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Day 72 – Familiarity

Koh Kong, Cambodia to Bangkok, Thailand (22.06.2013) When you’re travelling everything is constantly new. You’re constantly figuring out where things are and what things cost and where to find good food and how to say hello. So it’s nice when … Continue reading

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Day 9 – Sweaty hiking

Tioman Island, Malaysia (20.04.2013) Setting out in the sun to conquer the island. Mounting a thousand dripping steps through the creaking, squawking jungle. Cloying air. Clothes wet with sweat, clinging to my body like a second skin. Socks pulled high … Continue reading

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Day 8 – Chillaxing

Tioman Island, Malaysia (19.04.2013) I’m staying in paradise. 15 steps from my door to the water’s edge. Monkeys in the trees. Monitor lizards mosey by. Cats everywhere. And tepid ocean at my doorstep. Today an Ozzie climbed the coconut tree … Continue reading

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Day 7 – Transit

Melaka to Tioman Island, Malaysia (18.04.2013) Rose at 6:30am to taxi to Melaka Sentral in time for our bus. Our driver wasn’t as concerned about punctuality and rocked up an hour late. Then the bus wouldn’t start. This actually turned … Continue reading

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Day 6 – Freestyle swimming

Melaka, Malaysia (17.04.2013) Sabina and I snuck into a fancy-pants hotel to lounge by the pool reading our books, breaststroke through the tepid waters, and gaze off across the ocean from the infinity edge. Nice. Got sunburnt though, despite the … Continue reading

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Day 5 – A day begun in service

Melaka, Malaysia (16.04.2013) Rising early to breakfast with Min and Lee at the Sikh temple. Feet and hands washed, head covered, and offering placed we were welcomed to the dining hall by a smiling woman who placed a sweet, doughy … Continue reading

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Day 4 – The floating mosque

Last night I watched this neat little TED talk by Cesar Kuriyama, who catches the memories of his life by choosing one second of video each day and editing it together into a continuous document of his life. I was … Continue reading

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