Posts Tagged ‘email’
In buddhism, travel on
11 March 2010 tagged airport, armoured personnel carrier, army, baksheesh, book, canal, caretaker, chowkhang gompa, coffee, computer, dal lake, email, fish temple, flight, floating store, french wife, gompa, hill, hindu, horse, hotel, houseboat, india, indian, indian archaeological society, internet cafe, islam, island, kashmir, kashmir valley, ladakh, leh, marijuana, military, mohammad, monastery, money, mosque, mountain, movie, muslim, pahalgan, paulo cohelo, people, photo, photography, photos, picture, riding, runway, school, sledding, snacks, snow, soldiers, srinigar, stars, strike, temple, the zahir, tibetan restaurant, victoria, view, weather with no comments
day 346 — it snowed like mad the whole day. after breakfast i walked around town taking phởtographs of the snow. it was a lot of fun because people were happy to let me take their picture — even though it was snowing and freezing cold. i returned to chowkhang gompa and took some phởtos […]
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11 March 2010 tagged acute mountain sickness, airport, altitude, ams, beanie, book, buddhism, buddhist, ceremony, chess, children, chowkhang gompa, cold, dalai lama, email, flight, goa, gompa, heater, hemis gompa, ice hockey, india, internet cafe, jacket, kashmir, kids, korean monastery, ladakh, lama, leh, leh palace, market, monastery, namgyal tsemo gompa, palace, paolo cohelo, photograph, prayer, retread, shay gompa, skating, skating rink, snow, soma gompa, stok gompa, taxi, tea, temple, the zahir, thiksay gompa, thukpa, tibetan market, tour, tyre with no comments
day 341 — i got started early for my flight to leh. at 5am i got a taxi to the airport but had to stop along the way when the taxi shredded a tyre. retreads are very common in india and the quality is, in a word, shit. 10 minutes later we were going again […]
In rants, travel on
7 March 2010 tagged application, approval code, australia day, australian embassy, bakery, bed bugs, book, breakfast, bureaucracy, camera stores, chess, computer, connaught place, conversation, cult, delay, delhi, email, foreign ministry, france, hippy, hostel, hotel, india, iran guide book, iranian embassy, iranian food, letter of introduction, lonely planet, main bazaar, mumbai, music, natural born killers, new delhi, official, operating system, pakistan embassy, phone, prayer, religious, restaurant, salvation army hostel, shower, singing, spain, train, ubuntu, upgrade, visa, water with no comments
day 331 — australia day — i woke up, had breakfast and packed. the hostel had no water at all … so no shower … and i was covered in bed bug bites … again! i stored my bag and headed into town. i checked out a few camera stores, checked email and returned to […]
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3 March 2010 tagged anjuna, anjuna beach, anjuna markets, atm, baksheesh, band, bed bugs, beer, bom jesus, breakfast, bribe, chapel, chapora fort, chess set, church, cigars, coast road, corruption, delhi, diary, elsa, email, fine, france, goa, helmet, hotel, india, licence, live music, movie, mumbai, old goa, panaji, patron saint, police, salvation army hostel, scooter, spain, st christopher, st francis of asissi, sunset, taxi stand, tibetan food, ticket, tourists, train, tshirt, vagator, village, wednesday with no comments
day 326 — i arrived in goa in the morning and headed to the taxi stand to arrange transport to anjuna (the town in goa where i’d decided to stay). at the stand i met a french girl called elsa who’d been on the bunk directly beneath me. we hadn’t spoken on the train, but […]
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 […]
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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 australia, korea, travel on
25 December 2009 tagged air asia, alcohol, australia, bandar seri begawan, bangar, bangkok, beer, boat, borneo, breakfast, brunei, bsb, canal, carlsberg, chicken, cigar, city, dominican republic, duty free, email, ferry, flights, guesthouse, island, japan, kimchi jiggae, korea, korean restaurant, kota kinabalu, malaysia, mall, martini, memorial, mosque, museum, muslim, palau labuan, photos, prayer, river, satay, soldiers, sunset, surrender, travel, travel agent, visa, worldwar, ww2, wwii with no comments
day 296 — in the morning i walked into town again. i checked a couple of travel agents and realised my plan (to fly to bangkok via brunei) was going to be too expensive. i gave up and walked back across town. on the way i found a korean restaurant and decided to grab some […]
In buddhism, photography stuff, travel on
25 December 2009 tagged airport, beer, beggar, boardwalk, book, breafkast, buddhism, buddhist, burmese, bus, canada, chatting, chess, christina, coffee, dinner, drunk, email, event, flea market, flight, foreigners, fourfourtwo, guesthouse, hangover, internet, junk, kl central, korea, kota kinabalu, kuala lumpur, lonely planet, long bar, long island ice tea, lunch, magazines, malaysia, margarita, market, mcdonalds, muffin, photography, photography book store, photos, portrait, post, raffle's hotel, razamataz, sabah, singapore, sreet market, starbucks, steve mccurry, street cafe, temple, ticket, tourist, train, travel, travel agents, waiter, wifi with no comments
