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December 31, 2004

The glamour, the glamour

'Travel is glamorous only in retrospect,' says Paul Theroux. I liked this sentiment when I first happened across it, but two nights ago it took on a whole new significance....

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Posted by Tiffany on December 31, 2004 09:15 PM
Category: Thailand

December 29, 2004

When too many tourists are barely enough

When we arrived here on Sunday morning, and everything seemed lacklustre, I was willing to accept that the fault was probably ours and not Chiang Mai's....

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Posted by Tiffany on December 29, 2004 03:16 PM
Category: Thailand

Anatomy of an Isaan chicken meal

One of the most reliably mouth-watering eating choices you can make when in Chiang Mai is to follow your nose to the source of the delicious grilled chicken scent that's heavy in the air near 'SP Chicken'....

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Posted by Tiffany on December 29, 2004 02:35 PM
Category: Food - the weird, the wonderful, the just plain tasty

REALLY little chairs

There is nothing that says 'roadside eating in Asia' like the obligatory Tiny Little Chairs that are the preferred choice of seating for the serious diner. These things are mandatory at all street stalls, whether they be in China, Vietnam,...

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Posted by Tiffany on December 29, 2004 02:03 PM
Category: Asia is easy to love

Scary Little Weird Guys

Something dogged me all the way through Vietnam. It was a lot more serious than the slightly dodgy tummy I picked up in Hanoi, and far more concerning than the persistence of the cyclo drivers-cum-touts....

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Posted by Tiffany on December 29, 2004 12:02 AM
Category: Things that perturb me

December 28, 2004

Tsunami after-effects

Life even as far north as Chiang Mai is strange after Sunday's string of disasters. Things seem to veer from hyper-consciousness of the destruction to a kind of surreal did-that-really-happen? kind of attitude....

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Posted by Tiffany on December 28, 2004 11:39 PM
Category: Thailand

December 27, 2004

News filters through

Hi friends - thanks for your emails asking if we're okay. We are both completely fine, having travelled up to Chiang Mai (in the north of Thailand) the night before the tsunamis arrived....

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Posted by Tiffany on December 27, 2004 05:43 PM
Category: Thailand

December 25, 2004

And visions of sugarplums danced in their heads

I promised myself that I would leave well enough alone and not touch the Christmas theme again. 'Enough has been said about Christmas in Asia, Tiffany,' I told myself - 'just leave it be.' Then everything went pear-shaped and fell...

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Posted by Tiffany on December 25, 2004 06:06 PM
Category: Food - the weird, the wonderful, the just plain tasty, Thailand

December 23, 2004

It's Christmas, so crack out the styrofoam

In Australia of late, when Christmas time rolls around, there has been a kind of sceptical murmuring going on. It runs a little like this: it's 35c outside, so why in the hell are we steaming plum puddings, roasting gargantuan...

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Posted by Tiffany on December 23, 2004 10:06 PM
Category: Thailand

Hidden Bangkok: a walk through Banglamphu

I don’t quite know what the stereotyped view of Bangkok looks like. I’d hazard a guess that it’s something to do with rushing traffic and neon lights at one extreme and ornate, gilded wats at the other....

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Posted by Tiffany on December 23, 2004 08:28 PM
Category: Thailand

What is 'runcible' and why?

As you might have guessed from the subtitle to this site, the 'runcible spoon' reference is nicked from Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat....

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Posted by Tiffany on December 23, 2004 05:15 PM
Category: About this Runcible Blog

December 22, 2004

I don't think I like blogs

I have to admit that it is probably significant that we've been on the road now for six months and it's taken me this long to get started with a blog....

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Posted by Tiffany on December 22, 2004 09:45 PM
Category: About Us

Thai Street Snacks

One of Andrew's and my major preoccupations when we travel is eating. If it's weird, we like it, but if it's weird and tasty we like it more....

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Posted by Tiffany on December 22, 2004 02:16 PM
Category: Food - the weird, the wonderful, the just plain tasty, Thailand

December 21, 2004

The Arcane & Beautiful Language of Pirate DVDs

Does the following statement - a must-miss of snoringly mediocre proportions - make you want to buy or not buy a copy of a movie? Discuss....

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Posted by Tiffany on December 21, 2004 09:55 PM
Category: Thailand

December 20, 2004

BKK, How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ...

Any recounting of the whys and wherefores of my love for Bangkok could run on and on ad nauseam. For the sake of conciseness, I will restrict myself to mentioning the latest reason for my crush: namely, a group of...

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Posted by Tiffany on December 20, 2004 10:07 PM
Category: Asia is easy to love, Thailand

Chatuchak Weekend Madness

I'm assuming it's not just me, and that anyone who's been to Chatuchak weekend Market in Bangkok will agree that there is only one word for this place and that word is 'delightfulinsanity'. The place is a sprawling mass of...

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Posted by Tiffany on December 20, 2004 09:26 PM
Category: Thailand

December 15, 2004

Bio

The concept is simple - us, one year, traipsing about the globe. Cruising at altitude out of Sydney with two OneWorld Explorer tickets in hand, along with too many books and sundry other bits of paraphernalia, we plan to see...

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Posted by Tiffany on December 15, 2004 03:49 AM
Category: About Us
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