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January to March 2016

Posts for January to March 2016

Jumpa Lagi

14th April 201614th April 2016 Col Far East, January to March 2016

The ‘electrician’ had been twiddling live wires for the last hour while I watched and waited for him to suddenly fly across the room or start smouldering when one of the guests in the outer rooms announced that all of his lights had gone out.

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The Road to Enlightenment

16th March 201616th March 2016 Col Far East, January to March 2016

We go up and down a flight of metal stairs that descend into the middle of four lanes of traffic a couple of times then decide it must be the right place.

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Lovely Jubbly

5th March 201610th March 2016 Col Far East, January to March 2016

We fly into Siem Reap, Cambodia, in a ATR72. It has propellers – how quaint. The flight from Da Nang lasts one hour fifty minutes and goes without incident.

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A Hue Day!

5th March 20165th March 2016 Col Far East, January to March 2016

Hue – pronounced ‘way’ – was the location of one of the fiercest battles of the Vietnam War. The walls of the old Royal Palace bare witness to the action and several buildings within were flattened by US bombing.

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Hanoi Rocks

17th February 201617th February 2016 Col Far East, January to March 2016

The young man from Vietnam Airways very politely told us in a soft voice that without an onward flight ticket we might not be allowed into Vietnam. I argued irrelevantly that we didn’t need a visa but, technically, he was correct.

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Some Images

Scarecrow in Bourniquel.
Scarecrow in Bourniquel.
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Skulls, the Killing Fields, Cambodia.
Skulls, the Killing Fields, Cambodia.
Butterfly, Hue.
Butterfly, Hue.
Lose Hill, Peak District.
Lose Hill, Peak District.
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