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Postcard from the Edge of the Flow
Sitting in luxurious ANA business class seat on the way to Tokyo, I casually flicked through a few channels and decided on a documentary of Hiroshima. The program featured a guy emitting a beam of light from head, who summoned … Continue reading
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Postcard from the Edge of a Pagoda
My advice to anyone: Go to Myanmar – and go now. Although in its infancy, tourism has taken root and like an invasive species, is starting its strangle hold. The country has only really been open since the military junta … Continue reading
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Postcard from the Edge of a Symbol
So my first trip to South Korea left me reeling a bit. Arriving at Incheon Airport in Seoul, I was expecting a high-tech, efficiently run airport, but immigration had the most asinine, inefficient queuing system I have seen since being … Continue reading
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Postcard from the Edge of a Fire
After moving to Singapore, one of the big attractions is to leave my tiny, hot and over-priced apartment (although you are welcome to come and stay) and visit the plethora of other, cooler attractions in Asia. My first trip was … Continue reading
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Postcard from the Edge of Preachy
So typically my Orlando visits culminate in theme park trip or two. Or three. However, having experienced just about every single ride currently available and the dearth of new attractions, I decided to save my precious tickets until Harry Potter’s … Continue reading
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Postcard from the Edge of Confusion – Part 2
(continued from Confusion – part 1) Other Interesting and Quirky Pyongyang Fun-fair – one evening we were asked if we want to visit one of the 3 permanent fun-fairs. We jumped at the chance and had a grand time. Huge … Continue reading
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Postcard from the Edge of Confusion – Part 1
The Journey It is a little tricky getting to North Korea; apart from the visas, you have to travel via China, from where you options are safe train or iffy plane. Thus, I found myself in Beijing, and spent the … Continue reading
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Postcard from the Edge of a Waterfall
Iceland conjures up many images, mutant volcanoes disrupting air traffic, banks that fail and a wailing Bjork – were these true? This was a chance to make up my own mind by circumnavigating the island in 10 days. First impressions … Continue reading
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Postcard from the Edge of a Lei
It all depends on how you ask the question. When asked if you want to travel 24 hours in a pleb-class set to spend a week on an active volcano near a former leper colony and watch some geriatrics prance … Continue reading
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Postcard from the Edge of the North
Some people may question the idea of spending a week’s holiday delivering post from a boat, but if that boat is travelling 2,600 km along the Norwegian coast from deep within the Arctic Circle to Bergen and visits some of … Continue reading
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