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Posts Tagged ‘Chinatown’

I left my heart in Melaka

Posted in Malaysia, SE Asia, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m posting this from Semporna, Borneo, where I’ve just signed up to do my divemaster course. Yee haw! More on that later.
In the meantime, Melaka (aka Malacca), the place I just left. It’s a place where it’s easy to get stuck. I arrived on a Monday, thinking I’d spend a few days. A week later [...]

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Bangkok is hot, loud and dirty

Posted in SE Asia, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on April 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I arrived at the Suk 11 (heh heh) hostel in Bangkok at 2:30 am…early Thursday, I guess it was. It’s a quiet, teak, traditional-looking place tucked away down an alley next to a 7-11. The sleepy security guard had me register, wordlessly handed me a bottle of water, and pointed up a steep staircase. In [...]

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