I thought I'd best elaborate a little on yesterday; I was a man of few words by the time I got home. Was a bit sad to leave San Francisco, it really is an interesting place and, I think, my kind of town (no gay jokes please). But checked out of the Queen Anne and headed to the Airport for a nice easy 11.15am flight to Austin, about 4 hours and 2 time zones away. A few days ago I mentioned a guy sitting next to me on a bench, telling the world and his mobile phone that he's just come [View Full Entry]

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Observation of the day - this is a hilly city, right on the coast, but there’s no wind. Not a breath, the whole time I’ve been here. Personal observation - I’m really pleased to be travelling through Bangkok at New Year. The newspapers today make that look really promising. It’s been great over the last few days, when asked who I work for I can say ‘Verizon’ with pride and knowledge that the person asking will know what I’m talking about. Verizon is a household name here. We have shops, tv adverts, we’re everywhere. So when I arranged to s [View Full Entry]

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There are a few things that strike me about this place. Urinals are very low down - only maybe a foot off the floor. I’m sure American’s legs are as long as mine - give or take - and I can’t believe their bits dangle noticeably lower on average, so it seems strange. Very noticeable when p!ssing whilst wearing shorts is all I’m going to say, i guess the urine has further to fall and accellerate...... Corner shops can sell booze, at whatever hours they can be bothered to open until. Australia has this so wrong. Pubs can be small and [View Full Entry]

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Right……so a bit of catching up to do. Day 2. Saturday, after sitting up writing this drivel on Friday night, I slept like a baby till midday, so I decided that it was too late for the bike ride. The alternative I came up with was pretty good. I walked the 8 k or so to the coast - walking west all the way to the open ocean. Of course I saw some interesting things along the way. A really old Grandma on a micro-scooter was very cool - bless!. And the Thanksgiving 1-upmanship was pretty funny. Some houses had a [View Full Entry]

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Today's been quite impressive in chronological terms. The 2 girls in the Berocca advert have gut nuthin. "we crossed 3 timezones and got the most out of our day'.......Meh! Left home at midday Friday. Stuck to my intentions and used public transport to get to the airport (there's a lot of trips to a lot of airports in the next few weeks, so I'm $50 ahead already). Travelled for 18 or 19 hours, and checked in to the hotel at - yep - midday Friday. Checkin was horrible, strange that people don't realise that if their suitcase is the size of [View Full Entry]

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So.....it's been a long old time coming, but it's all happening and happening soon. It's Tuesday night, and I leave on Friday afternoon. Not exactly ready for it all, but no big deal I hope. Work Thursday, up early Friday, dump the cats at their deluxe 5* accomodation then get going. Very strange to get on a plane at 330pm Friday, fly for 12 hours, and get off the plane at 11am Friday. Makes for, well, a very long Friday. All good. I'll spend the next 6 weeks gradually giving this stolen time back to the world, I'm only borrowing it [View Full Entry]

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