Comitan to San Cristobal de la Casa Another early morning wake up with a dodgy tummy. Pretty bad this time, but not on a bus at least. I had to contend with that later. Sophie got up early, and headed out to see the sun rise and take some pictures. With film this time. 🙂…
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I remembered another blog that I wrote…
I remembered that occasionally I compiled a list of my top five of something, and it was called “in my opinion” and I referred to them as the Top5s
Lists from Asia
First Published 13 Aug 2012 3 things we do not like in China Since of these things have been mentioned previously. Two star hotels The lack of toilet paper The smells – the chemical/traffic fumes smells in particular First Published 2 Aug 2012 8 things we didn’t expect in Japan 1. For them to drive…
28 July – Du Fu’s thatched cottage
Du Fu was a poet, he lived around 750AD. Apparently he lived in a cottage in west Chengdu, for 5 years. We were told that we absolutely had to visit his house, his actual house from 1200 years ago. Hmmmn. We in fact visited a replica cottage. This cottage may (or may not) have been…
22 July – Arriving in Shanghai by boat
The ferry entered the murky river into Shanghai before we woke up. But we had until 12 noon before we docked so there was still a long way to go. The river was busy with boats, container ships, long low boats full of gravel or sand, covered boats and fishing boats. We seemed to be…
20 July – Osaka Subway Map
First Published 20 July 2012
52000words #10 – Games
BBC Theme: Games First posted 22 Feb 2012 I like to play games, not mind games, but actual games. I like cards, I like computer games, I love board games and I particularly like made up games (n.b. must play more Flick Stick). I guess this topic is supposed to make us consider the Olympic…
52000words #7 – Hunger
What’s this blog all about?? BBC theme – Hunger First posted 3rd Feb 2012 Rare roast beef, mushrooms stuffed with goats cheese, rack of lamb, lemon drizzle cake, Asian cabbage salad, sesame seeds, Brazil nuts, banana loaf and mint chocolate. The list of my favourite foods could go on, thinking about food and cooking is…
52000words Week #2 – A Very Modern Christmas
What’s this blog all about?? First Posted 24 Dec 2011 BBC Theme: Christmas Like most things, Christmas is a mixture of cultures, ideas and beliefs. The modern Christmas in the UK is a blend of old Norse and secular traditions, pagan solstice, imported foods and a celebration of the “birth” of Jesus. Literally Christmas is…
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