don't be an ignorant traveller 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.
Get a real blog 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!!!
Great writeup 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.
Cypriot Pound 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
thanx 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
Great way to end a great journey 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...
"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
Guess you showed them 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
You are inifinitely more productive than Erik. 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
Lost in Transition 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
Nothing Lost in Translation 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
shop shop shop 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
Brian's reply to Joanna 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.
oh my... 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
What beautiful essence you have captured in the picturess... 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
Shameless selling machine 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
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don't be an ignorant traveller
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.