Women should be obscene and not heard. — Groucho Marx

Posts Tagged ‘sleep’

travel diary – day 430

day 426 – we slept in and then walked to town for breakfast. we found a nice little outdoor cafe and bought some food. the guy at the next table, who already seemed drunk, bought us some raki (local ouzo) and beer … at 10.30am. after a few of those, we were tired and a [...]

travel diary – day 285

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 [...]

travel diary – day 265

day 261 – today was my last day in australia. i packed and checked out of my room. i had a coffee in town and met kennis for lunch. she’d just returned from a kakadu trek, which she said was fantastic. we had chinese for lunch and spent the afternoon together. we chatted until my [...]

travel diary – day 260

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 [...]

travel diary – day 215

day 211 – after a sleep-in, i went out to a korean restaurant for lunch. i just can’t get enough kimchi jiggae during my stay in korea. after that, christina and i went to see the movie ‘one week’ at the cinema. it’s a really good movie actually. it was a bit weird at the [...]

travel diary – day 175

day 171 – today it rained all day. i’d been spending a lot of money in china, so i decided to stay at the hotel. i chatted online and played chess all day. day 172 – i packed, checked out of the hotel and went with hokuto to catch our flight to lhasa. customs and [...]

travel diary – day 90

the travel diary for days 61 to 88 can be found under himalaya trek. day 89 – i enjoyed a rare sleep in and watched some tv in my hotel room. i checked out and waited for ryan and boom in the restaurant attached to the hotel. due to a mixup, i didn’t realise that [...]

travel diary – day 55

day 54 – the ride to bago was long and shitty. travel by bus in myanmar is incredibly frustrating. most of the buses are used chinese and japanese junks. they’re old, dirty, rattly and uncomfortable. added to that is the fact that the driver and crew fill the bus with as much luggage and as [...]

travel diary – day 50

day 46 – after another great breakfast on the lawn, i rented a bicycle with the intention of riding into old bagan and exploring the pagodas. about 500 meters from the hotel i got a flat tyre. cursing, i walked the bike back in the direction of the corner i’d passed. an old guy told [...]

travel diary day 21

i can’t believe i’ve been in india for 3 weeks … despite everything, time is going so quickly. day 18 – in the morning i got a taxi up to durpin gompa. it’s the biggest gompa in kalimpong and the views are sensational. unfortunately, the entire darjeeling district has been quite hazy for the past [...]

travel diary day 17

day 15 (continued) – the overnight trip to siliguri was great. i slept comfortably for most of the trip.  day 16 - in the morning i woke up because the guy on the bottom bunk was talking so loudly. it turns out that he does everything loudly, when i got up an decided to read my [...]

photo a day #76 – the sleeper

let me set the scene for this one. i usually wake up at 5.40am every day. i shower and walk to work. i leave my house around 6.10am and arrive inside my school before 6.20am. the area i live is surrounded by bars, motels and is quite a seedy area … one particular morning i [...]

photo a day #24 – the sleeper