India is like rejoining civilisation. Of course it is a big city and very steamy in more than one sense of the word but I was so happy to see a clean looked after place. The hotel room was wonderful, a paradise compared to the ... Read more >
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INDIA | Sunday, 12 Feb 2006 | Views [665]
They're totally unprofessional, if there were a professional body I would report them. On numerous ocassions, and I have only been here 4 days, I have come across beggars eating who will interrupt their meal to hold out their hand to me for money whilst ... Read more >
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INDIA | Sunday, 5 Feb 2006 | Views [693]
I am in Kerala. The better known Cochin is across the bay but I chose to stay here because my hotel here was good and cheap, there was no hassle finding a bar, and Cochin fort didn't seem that attractive. In Cochin there was one pretty street that was ... Read more >
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INDIA | Wednesday, 25 Jan 2006 | Views [647] | Comments [2]
I arrived here yesterday and I will leave tomorrow and that's quite enough time thankyou very much. It's not that I don't like the place but it's like visiting Leeds. I have taken one photograph in my 1.5 days here and that was of a pub. Last night I ... Read more >
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INDIA | Thursday, 12 Jan 2006 | Views [3063] | Comments [4]
Although I have met some lovely people on my stay in south Goa it does seem to have a fair share of pretentious twats. The pretentious twats have an all knowing air, they have seen what the world can be like, admired its many mysteries, and they would ... Read more >
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INDIA | Thursday, 29 Dec 2005 | Views [549] | Comments [2]
I've never seen so many men with their hair in pont tails as I have in South Goa. They seem nice people although of all the people I've spoken to none has been a man with a pony tail. I have this horrible feeling that I may not be very cool. Christmas ... Read more >
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INDIA | Wednesday, 21 Dec 2005 | Views [612]
I passed a restaurant today with a sign saying it was owned by Jim and pat from Manchester. They do a proper English breakfast, they have fish and chips with mushy peas and Lancashire hotpot. The landlord was a bit of an ogre towards his staff, I thought.... Read more >
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INDIA | Friday, 16 Dec 2005 | Views [554]
I was in a restaurant with some old hippies the other day. They didn't recognise my existence but I recognised theirs. One couple were showing their age, they had put on a bit of weight and wore pretty comfortable loose fitting clothes but the other ... Read more >
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