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| 4th November 2009 jhonny bin entalang | i want to find my father place.. - From: Getting an Iban Tribal Tatoo hi friend im happy when i see u the web site.. no i will like to be your friend. next year i plan to find my father kampung at sri aman at lubok antu.. hope u can help me a little bit.. if u fill free just sms my mobile fon on;0135555709. thank you my friend.... |
| 13th September 2009 An Erratic Traveller | Good news! - From: Across Southern China - the vicissitudes That's great ... it will be a boon. |
| 12th September 2009 Neil Hardie | Wuzhou railway station - From: Across Southern China - the vicissitudes If I may update the above information for other travellers. I returned from a visit to Wuzhou yesterday (Sept 11th 2009 and can tell you that Wuzhou railway station is now open. at present there is only one train per day between Nanning and Wuzhou which stops frequently and takes over 7 hours but is much cheaper than the bus. I didn't use the train because of time constraints. The project is still unfinished. The station concourse is still a building site and the access roads are unpaved so there are no buses to town. Be careful it is over amile on dirt roads and taxis are reluctant to do the trip. However this is a high level project with funding and politicla backing from the highest levels and in these circumstances things get done fast in China so I would expect the station to be fully operational with trains running east and west within a few months. |
| 19th April 2009 sarawakiana | Kapit - From: Up the Rejang River Dear Gillian Thank you for your remarkable writeup on the Rejang (You have spelt it Renjang) . I am looking forward to my own group trip to the longhouses of Kapit this Friday. My friend Daniel Yiek told me about your blog. It is indeed heartwarming to know that you have written about it and I am about to write about it too. You have a different perspective as a traveller and I will see what I am going to write. My previous 5 trips were made more than 40 years ago. So I am going back an an "elder". But Kapit may still be just the same giving me all the pleasures of someone going back to the forest!! Perhaps only the river is brown. But I may be totally wrong. Hoping to hear from you too. |
| 5th April 2009 Daniel | Sarawak Forts - From: In Search of Rentap the Iban Warrior Great post. I'm the author of Sarikei Time Capsule blog and someone left a comment on my blog re the condition of Fort Alice ... If you can, pls correct the typo (spelling) of Betong and Sarikei in your posts so that it's searchable by others. There are more forts. Search "fort" at this great blog http://sarawakiana.blogspot.com/ |
| 21st February 2009 Cpt | Truth - From: Peats Ridge Festival 2008 Peats Ridge Submitted by an arseclown (not verified) on January 2, 2009 - 16:05. Having seen the festival 2 years ago I feel the festival lacked the same lustre this year. The toilets, while still functional,were too few and not nearly as well set out.This last point resulted in the odour being somewhat less than desirable. The most noticeable difference was the change from a pine sawdust used 2 years ago, to breakdown waste and suppress odour, to this year using a regular garden mulch which was not nearly as effective.For some time there were not even any scoops provided to transfer the mulch, forcing some to use their hands while others just didn't bother. While we are aware that there were problems with volunteer numbers its hard to understand the change in infrastructure. The problems faced by various acts with the sound on some major stages were not lost on much of the audience and it looked like at lest one international act won't be keen again after walking off stage. The people definitely made the festival and a good time was had.We hope the above mentioned issues can be resolved. |
| 12th January 2009 An Erratic Traveller | Re: Composting toilets - From: Peats Ridge Festival 2008 They supplied large wheelie bins and substituted new ones as they filled. There must have been a huge pit behind the next hill!!! (It all worked rather well.) |
| 9th January 2009 Morag | Composting toilets - From: Peats Ridge Festival 2008 I'm aware of composting toilets, Polly, but how well do you think they did at coping with the number of people there over the festival? I'd worry that they wouldn't be up to the task. |
| 6th January 2009 Wen | - From: Peats Ridge Festival 2008 The grandkids would have enjoyed the restrooms, especially with the bear and elephant...maybe not quite so much the snake though...lol I'll be sure to show them this weekend. |
| 4th January 2009 Lady | - From: Peats Ridge Festival 2008 Wow! I didn't know you were on the road again. What a lovely place to be. Sounds like you had tons of fun here. Thanks for sharing! |
| 4th January 2009 An Erratic Traveller | Thanks - From: The Battambang Story There seem to be many different stories associated with her and different interpretations of them around. |
