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Lying in bed, waiting for my gf to come visit me. She went to Bangkok for a few days to attend a beautician course. Wondering about life and such. Really, what I am wondering about is the shortness of life. I am 53, still in good condition, but pondering what the future holds. There is little certainty, and soon enough we will die. Hardly original,...
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A new post, gee, I got 4 commenters last time. I must be getting popular. I am not sure, but perhaps I should add more personal angst to my posts? Most blogs I read are filled with pain, self-doubt and problems. However, my life seems ok, I have money, a few goals, few serious problems (none really) and the leisure to travel and enjoy myself....
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Ok, I have been enjoying life in Pattaya for the past few weeks, and have come to a decision as to what to do next. I will be attending an archaeological conference in Hanoi in early December. Wow, not too exciting you might say? Well, history and archaeology are my primary academic interests, and this hot chick from the Phils I met online will be...
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Ok, just awoke after a long sleep. Spent yesterday, 8 hours on a bus travelling to Pattaya. The previous night I was up till 2am chatting to an ozi guy about life, women, and stuff. Then up at 8 to catch the bus. For some reason, maybe the refrigerated aircon which the Thais seem to like (I was told That people 'hate hot') I find...
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A brief update:

I have been travelling around Thailand, hooked up with two different girls in two different towns . Been taking lots of snaps of various things. Have joined the sport of waymarking and geocachinggreat fun. Visited a few ancient sites. Met up with a few old friends, made a few new friends, and tried to avoid a few buffuns (both old and new)....
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Ok,
it has been a week or three since my last post, and what a great few weeks it has been! I completed my cruise ship trip on the Sun Princesstotally great, apart from gaining 5kgs. I ate maybe 6 meals a day, call me Mr Piggy if you want, but I also went to the gym everyday. I would recommend a cruise to everyone....
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A brief update. I have arrived in Penang, Malaysia, after a week at sea. The ship was fantastic, great food, great accomm, nice to be pampered. I am sure I deserve this level of treatment. From now until next Monday the ship will be stopping at ports along the Malay peninsula. I will disembark in Singapore and continue on to Thailand.

All the best.

Hello,

In a day and a half I will be leaving Perth for my return to south east Asia -- and this time, on a great big cruise -- no dinky little plane for this little black duck. Tomorrow I will be staying at a friend's place, and on Friday he will drive me to Fremantle, the harbour town of Perth, where my great big...
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Hey, you all. I bought myself a gift yesterday, a brand new iphone 3G S, 32gb (black, of course). I spent this morning transferring my files over from my old iphone -- and now I am ready to roll. For a traveling man such as myself the new iphone has a number of advantages over the old iphone . In particular, the camera is superior,...
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Sad. Today I took my cat to my friends house. My cat will stay with him while I am traveling. My cat is a mean, aggressive creature, but I care for him deeply. I hope that he will stay in good health while I am away.

Happy -- I managed to get a new iphone today, the iphone 3G S 32gb black (of course). In...
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This is a test blog sent from my iPhone to SG. If successful I will
blog sometimes this way.

I will use this as a method of micro-blogging when something exciting happens on my travels !