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kowloon sutra

so there, it’s done, 4 days shooting off on friday the 10th working till 3 and speeding half dressed to catch the 6.30 flight high strung on the take-off sippin orange juice and kicking thru with larry david landin headin … Continue reading

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After the Fire

Quite quickly, and almost unreadily, the weekend has been ziplocked and discarded into oblivion. Thinking now about it, I can’t help but sense the ‘it-almost-never-happened’ feeling that’s usually encountered after a short sleep. The Saturday barbecue session went perfect with … Continue reading

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On the 3rd Day in Saigon

On the morning of the 3rd day, we breakfasted on the frayed ends of a terrible history, comprehensively-documented and poorly-preserved by the Vietnamese government. The War Remnants Museum at District 3 (Metropolitan Ho Chi Minh City is divided into 19 … Continue reading

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On the 2nd Day in Saigon

Vietnam is about an hour behind us. So rising at 8am wasn’t too bad, since it was actually 9am in my biological sundial. Thus began the 22nd of March, the 2nd day of the trip. The morning was bright and … Continue reading

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On the 1st Day in Saigon

And now, a vivid account of the Saigon trip from 21 – 24 March. I recall promising a comprehensive and lengthy account, and though I’m spirit-willing to keep to the deal, the flesh is mighty weak due to my aggravating … Continue reading

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Le Cirque de Voyages

I’m so tired, my mind is on the brink. But this post deserves to be written, nevertheless. I can’t go on, I’ll go on. In about 3 weeks from now, our traveling circus* will land upon the bosomy earth of … Continue reading

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Food Manchu

Dinner appointment earlier. The atmosphere was light, the orders were placed, the moods were merry and I was…late. My life is ingloriously furnished with maddening meetings and the nefarious expanse of highways. From dawn to dusk my horny sunny copulates … Continue reading

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