FRANCE | Friday, 13 Jan 2012 | Views [1182]
The basic tenet of Marxism and therefore socialism, as defined by Karl Marx: “To each according to his need, from each according to his ability” The basic tenet of capitalism is basically the opposite and could be described as: “To each according ... Read more >
Tags: capitalism, economics, snaking, socialism, surfing
INDONESIA | Friday, 28 May 2010 | Views [36345] | Comments [1]
The ‘4-handed massage’ is considered by some to be the
ultimate sensual experience: two people, two pairs of hands, working in unison
to overload the recipient’s nerve centre with pleasurable input; rubbing,
stroking and squeezing them into ... Read more >
Tags: bali, kuta, massage
SPAIN | Saturday, 24 Oct 2009 | Photo Gallery
An all-time day at Spain's best wave
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SPAIN | Saturday, 24 Oct 2009 | Views [2238] | Comments [1]
Winter had
come. It had been two weeks since the WCT road show had rolled out of town,
shaking its head at the travesty of a Brazilian small wave specialist running
away with Spanish gold. Two days since I first awoke to numb ears and the sight
of ... Read more >
Tags: mundaka, surfing
USA | Saturday, 25 Apr 2009 | Views [1100]
I'm back, after eight years. Eight years since I sat at the wheel and studied the sequence of reds and blacks, odds and evens, trying to decipher a pattern within randomness. Making smart money from dumb luck and vice-versa.
It's not as busy as I remember, ... Read more >
Tags: gambling, las vegas, roulette
SAMOA | Monday, 6 Apr 2009 | Views [5811]
In traditional Samoan society, there is a certain elasticity regarding gender roles. Both men and women wear lava lavas (skirts) and gender tends to be defined by the the kind of work being done more than anything else; fishing, hunting, building vs.... Read more >
Tags: apia, faafine, ladyboy, samoa
NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 18 Mar 2009 | Views [911]
Lately Isabel and I have been constantly reminded of weddings and babies. Parisa is getting hitched, Nick & Beanie just had a baby, so did Droidy, Mike's got one in the oven, so have Jools & Johno, Chris Moran... and so it goes on. Here in NZ ... Read more >
Tags: babies, names, weddings
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 29 Jan 2009 | Views [819]
The Gold Coast, or the 'Goldy' as it's known to a nation of abbreviators, is the Costa Del Sol of Australia. A place where every bus stop has a kid with a bodyboard wedged under an arm, every beach has a shower, a BBQ pit and a surf lifesavers club.... Read more >
Tags: australia, gold coast, obesity, sunburn, ute
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 20 Jan 2009 | Views [801]
We rolled into the small carpark next to a small estuary with oysters clustered over rocks at the neck, pelicans and gulls, and one Border Collie wading around the shallows, barking sporadically. Dusk fell, we ran out of cooking gas, drove around looking ... Read more >
Tags: australia, border collie, brulee
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 16 Jan 2009 | Photo Gallery
Travel Photos
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AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 4 Dec 2008 | Views [846]
It's not a bear, but you can see why they call it one; this is the closest thing to a teddy bear that lives and breathes (and sleeps, and sleeps). Two cloth ears of the softest, most feathery grade. Two stoned little beady eyes. A big black beetle ... Read more >
Tags: australia, koala
INDONESIA | Saturday, 25 Oct 2008 | Views [1335] | Comments [5]
While Kuta Bali is about as far removed from the Real Indo as it gets, Kuta Lombok is a different story. Here, tourism has painted the thinnest veneer upon the land and people, and beneath it lies a Muslim community where prayer call disturbs your sleep ... Read more >
Tags: islam, lombok, marriage
SRI LANKA | Monday, 25 Aug 2008 | Views [3496] | Comments [6]
8.00am: Wake up cold, with the fan blowing hard through the mozzie net. The sound of the surf crashing against the shore, the fan rattling, the yowling and screeching and squeaking of the dogs and crows and chipmunks. Feel the night’s bites start to ... Read more >
Tags: arugam bay, sri lanka, surfing
THAILAND | Thursday, 26 Jun 2008 | Views [3181] | Comments [3]
Glazed swollen lips synching alluringly or grotesquely through an Abba medley, My Way, Heaven (must be talking to an angel), Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend. The songs follow each other seamlessly, each one with its own costume change and choreography, ... Read more >
Tags: koh samui, ladyboy, thailand
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 17 Jun 2008 | Views [1691] | Comments [1]
So after leaving it way too late to get all the jabs I needed, I finally went to the doctor's to get some immunity from life's little biological assassins. Stab! Ow! Typhoid. Stab! Ow! Hepatitis A. Stab! Owwww!! Polio? Hard to focus on what she's ... Read more >
Tags: jabs, ladyboy, needle, nurse, rabies
