a travelogue
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05/22/06
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Blog Post from
Hotel, Bled // Bled // Slovenia
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The King of Carrot Flowers Part Two
The chief attraction of Bled Slovenia is the sweeping panorama of the Julian Alps which lie just beyond its doorstep, which in this case is a lake ringed with castles, monasteries atop crags and palatial hotels that once played host to kings and queens. But owing to a change in the weather which turned from the perfect sunshine of the …
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Topics:
Butterflies,
Children,
Europe,
Flowers,
Memory,
Mountains,
Round The World Trip,
War
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01/17/06
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Blog Post from
Doi Inthanan National Park // Chiang Mai // Thailand
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The King of Carrot Flowers
The light outside the windows was still a pre-dawn inky blue when the freezing cold water hit my back. A cold shower at six thirty in the morning is infinitely more powerful, albeit not at long lasting, as a cup of coffee. After dropping my body temperature a few degrees and having no towel to dry off with, just a …
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Topics:
Asia,
Butterflies,
Flowers,
Honda Dream,
Orchids,
Round The World Trip
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01/05/06
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Blog Post from
Chao Praya River // Bangkok // Thailand
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Buddha on the Bounty
I went for a walk one evening along the concrete pathways that line the Chao Phraya river trying to work out a the solution to a broken bit of code that had gotten tangled up in my mind and in the project I was working on. I find that walking tends to work these sorts of things out; either that …
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Topics:
Asia,
Flowers,
Jim Thompson,
Orchids,
Round The World Trip,
Silk,
Wats