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September 30th 2008

Published: November 11th 2008

Nha Trang Luckily for me the train rocked in around 11pm so it was too late to get some sun but sadly also too late for food at a half decent restaurant. So I opted for a roadside cafe (not a Little Chef, more like someone with a stove in some plastic casing) and sat down on one of their plastic chairs (looked like they were from a kiddies' tea party) whilst I pondered over the 'Specials' (no... Read Full Entry

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11th November 2008

REEVSIE
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THE TELEGRAPH CALLED...
Hi mate, from your unfeasibly long "blogs" (i'm sure they're meant to be short and brief accounts of your travels) the telegraph have asked if you could do an asian experience piece for them in exchange for free entry to next years FFL (Rob 1st, i'm 2nd same old story)! I'm sure you'll be please to know liverpools extraordinary luck continues and they are still joint top of the league. Re our travels we've managed to cram in some more beaches and look forward to bumping into judith chalmers along the way, who'd have thought you'd have burnt your usually bronzed body! Looks like you're having a good time and haven't scared off all the girls you've met up with (how are the cartoons going down in asia? hopefully more successful than blighty!) how long do you think you can use the "my shoulders still painful" gag as an excuse to visit "massage" parlours? The boat trip looked cool, re the cooking your own food any burnt eggy bread on the go? We're getting geared up for our trip and got almost everything so looking forward to that, any essentials you forgot or didn't take with you that we should? (got the sense of humour and good gags already) What malaria tabs did you take? Any side effects (they can cause two bobs!) cheers matey

11th November 2008

Lee Dineen
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When in Rome
Highlights - A cheeky re-appearance of the phrase.. 'when in Rome'... still gets me everytime. The guns struggling to hold the gun... keep working on those biceps ginge. Keep up the good work son !

12th November 2008

Cathi Harrison
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Public Comment
Under immense pressure to make a public comment (oh the stress) ... I liked the hidden tunnels and the white buddahs and the guns and the snakes. Its not one of my finest but it will have to do :-) I have stuff to tell you but will send you a seperate message. P.S I really liked the hidden tunnels! P.p.s. I still need to find out where you're going to be early next year so I can come out for some adventure. Keep in touch. Speak soon xx

13th November 2008

Matt
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Tv rights
As Reevsie pointed out the long blogs make me feel like you have saved me the trip out there by covering every point from the history to politics down to the social and fiscal policys. Good job not my cup of tea anyway. Thought it was to long for a paper to take on so emailed Palin for thoughts on a new show got an email back saying was Thailand near Florida and i didn`t win any seats there so no thanks. P.S thanks for the vote of confidence in my Keeping off to play tonight Dan Barry is my new nemesis

17th November 2008

GWK1
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Ronnie Reply
Cheers all for your comments........you'll be pleased to know that some of the next ones are a bit shorter...reevesie good to know that your time at home doing sweet fa has been put to good use. re tips, if i remember correctly that you are planning bkk, thai islands and sing you don't really need to plan too much as you can get most stuff in those places (you may need to stock up on your mail order miniature johnnies tho). For peace of mind you may want to get some medical stuff (ie rehydration salts any anti bs if you are susceptible to anything in partic) as over here they dish out any all kinds of stuff. my mate had an upset stomach and they 'prescribed' him valium. that was laos tho. think you may also be going to borneo, if you are doing trekking (unlikely) should get mozzie repellant and lucie should get ear plugs.. malaria pills - i went for doxycylin (think was my only option) and yeah they could cause stomach upsets that's why I er stopped taking them. main tip i would say is don't pack too many clothes (nor pink). you can get better t shirts out here (esp you). also, take float of USD (gd condition and 2003 onwards) for emergencies. drop me a line if you need more info.

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