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Had a great dinner at the village last night. This was a little “gang” of the village kids have a great time with the farangs.  [...]

Did a small tour around the area here there is considerable development starting – lot of condos etc and a lot of Swiss coming in for retirement and escaping the winter. My guess is that in two to three years it will be completely different here and the impact on the locals will[...]

Have arrived safely, though got a touch of asian belly yesterday that laid me low.  The water festival is in full swing – the lot of foreigner here have manged to stuff it up – not knowing when to stop. Around this area where I am staying there is a number of bars the youn[...]

This is the first entry on this trip and on the new web design. Still struggling to find time to get all the old posts across but will get there. I have flown from Sydney to Kuala Lumpa and it is 5am local time, probably about 7am Canberra time maybe 8am. Malaysian Airlines have been [...]

Con man Victor Lustig  a list of commandments for aspiring young con men . Among them Be a patient listener (it is this, not fast talking, that gets a con-man his coups). Never boast. Just let your importance be quietly obvious.[...]

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