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November 30, 2005DitheringsI retired to a bar ( 'The Office', owned by an Englishman) to compose an e-mail to Nitokorn Piwong from the Irrawaddy Dolphin Conservation Society in Phattalung, but did not send it. It might sound stupid, but I don't want...Read this update SouthTaking the bus to Hat Yai was marginally less interesting that taking the nightbus to Glasgow—and nearly as expensive. I could have had a better deal from Khao San Road, but in typical style, I left the rest of the...Read this update November 28, 2005A winning daySome days just go right, even if I didn't fall out of bed until past noon and the sky is as grey as ever. I've got my 60 day visa to Indonesia and will leave tomorrow for Hat Yin, so...Read this update November 27, 2005IntermissionHey I know: I only just got here, but cut me some slag. John already knows that I've caught an infection or something that has made my left foot swell to about twice the size of the right and hurts...Read this update November 26, 2005Belated Birthday PrezziOK, so it's not about travel, but still. Look what landed in my mailbox on Nov. 24th: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24 November 2005 ----------------------------- Anti-nuclear campaigners cheer local councillors ----------------------------- Anti-nuclear campaigners cheered local West Berkshire councillors last night, as...Read this update November 25, 2005Bangkok Birthday BlissThe evening improved the moment I sat down to eat in a very atmospheric restaurant in a quiet side-street, illuminated by candles and Christmas lights which were strung onto bushes of bamboo. I sat down and looked dreamily at a...Read this update November 24, 2005Bangkok Birthday BluesNot really, but the day got off to a bad start after I could not sleep until 3:30 am (again). So the first thing I did, before even jumping on a bus to the Indonesian embassy, was to relocate to...Read this update November 23, 2005The AgentIf I thought Khao San Road looks nothing like the movies then this is because I was not on Khao San Road, I was around the corner. This is Khao San Road: Travel comes from travail. You will hear it...Read this update I'm off!Here's a tip: when the plane hits turbulence, do not whip the eyemask off your face, open the shutter and stare straight at the sun. I'm lucky to have retained my vision. The flight was fine—after all the horror stories...Read this update November 17, 2005PayPal protects sellers (2)Sent off the laptop and provided PayPal with the tracking number, as requested. Or rather, John sent it off, because I could not find the time (neither can he, but he's the one with the car). Phew, that's it. Er...no....Read this update Final PreparationsFlights are (re-)confirmed. I checked through my Karrimor daypack, removed a broken buckle and deemed it roadworthy. It's currently rumbling along in the washing machine, along with the jeans I'll take. The sewing kit is on the desk next to...Read this update Posted by Denni on November 17, 2005 08:05 PM
Category: November 16, 2005Can we have a new laser facility--pretty please??The council has sent me a surprise letter re. the Eastern Area Planning Committee meeting on 23rd November when the small matter of the Replacement Laser Facility (Orion) at our Friendly Neighbourhood Atomic Weapons Establishment will be discussed. As with...Read this update COR15--The conclusion.The Palm stays at home! Might take the card reader, in case I get that camera. I don't now why this makes me feel naked when I have never in fact travelled with a PDA before. On a final note,...Read this update November 15, 2005Paypal protects sellers from buyersMore hassles. It seems that everybody is conspiring against me finishing my NaNovel—as if it would matter to the Gods... It does, however, matter to me. Life is throwing its bickering, little irritations at me. Last week, I spent what...Read this update COR14 the never-ending SagaUnderstand that ALL of my problems during these two months (yes, it will have been exactly two months by the time I'll step on that plane) derive from the fact that the Palm m125 has no word processing software and...Read this update November 14, 2005One week to go......and travel is sneaking to the forefront of my mind, even though (or perhaps because) I've hit a rough spot in my NaNovel. Watching 'The Two Towers' yesterday didn't help. After that piece of storytelling, why bother to learn how...Read this update November 11, 2005Ten Days to go......and I'm crapping it. Because NaNoWriMo is such a whirl, I've hardly gotten around even to think about this trip, let alone hang out on the travel boards, read my 'Wildlife Guide to SE Asia' (too heavy to drag along)...Read this update November 06, 2005With a BangFunny how customs change as you move a little down the road. Guy Fawke's Night is not celebrated in Scotland; if anything people there mourn the fact that the good Guy's gunpowder plot did not succeeed. Here in England it's...Read this update November 05, 2005Defense Against Vampire LeechesI haven't gone away—it's just that I'm rather busy with NaNo at the moment. But yesterday in the pub I met a mate (it was great to see him again!) who'll be off to SE Asia in January and we...Read this update November 01, 2005And we're off...No, not to Bangkok just yet, although my departure is imminent: Instead, NaNo has started. This is my first progress report:...Read this update |
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