The end. An odd way to start anything but apt in this case because th-th-th-th-th-that’s all folks.
After 274 days and seven countries my trip is over: the last goodbye said, the last souvenir crammed into my now-decrepit rucksack, the last crummy guesthouse checked-out of.
As I type this, I’m suspended about a mile above the [...]
Entries from February 2010
February 16, 2010
Excuse me while I quote myself
February 8, 2010
Snaps anonymous
My name is Sarah and I am a photoholic. There, what a relief, I’ve finally admitted that I have a problem and it’s not being able to stop taking pictures. I have taken almost 8,000 in the last 9 months. That’s at least 25 a day.
Somedays I feel better and I can making til [...]
February 8, 2010
Goodbye HK, Hello KL
And so I was back in Malaysia, after the worse flight of my life turbulence-wise. It was like King Kong was trying to shake us out of the sky. Maybe it was a space lizard?
The leaving of Hong Kong was fun, with drinks on Friday night. I put in a request for the next job [...]
February 4, 2010
How now, Macau?
Since Macau has dozens of whole churches, it’s strange that the city’s most famous sight is just a piece of one.
All that remains of St Paul’s (a Jesuit church built in 1602) is the ornate facade, the rest having burnt in a fire in the 19th century. Despite it being in ruins, it’s still [...]
February 2, 2010
Is that a Twix in your pocket?
In newsagents in Hong Kong condoms are sold in front of the counter in bright Durex packets of every colour, flavour and variety – a cornucopia of contraception, if you will.
This baffles me as I come from the UK, where that shelf space is usually reserved for chocolate bars; prophylactics (ahem), if they are [...]
