Well Written Blog Reading through your first paragraph, I thought you're a lady due to your shopping comments. Well, those tailors did do a great job hooking a man buying 11kg worth of clothes and shoes :-) or maybe this shopping thing is in you already, they just help you discovering it. I'd love to visit Hoi An again in the near future. It's been more than 20 yrs since the last time I was there. It must have changed a lot!
I was in Poland in October, and I agree with your sentiments on Warsaw. I like it for what it is trying to become. It was so strange to arrive in Krakow after being in Warsaw, but I fell in love with Krakow too (didn't witness any beatings on the street, but I do know who Kyle is).
I can't remember what the place was called, but it was right up near the petrol station, around the corner from the jetty. It wasn't cheap, maybe Us$20 a night or so?
Opposites Attract Amazing... that song was on Family Guy the other night... with the father dressed like a cat, taking the place of MC Skat Kat. Paula Abdul actually appears in the sequence and supposedly she re-recorded her vocals specifically for the episode.
Great writing again Harvey... looks like a sweet climb.
live and let live i really liked this post with your observations regarding anglo and latin societies. i can't say i disagree with your views (i'm a chilean raised in the US midwest who still maintains sentimental ties to chile). chile is actually one of the better, if not THE best run country in latin america, and with argentina and uruguay, the most developed, so these little differences you've noticed between australia and where you are now will only become more evident further on in your travels (i don't know where you're going). i find latin societies to be more permissive of just about anything, so long as it doesn't harm anyone, than some of the more supposed "free" countries we live in. you've picked some good countries for a first time backpacker. good luck with your trip. (and by the way, "the man" in the previous story sounds like a total ass, but i think you know that).
You've changed... I'm sorry but did I miss something?
A South American babe gets frisky in the back of a cab on the way back to your hostel after a night on the soup and your response is to go and lock yourself in your room?
Up to the room locking part, it sounded like a letter to Penthouse. Can you explain further?
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Reading through your first paragraph, I thought you're a lady due to your shopping comments. Well, those tailors did do a great job hooking a man buying 11kg worth of clothes and shoes :-) or maybe this shopping thing is in you already, they just help you discovering it. I'd love to visit Hoi An again in the near future. It's been more than 20 yrs since the last time I was there. It must have changed a lot!