Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 26th, 2007
And this is a mildly amusing video of a tiny boat pulling a big boat. Enjoy. Hopefully there’ll be more videos soon.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 26th, 2007
This is a link to a video of Jim and I cruising around the ‘Kok in a tut tut. I inadvertently made the beginning look like a chase scene from a movie. I was going to upload it onto Youtube, but I cannee’ access it because it’s banned in Thailand! Menthol air waves.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 23rd, 2007
When I was writing about India I talked a bit about temple fatigue. The main thing to do in these countries is explore old temples. While the architecture is consistently interesting and occassionally breathtaking, it does get a bit samey. At the weekend I declined to pay 350baht (about 5 quid) to see one, feeling I was still […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 20th, 2007
A few weeks ago I was invited to write a fortnightly column for an American based politics website called Club Relaford. The column is called ‘Everything I Know…’ (so will probably be quite short lived) and debuted this week at Club Relaford. For direct access to debut article, click here.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 18th, 2007
Doha airport is small but very nice. Nick, a friend of mine who just got back from the same trip, said “there’s nothing to do in that airport… there’s a Costa Coffee and that’s it.” That’s not true. There’s a Costa Coffee and an internet station. In the latter I did some background reading on this […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 18th, 2007
I’ve always been a bit anxious on planes. One of my worst fears is crashing down in a huge stream of flames, every episode of Doctor Who I’ve ever seen flashing before my eyes as I do so. Fortunately flight number one of four is over and done with. I’m currently in Doha airport, Qatar […]
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