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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Dec. 12, 2012
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences What a Stinker Sir Stamford Raffles is a footnote in history for having identified a swampy and malarial island at the bottom of the Malay Peninsula as the site of the future New Serenissima (Venice) nowadays known as Singapore. He is due that credit. He’s also… Continue reading
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Fattypuffs & Thinifers: Soup For Fat Girls
Originally posted on Lottie Nevin – The Red House Diaries: Let’s not beat about the bush here; I’ve always been greedy. If I were a dog, I’d be one of those really annoying types that’s always jumping up and pestering their owners at the table when they are eating, or whining the minute that I… Continue reading
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Originally posted on No Place For Sheep: (With thanks to @ForrestGumpp for the title, and for reminding me of Dylan’s song) I’m sitting in the Mt Tamborine library, availing myself of free wireless for three hours. It’s the most delightful little library I’ve seen in a long time, the kind of library in children’s… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Nov. 28, 2012
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences By Jiminy, a GM Ayana Resort and Spa, etc, which sits decorously back from the cliff at Jimbaran to which the iconic Rock Bar clings – and to which it is sometimes possible to gain access, if you have the inclinator – finally has a chief… Continue reading
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Evilcabamba Diary 1
Originally posted on Passionfruitcowgirl: It’s difficult to say, really, who ruined everything. I mean, where the rot really set in. Of course, there was that whole thing with the Spanish, and there has been that whole thing with the USA and its calculated plundering of the islands and continents sequentially, but I doubt that even… Continue reading
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Originally posted on No Place For Sheep: Politicians from both major parties have set themselves quite a challenge to come up with a deterrent that will persuade asylum seekers that traveling to Australia by boat will result in them facing a situation worse than that they’ve fled. Potential refugees are clearly undeterred by the prospect… Continue reading
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Abroad Blog of the Week: Lottie Nevin
Originally posted on Global From Home: If you haven’t already subscribed to this Abroad Blog of the Week, you’ll want to. I came across Lottie Nevin when I first started blogging about six months ago. I was hooked by Lottie’s blunt honesty but humorous take on the difficulties of being a Brit new to Jakarta.… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Nov. 14, 2012
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Bag brigade: Part of the rubbish cull at the inaugural clean-up in Tundun Penyu, Ungasan (see DIY Clean-Up, below). Water of Half-Life It has not yet been raining on the Bukit this official wet season, in any appreciable way at least, up to deadline time for this… Continue reading
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