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  • Scooters

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    Collecting, as I think of them, the little moments from the trip which probably didn’t stand out as a big deal at the time, but which stuck with me. A German guy at the hostel in Hanoi mentioned the huge number of scooter accident injuries he’d seen during a two week stay in Southern Thailand.…

  • I’m Not Sleeping Anymore

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    I did some figuring, to try to work out how long I was mostly awake on the flight back. For these purposes, I’m defining ‘proper sleep’ as those times when I could lie down & be asleep for a decent period of time; Leaning against the wall of the aircraft doesn’t count, but sprawling out…

  • BKK to SIN

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    Slept pretty well at the hostel in Bangkok, and got to the airport in plenty of time for the flight to Singapore. I’d assumed that I’d need to get a Grab or Taxi or something, but the hostel had a ride option, which turned out to be “hostel owner drives you there”, at around the…

  • CNX to BKK

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    Mad it through flight one of the trip; Chiang Mai to Bangkok. It was an afternoon flight, so I got to have a leisurely start to the day; Breakfast at the café next door, chatted with a friend in NZ, that sort of thing. The Grab ride to the airport was mostly fine, though it…

  • I’m not sure how to feel about today

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    Got a breakfast Banh Mi, or what I’m calling a breakfast one since it had eggs & what I’m pretty sure is a hotdog in there. Also a cup of villanously strong coffee with condensed milk in it. Yes, it’s the same place as before. Stop judging me; I like it there.

  • Wellington to Rotorua by Coach

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    Unlike the other times I’ve caught a coach recently, this one isn’t me getting on at the start and off at the end of the trip, so I’m taking the Wellington to Tauranga coach, but getting off in Rotorua. I’m only mentioning this because it meant that I had to double check which coach I…

  • Wellington

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    Ahhh, but which version? The Depeche Mode original, or the Lacuna Coil cover? Down by the waterfront, there are these things, which I assumed were artworks. And they are. But they’re also public toilets.

  • Lego Relics

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    On the advice/recommendation of a friend, I went to see this, not really knowing what to expect. I’d been jabbed with a number of needles that day, with both a blood draw for testing, because my GP rather liked the idea, and a couple of vaccinations, because Hepatitis & Rabies really do suck and are…

  • Getting There

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    There, in this case, being a town outside of Indianapolis where I’m staying with friends because the downtown Indy hotel rates for that weekend were insane.

  • A Half A Day In Rotterdam

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    It’s been a while since i posted here, but … Haven’t been doing much travelling lately, nobody wants to hear about needful but unpleasant trips to to the dentist, and if I posted work-related stuff I’d probably get fired.However, I had a couple of days of “use it or lose it” leave to use before…