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On Friday, I saw a poster in the main street advertising a Samurai exhibition at the museum in Speyer. As I'd not yet had the chance to pop down to Speyer, and had heard it to be a nice little town, and as the weather has turned seemingly nice lately, I decided to go for a Sunday afternoon drive and check it out ( Read more... )

(Has it really been almost 6 months since I last blogged?)

Early last week, I noticed a package under the letter boxes.


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I thought I should blog this before I forget to. I stayed in Phnom Penh for three days, which allowed ample time to see the sights and soak in the atmosphere. The most amazing sight, and not in a good way, in the Killing Fields from the Civil War, in which the Khmer Rouge slaughtered thousands, especially, but not only, the educated, in their ( Read more... )

Well, I didn't make it to Hanoi. I am currently in Pnhom Penh. I caught the bus over from Thailand to the Cambodia border, where absolute chaos reigns. Got ripped off on my visa, plus they charged in Thai Baht and I didn't have enough, so I had to exchange some money and got ripped off again, and then got a heap of Riel, but most of the prices here ( Read more... )

Well, I arrived in Bangers, as the Aussies over here are calling, early in the morning on Monday. Caught a taxi to Big John's Hostel and caught up on some sleep. Public transport to the stadium is not the best, so I went a more unorthodox route of take a canal boat the grounds. These boats are used mainly by the local, cost only 12 Baht (about 25 ( Read more... )

Sorry for the long time between updates. In response to requests, here's an update ( Read more... )

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My tardiness in blogging the events of the Cricket World Cup Final have been rewarded, as you can now read all about it on Sophie's blog. And she has pictures (I forgot my camera). At the Irish pub below the Australian pub, I again bumped into Chris, whom I first met during the lead up to the FIFA World Cup. We caught the same train to Rotterdam, ( Read more... )