| 23rd November 2008 rikker | Buddha - From: The Battambang Story The "lady" is Buddha -- this is a famous scene from the life of Buddha. Cutting his hair was symbolic of severing his ties with royalty, as long hair was a status symbol, and entering the life of an ascetic. See similar art, for example, here: http://www.dhammathai.org/e/life_buddha/lbeng_page7.php |
| 27th October 2008 Jock Barr | - From: Bario, deep in Borneo The elder Kelabit in the Otter is, Ribuh Balang, he is the local parang maker. He had been a border scout during our time there in 1964. His daughter Rose runs the centre cafe, aside the E BARIO office. Regarding the sledges, the locals refer to them as highland lorries. I would have liked to have visited the now uninhabited Pa Main, as that was where I was based. Circumstances prohibited this wee trip, so it will have to be next time. Our Bario stay was in the home of Ngimat Ayu and his wife, Sinah Ngimat Ayu. while in Pa Lungan we stayed overnight in the home stay of Sipang Galih and her husband. |
| 19th October 2008 adam steven | Bario 2008 - From: Bario, deep in Borneo My self and 2 pals visited Bario in July 2008 a nostalgic trip as we were there in 1964 it had not changed that much ,We walked to a village that I had been in Pa Lungan It had not changed at all the people are lovely and we were made very wellcome ,one difference I noticed was the village hunter had a shotgun instead of a blow pipe which they had in 1964 ah memories |
| 8th October 2008 pilgrimtraveler | Fascinating. - From: Typhoon in Hong Kong This was a fascinating blow by blow of the typhoon. I wonder how a typhoon compares to a huricane....and why in the US the empty out the cities..... |
| 3rd October 2008 Lady | - From: Typhoon in Hong Kong We have recently been through our own hurricane. All we got was wind, but enough to knock our power out for as long as ten days in some places. What a wonderful trip. Thanks for taking me along! |
| 2nd October 2008 Wen | - From: Typhoon in Hong Kong You see and do more than anyone I know. Amazing...simply amazing. |
| 1st October 2008 Azam | Selamat Hari Raya - From: Across Southern China - the vicissitudes Hi Gillian! Selamat hari raya! Raya is on Thursday in Brunei, so yes, we'll catch up here over raya. How do i contact u in Brunei? Kim's planning to visit with you like u did last year. see you soon! take care |
| 26th September 2008 Lady | - From: What's in a Karst? Such a magical place. I love the pictures of the rock paintings. |
| 26th September 2008 Wen | - From: Across Southern China - the vicissitudes "No more boats" ....seems to be a reoccurring theme... You definitely needed to be creative in your thinking! Even without speaking the language, I would recognize that Coca Cola can anywhere. |
| 25th September 2008 Sarah | Beautiful - From: Bario, deep in Borneo I was in Bario 2007. It's just beautiful! |
| 23rd September 2008 Morag | Photos - From: When in Guangxi ... I'm loving your photos, Gillian. You have a really good eye for presentation. |
| 22nd September 2008 Dick & Debbie | Finally, you're visiting somewhere I am familiar wit! - From: What's in a Karst? Finally... with your visit to Hong Kong, you are visiting a place where I have been many times. It's been many years (20 to be exact) but I have many very good memories from Hong Kong. |
| 21st September 2008 Morag | Cute puppies! - From: What's in a Karst? I'm talking about the final photo, obviously! :)) |
| 21st September 2008 peta | Wow, you really are incredible... what a journey - From: What's in a Karst? Fantastic pictures. I'm so envious, and only wish that I had asked you to take me with you on your amazing journey. I feel I must go on those boat trips, and Hal would want to row!!! On return, I'll have to get you to 'teach' me how you have managed travel and writing and photos and blogging! Amazing. Breathtaking..... |
| 19th September 2008 peta | deeply envious!! - From: The Battambang Story working backwards thro your journeys. but deeply envious, and great pictures, both visual and written. Siem Reap has changed hugely since my visit in mid 1990s, but I never made it to Battambang on our project, so now I see it through your eyes! happy travels. |
| 18th September 2008 Dick and Debbie | Once a teacher... always a teacher - From: A Teacher for Fifteen Minutes You can take the teacher out of the school but you can't take the school out of the teacher. Nice story! |
| 16th September 2008 Morag | English Teaching in Cambodia - From: A Teacher for Fifteen Minutes This is of particular interest to me, as my father visited Cambodia last year to address the subject of English language teaching in the country. I believe it is a project at Government level, and they wanted an outside specialist to talk to their teachers. That specialist was my dad! |
| 12th September 2008 ben | it is not a 21st century mosque. - From: Music Festival in Kuching "A Brooke era fort, with a twenty-first century mosque under construction behind it."---it's not first century mosque..it is Sarawak's new state legislative assembly complex. very nice pic by da way. |
| 12th September 2008 Morag | So impressive! - From: A Mad Dash from Saigon to China I can't believe you are managing to make notes (I presume) and take photos in order to post a coherent blog, in the midst of all this chaos! A lesser person (me) would have given up now :) |
