History & Old Stuff
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In which Southend is less shit than we thought!
Afternoon. You might have noticed I’ve redecorated the blog and changed the theme to something else white and blocky, although by the time you read this I might have changed it twice more and/or back to how it was. I’ve hit a mid-afternoon slump and can’t actually remember what this blog was supposed to be Continue reading
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Congratulations on Your Century of Voting Ladies! (or not if you’re poor and under 30 I guess um come back in a decade)
Afternoon! Since we are celebrating a century in the UK since some-but-not-all-actually-not-many-but-SOME women got the vote, I thought I’d better use my hard earned freedom of speech and say hello. Coincidentally I am doing an Open University course at the moment (I can’t remember if I’ve mentioned that?) and the current topic is Chartism. I Continue reading
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The Cu Chi Tunnels & Ruinification Palace, Ho Chi Minh City
One of the best things about a city as sprawling as Ho Chi Minh City, and a country as vast as Vietnam, is that you can swing from ‘adventure tour’ to ‘relaxed museum visit’ in the blink of an eye. Case in point: Cu Chi and the Ruinification Palace. The Cu Chi Tunnels SOME HISTORY: Continue reading
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Siem Reap: Markets & Museums
We have now been in Siem Reap four days, and we decided to stay another night and get a night bus to Phnom Penh so we could see more. We flew in from Bangkok early Thursday morning (our Thai visas required proof of onward travel, so we paid about £40 for a 45 minute flight, which Continue reading
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