Vietnam
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Friday, 1 Sep 2006 | Views [755] | Comments [2]
Sleep and Time I'm used to spending a week in a place if I don't feel like moving - inertia is my major driving force. Phase two of my travels consists of two months of package tours - the first a Gecko's from Saigon to Beijing; the second an ... Read more >
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Monday, 28 Aug 2006 | Views [782]
Kallisti "9", said Tom - an assessment of one of the girls on our trip. No holier-than-thou-ness, please: male or female you probably rate people too. "9.5", replied I, "until she spoke". I have a low irritation ... Read more >
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Thursday, 24 Aug 2006 | Views [614]
Those of you who enjoy the work of Jeremy Clarkson may be glad to know that I picked up The World According to Clarkson, a collection of his Sunday Times columns, a few days ago. Those of you who dislike Jeremy Clarkson will be glad to know that it ... Read more >
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Wednesday, 23 Aug 2006 | Views [813] | Comments [2]
You see and hear English words that are (practically?) unused in Australia - anyone know what a "suzerainty" is without looking it up, for instance? "Confluence" (a joining, specifically of rivers) crops up quite frequently - not ... Read more >
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Tuesday, 22 Aug 2006 | Views [717]
When Dalat, in Vietnam's Central Highlands, is viewed from a distance,
it gives a very Central European impression. Many of the larger
buildings are from French colonial days. The lake is a manufactured one; the
hills in the background natural ... Read more >
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Friday, 18 Aug 2006 | Views [1419]
In the minibus coming back from the River Kwae were A. and R., two
Brisbanites. "I thought you were foreign so I was speaking to you
really slowly", said A., on discovering I was also Australian - the peril of
being half-Japanese, ... Read more >
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Tuesday, 15 Aug 2006 | Views [738]
I think the last time I'd been to a zoo may have been Ange and Kieren's
wedding reception; the only visible animals small and tasty. Saigon's
Historical Museum was closed on Mondays, however, and since the zoo was
adjacent it seemed a waste of a ... Read more >
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Sunday, 13 Aug 2006 | Views [1040]
History is fungible Every War Museum I've been to has presented its own version of events; I suppose that the history presented by the Australian War Memorial is similarly individual, but since it presents a history aligned with what we learned ... Read more >
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