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June 29, 2004

Living an advert

Has my diary been getting a bit boring lately? No need to spare my blushes, though maybe boring's too harsh, but, maybe, maybe just things have been on an even keel for while - no great nightmares or triumphs. The...

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Posted by Daniel on June 29, 2004 04:59 PM
Category: Malaysia

June 26, 2004

You don't need beer to have fun

Bus stations, the grimier the better. There is a comfort attached to a wait in a bus station for a long-distance bus. You know you're in the right place, the sweet Muslim girl behind the glass assures you....

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Posted by Daniel on June 26, 2004 04:50 PM
Category: Malaysia

June 23, 2004

Tips for would be travellers

Generally in my diaries, I try to cut out the practical realities of being a traveller, the finding of buses, the dilemmas of what shoes to take, how I try and stay healthy and so on. I've done this deliberately,...

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Posted by Daniel on June 23, 2004 05:55 PM
Category: General Musings

June 22, 2004

Travelling on a wooden bench

Visiting the Cameron Highlands, I seemed to do more inside my head than outside it. I felt immensely peaceful, thinking lots - I was pretty much the lazy guy hanging around the guesthouse and not really exploring, the person I've...

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Posted by Daniel on June 22, 2004 06:04 PM
Category: Malaysia

June 20, 2004

How to be English

...without even trying Being English is not simply a matter of having a clever sounding accent. We have a system of beliefs and habits that only when I travel do I realise the strangeness of. So, taking a break from...

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Posted by Daniel on June 20, 2004 03:04 PM
Category: General Musings

June 17, 2004

Hi mum, I've become a Hindu

Sitting in a cafeteria, slovenly sleepy. Felt as if I've stayed out all night for some reason, stumbling now among waking up streets. Wearing the same underwear I slept in, a t-shirt greasy with today's and several other days' sweat....

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Posted by Daniel on June 17, 2004 03:10 PM
Category: Malaysia

June 12, 2004

One hundred lashes in toy town

Melaka, port of Sultans, Chinese and Indian traders, Portugeese, Dutch, British, Japanese, British again - now, after centuries, once more independent. Each group seems to have spelt the city differently: Maqacca, Malacca, Melaka -...

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Posted by Daniel on June 12, 2004 12:46 PM
Category: Malaysia

June 11, 2004

Annie and Mr Bond

KL is far more modern in terms of infrastructure than Bangkok - a richer, more developed city, I felt. The western-seeming the sky trains and huge shopping centres of ipods and cameras combine confusingly with the mosques and many women...

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Posted by Daniel on June 11, 2004 05:59 PM
Category: Malaysia

June 09, 2004

A road into memory

I took the bus out of Penang heading south across Malaysia. As we approached Kuala Lumpur, three year old memories started jostling to be reviewed. Three years ago I had come here on a two week holiday from work, stayed...

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Posted by Daniel on June 9, 2004 05:49 PM
Category: Malaysia

June 08, 2004

Of many things and many people

Hello everyone, here is my post from my entry into Malaysia and my first stop, on the island of Penang. I hope Malaysian readers will be amused rather than offended by any of my bizarre observations and inaccuracies....

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Posted by Daniel on June 8, 2004 05:05 PM
Category: Malaysia

Welcome to the Daniel Channel!

Hi everyone, posting this entry in a sleek matte black Malaysian internet bar. As I sat down, the man next to me was surveying the results of a google search on the word "playboy". I sighed mentally at spending an...

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Posted by Daniel on June 8, 2004 04:54 PM
Category: Thailand

June 04, 2004

Thailand Photos

Hi everyone, I've just added some photos to the previous five entries, starting with "Come and visit my mother". Hope you like them! Daniel...

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Posted by Daniel on June 4, 2004 08:22 PM
Category: Thailand

June 03, 2004

In defence of snobbery

I came to Kho Pha Ngan because I wanted to see some quiet and clean air after Bangkok....

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Posted by Daniel on June 3, 2004 06:18 PM
Category: Thailand
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