Archive for February 2010
In australia, buddhism, travel on
28 February 2010 tagged 1984, airport, apple, around the world in 80 days, australia, beef masala, beer, bookshop, breakfast, buddhist, burma, business class, cold shower, corn, dharma, dinner, dorm, email, flight, fudge, gaya, george orwell, hotel, hotel maria, india, jules verne, kimchi bokeumbab, kolkata, korea, koreans, loud speaker, market, money, mosque, mumbai, myanmar, package, sleeping bag, street stall, taxi, the bastard of istanbul, train, vip, yangon with no comments
day 316 — i had breakfast and talked to dave for a while, then started my new book ‘the bastard of istanbul’. the book annoyed me (focusing on how much armenians hate turks and visa versa) and i refused to read more. i’m sure the book has a happy ending and they all grow to […]
In cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
3 February 2010 tagged b&w, black, child, eyes, face, girl, himalayas, nepal, photo, photography, picture, portrait, smile, snot, travel, white with 2 comments
top — a girl shyly looks into the camera
middle — a happy local girl
bottom — a curious young girl
In travel on
3 February 2010 tagged air india, book, burma, chess, coffee, craig, cycle rickshaw, email, hammock, hotel, indian embassy, kolkata, lonely planet, mandalay, markets, moustache brothers, myanmar, passport, tattoo, tourist, train ticket, travel, visa, yangon, yangon united fc with no comments
day 311 — today was a fairly easy day. i had breakfast and drank a coffee at an outdoor café. i checked email and walked around town. i spent a few hours online in the afternoon, had dinner and slept.
day 312 — my morning routine had settled into breakfast and coffee. the small café had a […]
In cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix on
3 February 2010 tagged b&w, black, blue, boom, clouds, eyes, face, girl, himalayas, mountain, nepal, portrait, sky, snow, valley, white, wind, woman with no comments
top — a mountain and misty clouds
middle — a himalayan view from the valley
bottom — boom glances in my direction
In buddhism, travel on
3 February 2010 tagged airport, amapura, bangkok, battery pack, beer, blanket, boat, breakfast, bridge, burma, bus, bus ticket, camera, coffee, cold, customs, dhl, dinner, drunk, flight, hammock, horse cart, hotel, ice cream book, india, indian embassy, koreans, longyes, mandalay, market, monks, myanmar, new years day, new years eve, noodles, passport photos, razors, shampoo, soap, sunglasses, sunset, taxi, temple, thailand, tshirt, u myo aung, ubein bridge, visa, yangon with no comments
day 306 — new years eve — the day began with breakfast and chess online, after which i checked out and headed to the airport. i flew to burma and met some other tourists (two koreans and a swiss guy) and we all agreed to share a taxi to town. i had a few errands […]
In cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
3 February 2010 tagged b&w, base camp, black, clouds, crow, ebc, everest, himalayas, ice, khumbu ice flow, mountains, nepal, photography, photos, picture, prayer flags, rocks, snow, tents, white with no comments
top — mountains, ice, snow and rocks in the himalayas
middle — everest base camp, looking up at the khumbu ice flow
bottom — a crow amongst the prayer flags and the clouds
In rants, travel on
3 February 2010 tagged aids, bangkok, beer, blog, breakfast, brunei, christmas, christmas day, clown fish, coral reef, course, dinner, felafel, ferry, flight, guide book, hiv, hospital, hostel, hotel, island, khaosan road, kota kinabalu, kuala lumpur, malaysia, mark zusak, money, moray eel, online, palau labuan, pizza, rash, scuba diving, sea turtle, soi cowboy, sukhumvit, taxi, test, thailand, the book thief, travel, turtle with no comments
day 300 — christmas day — i woke up early and got the first ferry back to kota kinabalu. i arrived at my hotel and spent the afternoon online updating my blog. it’s christmas day! what other excuse do i need to be lazy?
day 301 — i spent the day finishing my blog, playing online chess […]