Another Shore ………….Berlin

Actually, it’s not that cold here, it just seems that way after Bangkok. A better word would be “cool”. I’ve performed several German rituals to get me back into the swing of things: a session at the gym, mooching around with everyone avoiding eye contact, having a döner kebab and bottle of Becks [...]

I’ve arrived back at the hub of European culture, and it’s COLD. Homesickness. I’ve turned the heating up in my apartment and lit a candle (actually an incense cone) in memory of Bangkok. Thanks to a little purple Vitamin X, I managed to sleep for 6 hours on the plane and missed [...]

Suddenly the time has come.  Skin grafts intact, new teeth clinging tenaciously to remaining bone structures in approximately the right positions and building work at the King Power Duty Free next door all but complete.  Just a small number of cosmeceuticals to obtain, one last Starbucks to visit (in Soi Convent, I think) and a [...]

I’m not certain that this link will work.  So if it doesn’t, please let me know! (Incentive for clicking link: there is a pic of the new teeth in there…)
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I HAVE NOT BEEN INSIDE AN AIR-CONDITIONED SHOPPING MALL FOR 6.5 DAYS!!
Nor into Starbucks, a metered taxi or anywhere else that makes me feel comfortable and well. Actually, I had a cold on the day I arrived in Hanoi, and missed the chance to visit the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh. [...]

I went up to the roof terrace restaurant at the Majestic Hotel, in the footsteps of the quiet American but was unable to find any trace.  The place has recently been renovated at considerable expense, but has been left with a rather sterile ambience.  Modern tables and potted palm trees make it “chic” and the [...]

I’ve decided to give Laos a miss, at least for the present, I think it’s for the best.  Instead, I am trying to construct a round trip Bangkok-Phnom Penh-Ho Chi Minh City-Hanoi-Bangkok.  It depends if I can get the Vietnam visa in 1 day, though.  I hope it will be possible, I am planning to [...]