| 11th September 2008 Azam | My blog - From: A Mad Dash from Saigon to China Hi Gillian! Enjoyed your recent post- exciting! Apparently Wordpress is banned from China, so you can't access it at all from there. But here's my address: august13th.wordpress.com. Take care GP, look fwd to more stories from you! |
| 8th September 2008 Dick & Debbie | Vietnam by boat - From: By Boat Across Cambodia Great pictures. Thanks for the geography lesson. My oldest grandson enjoyed the pictures... they youngest two just wanted to play with the computer. |
| 6th September 2008 azam | Tongle Sap Lake pics - From: By Boat Across Cambodia Hi Gillian. The lake looks beautiful and serene... great foto too! What is that blue building that's taller than the others? Is it actually a house or what? Btw my new blog on Brunei food is up and running now: august13th.wordpress.com |
| 6th September 2008 khmerlander | - From: Sixteen Observations on Cambodia Oh, I also just realized that there I made a small mistake in my earlier comments. It should have read "Angkor is now believed to have been the largest PRE-industrial (not post-) metropolis" but I'm sure readers would have figured out anyway. |
| 6th September 2008 Wen S | - From: By Boat Across Cambodia Living where our rivers only flow in one direction, I was amazed to find out the Tongle Sap actually flows both at different times of the year, I just now finished looking it up and researching it; quite fascinating, as with the rest of your travels and experiences you have been sharing from there. |
| 1st September 2008 Mary | Pics - From: Sixteen Observations on Cambodia Hi Gillian. Not to worry about the pics - even though we await with baited breath. All in all, quite an adventure. I'm impressed with and enjoy reading it. Keep on trekkin'. |
| 29th August 2008 Di | - From: Sixteen Observations on Cambodia This is one of the best summaries of a country I've ever come across and the only one made by a friend...so thank you! You sound tired... x D |
| 29th August 2008 khmerlander | - From: Sixteen Observations on Cambodia I'm Khmer (Cambodian) and mostly agree with your observations. Just wanted to clarify 9 and 10. It would be more accurate to say that post-Angkor Cambodia has no urban tradition considering that Angkor is now believed to be the largest post-industrial metropolis in the world. and 10, the Khmer Rouge came to power because of multiple factors, and the Vietnam War next door was a major factor. Oh by the way, an important observation you may also have made is that Cambodians call themselves "Khmers" - which to westerners more relates to the Khmer Rouge. the adjective "Cambodian" doesn't exist in the Khmer language. |
| 29th August 2008 Dick | Smile... it makes people wonder what you have been doing. - From: Sixteen Observations on Cambodia Did you smile back? I'm stunned by the literacy rates! |
| 28th August 2008 Rebecca | where's ray? - From: The Battambang Story LOL! came here looking for you & ray's travel news but don't see anything -- am i looking in the wrong place? love free |
| 28th August 2008 Rebecca | Wow! - From: I Rode the Bamboo Train I have never seen anything quite like it - just awesome. |
| 24th August 2008 Dick | Battambang adventures - From: The Battambang Story The Battambang stories, pictures and videos were awesome. The videos of the bamboo train were quite a treat, I watched them with my two grandsons (11 and 4) and they were amazed. I am very anxious to read your comments and see the pictures and videos from Vietnam. Dick & Debbie |
| 23rd August 2008 brian | Great pics - From: The Battambang Story I guess when you finally get home you will be able to publish a pictorial book on your travels. If you di I will be the first to buy one, the pictures are amazing. |
| 23rd August 2008 brian | wow - From: I Rode the Bamboo Train Hi Gillian I see the adventure continues, how lucky you are I envy you. |
| 22nd August 2008 Lady | - From: The Battambang Story The pictures are beautiful...so much color and beauty in the scultures, ect. It seems odd to me that they would display the bones of the murdered. Maybe as a reminder to the sheer numbers who perished? |
| 21st August 2008 Di | - From: The Battambang Story Loved the naga picture the most...the killing caves are chilling and your guide's testimony was moving. Hope you're well! x Di |
| 21st August 2008 Lady | - From: I Rode the Bamboo Train I loved this about your 'norry' ride. How wonderful! |
| 21st August 2008 Lady | - From: Three Coastal Towns I have been on va-cay as well, so I am way behind on your travels. I am still loving all your pictures and the on going commentary! I'll be caught up with you soon:) |
| 16th August 2008 Tamara | Glad to catch up with you! - From: I Rode the Bamboo Train Wow. I'm glad to finally catch up with you. Your trip is amazing! I have a lot of catching up to do ... |
| 12th August 2008 Mary | More Comments About Buildings And Food - From: Three Coastal Towns When I scrolled by what you had for lunch. How spicy is the food? Mild, medium, hot, 3-alarm? Also, I like the Colonial architecture. I wonder if they will eventually restore/renovate the buildings? Keep on trekkin' Gillian. |
