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| 30th November 2005 american | don't be an ignorant traveller - From: Misadventures in Cyprus I would recommned visiting a few websites prior to your trip so you can appreciate your experience. Had you have done so you would have known that the supermodels hang out at Ayia Napa, not Paphos. Guess you really pissed someone off to send you there - perhaps because you were so insensitive about the invasion. |
| 2nd August 2005 Cybersam | Get a real blog - From: Brian be back - thanks! Dude, now that I can't read your travel blog because you aren't traveling anymore. It's damn time YOU GET A REAL BLOG. ;-) Check out www.blogger.com!!! |
| 25th July 2005 Baris | Great writeup - From: Underground Cities There was Coke (no, not the white stuff) all over my keyboard as I read your write up. Your writing style is very funny and witty. You really captured a lot of the small oddities which make Turkey so unique and it sounds like you had a great time. I hope to make it out to Kapodokya sometime myself. |
| 11th July 2005 deadsea | Cypriot Pound - From: Misadventures in Cyprus Rather than arrive in a country and not know what currency they use. I suggest looking it up on coinmill.com Here is the handy calculator for the Cyprus Pound which you might have found helpful: http://coinmill.com/CYP_calculator.html |
| 21st June 2005 Lesley | - From: Europe Who is this Pugner person? First name? |
| 26th May 2005 marko | yahoo - From: Brian be back - thanks! yahoo http://yahoo.com |
| 26th May 2005 anonymous | yahoo - From: Brian be back - thanks! yahoo http://yahoo.com - yahoo |
| 23rd May 2005 anonymous | thanx - From: Brian be back - thanks! Hi! Good to hear you're safely home. Thanx for thanking me on your blog and thanx in return! Was one of my best flight conversations as well. Hope all will go well and if you're ever in the neighbourhood, drop by in Singapore! - tessa |
| 6th May 2005 Ali | Great way to end a great journey - From: Brian be back - thanks! Just read the list of thanks - what a great way to say thank you to the many people that helped you out or inspired you on the journey. Ps. The counter is a javascript one so less automated spider counts than you might think :) Enjoy the rest... |
| 20th April 2005 anonymous | - From: Angkor Wat "Between the pictures and the verbose text, this could be my longest entry to date. Sorry about that". Dont be sorry!. Loved hearing about your travels and you made me laugh out loud a few times. Outstanding pictures. Thank you for sharing. - hailrain |
| 20th April 2005 anonymous | - From: Back in Istanbul some beautiful pictures. I especially love the bizaar. - hailrain |
| 6th April 2005 anonymous | Budapest - From: Europe Hey Brian, if you have time, go to Budapest. I loved Budapest. - Caryn |
| 26th March 2005 anonymous | :O wow......... - From: Back in Istanbul woww..... simply overwhelmed and don't know what more to say.. :) - amy ong |
| 24th March 2005 anonymous | Guess you showed them - From: Reunification, Pugner style Glad to see you have not lost yuor negotiating skills! Why pay 3 when you can pay 7? At least you are doing what most of us only dream of doing. Keep on having fun and send some pics! Dad - Brian's Dad |
| 21st March 2005 anonymous | You are inifinitely more productive than Erik. - From: Reunification, Pugner style Thanks for your earlier blog entries so I could catch up. While you may not update often, Erik has updated zero times (test entries don't count), so you are the winner. - Rob Meyer |
| 6th March 2005 anonymous | Chiang Mai - From: Treking away Did you spend time in the underground night market? There are some wonderful artists there every night. - Dona, your mom's neighbor |
| 6th March 2005 anonymous | Pictures - From: Fun in KL Fantastic picture of the Patronas Towers. - Dona, your mom's neighbor |
| 25th February 2005 anonymous | Lost in Transition - From: Brian thinks better of Bangkok bed, bathroom, living room, bedroom, comp chair, living room, coridor, lift, taxi, off lift, lift, off, comp chair, pantry, comp chair, loo, lift, road, market, road, off lift, off, comp chair, pantry, loo, comp chair, off lift, road, mrt, lift, coridor, living room, bedroom, bathroom, living room, bedroom, comp chair, bed. it all sounded common, but everyday there's always something new to encounter. (like i meet different drowsy lazy cat every single night) Some interesting and some not, but then to each its own experiences and personal walk. That's what make life so differently interesting. anyway, so how's your transition been, my usa friend? - amy aka bettyboo |
| 23rd February 2005 anonymous | Nothing Lost in Translation - From: Brian thinks better of Bangkok Bri, you're friggin' hilarious, dude. I'm sitting here in Monterey, muchin' down on a well-deserved lunch during a well-deserved lunch break, just ROLLIN'. Not sure how much news you get about the U.S. in Hong Kong.... Some company, Choicepoint, got low-tech hacked and like hundreds of thousands of folks' personal info was compromised (Choicepoint claims only 145,000; free credit reports for all of them). Barry Bonds finally fired back saying that steroids doesn't help you hit a ball. Curious George has been on a roadtrip himself kissing european ass, trying to look like he's not. Oh and did you know that if a Flash client is running on Windoze that it can leverage IE's "Network Connections" component? Careful if you do SSL, if your cert isn't trusted, it just rejects the connection outright, no warning or nothin'. Great to "hear" from ya...keep the journal entries comin'! Gong Si Fah Cai! - JTigger |
| 19th February 2005 anonymous | shop shop shop - From: Satay with Sanif hey brian, thanks for the special mention in not one but 2 of your journals. i got the bed i was looking for from ikea - with some "un-pronouncable" sounding swedish model name. got to cut off about 10cm off the frame. otherwise my head would hit the ceiling everytime i wake up in the morning! ...those stoopid govt contract architects! just look at those narrow seats in the SBS public buses, not all singaporeans are not midgets ok..!! oops i almost forgot this is not a political forum :) ciao! - Sanif |
| 15th February 2005 anonymous | Tiger Show - From: Brian thinks better of Bangkok At last, you have witness the Tiger Show (aka ping-pong show). Congratulations. ;-) - Cybersam |
