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June 29, 2004Living an advertHas 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...Read this update June 26, 2004You don't need beer to have funBus 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....Read this update June 23, 2004Tips for would be travellersGenerally 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,...Read this update June 22, 2004Travelling on a wooden benchVisiting 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...Read this update June 20, 2004How 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...Read this update June 17, 2004Hi mum, I've become a HinduSitting 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....Read this update June 12, 2004One hundred lashes in toy townMelaka, 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 -...Read this update June 11, 2004Annie and Mr BondKL 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...Read this update June 09, 2004A road into memoryI 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...Read this update June 08, 2004Of many things and many peopleHello 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....Read this update 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...Read this update June 04, 2004Thailand PhotosHi everyone, I've just added some photos to the previous five entries, starting with "Come and visit my mother". Hope you like them! Daniel...Read this update June 03, 2004In defence of snobberyI came to Kho Pha Ngan because I wanted to see some quiet and clean air after Bangkok....Read this update |
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