thecrashpacker's Guestbook

2nd May 2009

Hi
I agree, there does seem to be a real snobbery in the UK about coach/train travel in general. I have traveled across China and Australia by train and everyone I know thinks thats great, but when I mention that I want to take and overnight sleeper from London to Fort William I get some very quizical looks! I am plannng a trip through Europe and into Russia by coaches/trains and when I metion it to people, they react like its not 'real' traveling, people do see it as inferior to flying. I think it is small country syndrome, (either that or people have deep scars from bad National Express trips as kids!) it doesnt seem to exist anywhere else in the world that I have been. Very strange!

From Blog: Just keep driving!

18th April 2009

thecrashpacker
The Crashpacker

update
thanks, those were my thoughts after wandering into the demo and out through the other side, but it appears that the police here are being prosecuted for excessive force and possibly manslaughter after the protests. In the recent Thailand protests, 2 people died but the police/army have not been properly investigated or being charged... I guess one thing about England is that although it is not 100pc fair, it is a far sight fairer than most. The news over here is making a massive thing out of these charges. Its amazing though that with so many cameras recording every angle of the protests, there are only a couple of bits of abusive footage, therefore, hours of perfectly friendly, non abusive protesting. Not the ugly, demonic scenes that the news wants to project.

From Blog: Theatre on the Frontline

17th April 2009

JonathanCampion
Jonathan Campion

Thanks.
I really enjoyed this blog, as I do all of your writing. Your observation about "protesting as posturing" is spot on. J.

From Blog: Theatre on the Frontline

24th March 2009

thecrashpacker
The Crashpacker

ha!
cheers!

From Blog: Seasonaires at Sixty miles an hour

24th March 2009

Kate
non-member comment

Spot on!
I am Aussie, I did a season in Whistler, and you hit the nail on the head with your article. Superb piece of writing! It brought back a lot of memories! K

From Blog: Seasonaires at Sixty miles an hour

24th March 2009

Jo Trouble
Jo McCarthy

You made this Kiwi snowboarder laugh :-)

From Blog: Seasonaires at Sixty miles an hour

3rd March 2009

LukeIRL
Luke

heh
It speaks volumes!

From Blog: Generic Ko-San Blog entry

2nd March 2009

liliram
liliram

Awww..........
No painkiller? Ugghhh......can't imagine the pain!

From Blog: Dead Leg IV

2nd March 2009

harshal
non-member comment

nice
nice blog

From Blog: Dead Leg IV

2nd March 2009

Sanjana
non-member comment

Great
Great Experience..So thrilling and exciting.. http://www.floridabeachestorivers.com/

From Blog: Dead Leg IV

1st March 2009

generationk
G

haha
one of the most entertaining blog entries on this site

From Blog: Generic Ko-San Blog entry

20th January 2009

Incognito
non-member comment

WOW
Really like your style of writing, I just want to carry on reading.

From Blog: Dead Leg (1)

2nd December 2008

thecrashpacker
The Crashpacker

don't know yet - possibly four - i'm just scratching them out when i get a chance and looking back through old things i wrote at the time. I may go back and flesh them out as i discover old diaries, notes, tickets, things like that. Friends keep reminding me of stuff that happened that i forgot about too! thanks

From Blog: Dead Leg (1)

2nd December 2008

JonathanCampion
Jonathan Campion

Thanks.
Superb writing and a fantastic story - thanks. How many blogs will there be in the Dead Leg series? J.

From Blog: Dead Leg (1)

29th November 2008

thecrashpacker
The Crashpacker

update soon...
yup, it's a pretty crazy story, and there's more to come. It happened a long time ago and i'm using TB to get it down, bit by bit.

From Blog: Dead Leg (1)

20th November 2008

Ali
Ali Watters

Just read 14 of your entries...
Fantastic - I've enjoyed every word - how did I end up here? - I don't know but I will be following from now on.

From Blog: Dead Leg (1)

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thecrashpacker

i never meant to go travelling, I just went. You start moving and can't stop, and when you do the inertia swells in your head like sea until the tides take you off again. I'm loving reading other peoples stories on travelblog and find it a really amazing place to research where i want to go in future, as well as just hearing normal peoples lives, away from the filtered and edited rubbish we are fed by the tourism industry and the cliched 'travel' sections of Sunday newspapers. ... full info