| 15th February 2005 wanderingbri | Brian's reply to Joanna - From: Fool me once shame on you, Fool me twice shame on me (then you) So I had already posted a point-by-point response to Joanna's comment that defended my actions, and refuted the claims that she made. After some thought, I decided that my response was purely emotional, and subsequently deleted it. Thanks Joanna for three things: 1. For taking the time to respond to someone's post that you don't know (I am presuming that we have never met here - am I incorrect on this?) and 2. for illustrating a point that is valid - some of the locals in Thailand DO in fact have a fairly negative view of foreigners in general for some of the reasons that you describe. I don't have enough information to generalize this problem to other areas of the world, or to say that this is specifically a problem with American tourists. I usually like to think of myself as one of the "good guys", but who knows - maybe you are correct? It's tough to say exactly how my actions are intrepreted by the locals that I meet. This is a debate that I leave for another time. Finally - 3: I was very surprised to see how I reacted to your posting. My ego actually took quite a brusing under your unexpected criticisim (to the point where I felt the best course of action was to attack you right back). I think it was good to be reminded that I can't please all the people all the time, and that some people will always disapprove of some of my words/actions. |
| 12th February 2005 anonymous | god!!!! - From: Fool me once shame on you, Fool me twice shame on me (then you) u really havent done much to disperse the Arrogant Righteous American-reputation you guys seem to have ALL OVER THE WORLD, with your "i did feel a little guilty (Joanna: well I should f**cken hope so!)..money meant a lot more to him...and getting paid made me feel better..." well Im sure it did, you sound like a real tight-ass jerk! like...how much was that 40 baht worth to u REALLY? and did it occur to u (I know the answer to this already but...) that...after u take out his fee to the owner of the tuk-tuk (oh yeah, u can bet 40B & ur [tight] ass that he doesnt actually own that tuktuk!), petrol..blahblah...he wouldve brought home...oh...50B MAX, for his family to feed, drink,sleep etcetc on for the day/night and ive just finished reading the rest of ur post...do u realise what a ridiculous image u are giving to us readers? your "saving" a whole.....US$0.50c by stubbornly walking 3 k's home. Im constantly amazed by how righteous your types get when travelling in Asia, your stingey whineing & posturing to save....a whole US$1...when back home you wouldnt even BLINK at throwing an Xtra $1 or 2 at some ridiculously overpriced beer in one of those wanky bars u tossers frequent! One final note: the hostels on Kao San Rd do not allow Isreali's into there for a very good reason, and that is because they would, by & large, have to be one of the 2 most obnoxious, arrogant, disrespectful to locals & their customs travelling races EVERYONE has encountered! They mostly travel in large SUPER-NOISY groups, dont fraternise with anyone other than other Isreali's, prefer to eat only their own food (hello??? whats the point of LEAVINg your own country if all ur gunna insist on eating is ur own food. Kinda reminds of another country I encountered whose representatives ive yet to meet a decent person from........(BTW: I have travelled & lived ALL thru Asia (SE, central & Nth), Europe...Sth America...) - Joanna |
| 10th February 2005 anonymous | oh my... - From: Fun in KL i swear on "me and the boss": ...that's a handsome look dude. i meant the one on the right in shades and sweaty tee. ha... on "John the baptist": what you did besides nearly reducing me to tears but also reminded me of a song. Can't remember which song is that except part of the lyrics talks about the street passing by a homeless guy. And... from what i know about christianity in malaysia, what the guy told you could probably be true. God definitely plant you there so that John could be bless with your generosity. you swweet... - amy aka bettyboo |
| 10th February 2005 anonymous | What beautiful essence you have captured in the picturess... - From: Treking away Like your lunch photo. You seems to be having the time of your life, eating your lunch with your hands and in the nature. :D Though my favourite is "salesman hard at work". My heart nearly broke when i saw that picture. And thank you for teaching me a good point. That is to bring some packets of balloons for the kids if going to poverty-stricken country. - amy aka bettyboo |
| 8th February 2005 anonymous | Shameless selling machine - From: Those crazy Singaporians! You shameless selling department of Sam. ;-) Pretty gutsy and always the man with the mission. Glad that you are alive and kicking in Asia. My mom said "thanks" for those egg tarts; they were like you said, delicious. I wish I am traveling with you now, it's back to system optimization homework. Alright, behave yourself. ;-) - Cybersam |
| 3rd February 2005 anonymous | sounds like... - From: Fool me once shame on you, Fool me twice shame on me (then you) ...a great adventure. massage should be super good for you especially when you been swinging from one place on the other on foot if not with wits. haha.. that should loosen some tension from your muscles. hm... and good thing that you went to a proper place. ha... :D - you should see me smiling foolishly at the computer reading your blog. man, i hope my mom wouldn't think i'm crazy. sorry man, didn't want to laugh at your pain. ha. :P but opps! there i go again... but i would say: "hang in there dude. proud of you." - bettyboo aka amy |
| 1st February 2005 anonymous | - From: Chow is the man! Brian you are a man-whore! Glad to see you are having lots of fun with the ladies (and men!!!) - Eims |
| 28th January 2005 anonymous | fun travels - From: You can all me Al Hey man - I just read through your travelblog - its fun to travel along with you. How'd you manage past 4am so many nights in a row? I'd fall over, even if I wasn't drinking. Anyway, good luck with the rest of the travels and your currency charades - Mike Hardy |
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