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2 March 2010 tagged 1984, bazaar, bed bugs, beer, breakfast, cafe, caves, christian, commission, complaint, dinner, dormitory, elephant island, entrance fee, ferry, france, goa, grottos, guns, hotel, india, kolkata, laundry, lonely planet, lookout point, manager, mattress, mumbai, ngo, salvation army hostel, scam, shave, sleeping bag, station, street market, taxi, ticket, train, wifi, windows with no comments
day 321 – it was cold on the train and i had difficulty sleeping. without a sleeping bag i had nothing to cover me or protect me from the cold wind that came in through the gap in the windows. the morning was better and i sat in the sun reading my book and looking [...]
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 [...]