Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 18th, 2007
The Thai island of Ko Pha Ngan is a veritable drugs paradise. The red bull contains amphetamines. You’re never more than a spliff’s length way from a possible marijuana transaction. The hotels are staffed by large, anthropomorphic ecstasy tablets. If it had a roof it’d be the island equivalent of stepping into the dense marijauana […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 15th, 2007
Imagine visiting Krakow in southern Poland and buying a special 2 in 1 tourist day trip. For the first part of the day you can visit Auschwitz, the site where thousands of Jews were systematically executed by the Nazi government. After this sombre, respectful visit to one of the world’s most haunting memorial sites […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 4th, 2007
Laziness is a bacteria growing on the air of relaxation. For every day spent reading in an Asian cafe, my desire to return to work decreases. Just like it’s easy to find the willpower to go to work in a 60 hour work week, it’s hard to get out of bed if you’ve had a […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 3rd, 2007
My latest Club Relaford article is up and you can read it here. As with last issue, I talk a bit about my travels in it. Do read it, it’s the kind of thing that’d get me shot or poisoned if I was working in Russia.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 2nd, 2007
While dining on the balcony of a restaurant in Siem Reap, Cambodia (the Red Piano to be specific, good food) Jim and I witnessed this spectacular lightening storm near the town. The storm was isolated to one cloud. At the beginning it looked like a van Der Graff generator, with the lightening […]
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