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Yên tử – Vietnam Blog 10

February 24, 2020
Location: Blogs, Travel Writing

Powered by 12Go Asia system Wednesday 12th February 2020 With my eyes blurred from sleepiness and my lungs filled with the clean medical scent of my surgeon’s mask, we set off through the town and on into the lingering mist. Thai guided the little Honda past potholes and traffic jams, round puddles and between great …

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The Bus to Nha Trang – Vietnam Blog 8

February 11, 2020
Location: Blogs, Travel Writing

Powered by 12Go Asia system Nuoc Ngam Bus Station, Hanoi – 29th January 2020 Before all the shops had reopened, before a sense of normality returned to the town, I boarded a 5am bus to Nuoc Ngam bus station in the south of Hanoi. Arriving around two hours later left me with four hours to …

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Old Lady Jane – II

September 4, 2019
Location: Blogs, Free Writing

I remember the day we found out what happened to that kid and the dog who went missing on the coast by Godrevy. By midnight last night the frantic parents had knocked on almost every door in the area. And although the police were reluctant to get too involved until the kid hadn’t been seen …

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Old Lady Jane – I

September 3, 2019
Location: Blogs, Free Writing

She was known by the locals as Old Lady Jane. The others, the ones who came and went, rolling in annually with the same reliability as the incoming tide, would barely even notice her existence. They were focussed on other things, on the sun, the sea, the happy memories they were busily crafting. She used …

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