day 291 — i got another early start and headed to kl central station. i bought a flight to kota kinabalu and a return train ticket to singapore. it was a busy morning, so i raced back to my hotel and checked out. i stored my bag and returned to the train station to make […]
In computers & internet, travel on
25 December 2009 tagged 85mm, american psycho, atm, banana pancake, beer, book, breakfast, bret eaton elis, bukit lawang, burma, burmese refugee, bus, camera, chinatown, christina, dinner, email, embassy official, f1.8, ferry, flight, food, georgetown, hindu temple, hotel, indian visa, indonesia, labyrinth, lake, lens, linux, lunch, mail, malaysia, mcdonalds, medan, minibus, money, myanmar, myanmar embassy, nikon, orangutan rehabilitation centre, parapat, passport, petronas twin towers, photographs, post office, rain, reggae bar, street cafe, taxi, terminal, the beach, ticket, tourist, travel, tshirt, tuk tu, united nations refugee status, visa, waiter, wifi with no comments
day 286 — being on the lake made me feel lazy (well, lazier than usual) and i decided to stay and do some reading. i sold my copy of ‘the beach’ (which was actually very, very good) and snagged a copy of ‘american psycho’ by bret eaton elis. i’ve read it before, but it was […]
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25 December 2009 tagged angry, animals, beer, book, breakfast, bukittingi, bus, chess, company, cop, email, fight, hotel, indonesia, lake, laundry, markets, mosquito net, padang, parapat, passengers, police, police station, sleep, sumatra, taxi, tourist haven, tuk tuk, wifi, zoo with no comments
day 281 — today i spent the entire day on the bus. it was a long, boring trip. i managed to get some sleep a few times and i wore ear plugs for most of the trip (to drown out the indo-pop that they insisted on playing at full volume). i talked to the bus […]
In australia, travel on
16 December 2009 tagged australia, bali, beer, book, breakfast, coffee, couchsurfing, darwin, didgeridoo, drunk, email, girl, guitar, hippies, hong kong, indonesian embassy, internet, kennis, lessons, marijuana, murray, noodle, pot, remembrance day, shopping, sleep, store, ticket, tourists, travel, walkter, yha with no comments
day 256 — remembrance day — i had breakfast and coffee with a black fella called murray, did some washing and read my book. then i got the bus into town to sort out some travel arrangements. i was going to buy a ticket to bali, but was told that i needed an outbound flight […]
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28 October 2009 tagged application, communication, computer, email, google, internet, map, message, picture, technology, wave with 1 comment
today i received my google wave invite. my account is active and i’m currently enjoying looking at the wave interface. wave is the next leap forward in online connectivity. it has the ability to mashup email, messaging, images, video, maps, etc into one huge conversation.
whilst wave is still being developed some of the features aren’t […]
In computers & internet, rants, travel on
23 October 2009 tagged airport, bank, bar, beer, bookmark, chess, chopsticks, christina, coex, computer, czech restaurant, dinner, email, flight, hp, korea, mongolia, security, seoul, souvenir, technomart, travel, ulaan bataar with no comments
day 196 — i spent the morning online, catching up with email and chess games. then in the afternoon i went out with paula to the souvenir shop. i bought a few gifts for friends, including a couple of chess sets. when i returned to the hotel i realised that one chess set was missing […]
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13 August 2009 tagged airport, bag, beach, bike, boris, breakfast, bungalows, bus, cat ba island, chess set, commission, dinner, drinking, email, guests, hai phang, halong bay, hanoi, harbour, hire car, hotel, kayak, laos, minsk, money, monkey island, shells, skimming stones, snorkelling, sunset, swimming, travel agency, vietnam with no comments
day 151 — i changed to another hotel and spent the day wandering the streets of hanoi. i bought a small storage bag (for stuff to take home) and found the travel agency that was responsible for arranging my trip to halong bay. i checked the itinerary and booked a car to take me to […]
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13 August 2009 tagged america, beers, bombs, breakfast, bus, chess, concubine, email, foreigners, hanoi, hotel, hut, jars, laos, lunch, money, old quarter, people, phonsovan, photos, plain of jars, rice paddies, russian tank, shower, site, taxi, temples, tour, unexploded, uxo, valium, vientiane, vietnam, whiskey, whiskey factory with no comments
day 146 — today i did the full day plain of jars tour. the tour started in the morning with a look at site one. there are three sites in total. site one also consisted of a lecture regarding the rules for wandering around the plain of jars. normally, i’m not one for listening to […]