Tag: travel
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Venice Beach
The sun is punishing to me. But not to the natives of Venice, California. Almost everyone is bronzed and coppered, walking up and down the boardwalk past market stalls and tattoo parlours and head-shops. Two such lotus-eaters in ganja-green medical smocks offer us to sign up for medical cards today. Its a weird idyll. Look…
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My Week in Melbourne
Flying out of Melbourne and away from my family. Back to Canberra now. The people in Melbourne were nicer than I expected, even the homeless seemed hospitable to some degree. I expected attitudes of cynical big-city life, similar to the cynical we-think-we-live-in-a-big-city life I’ve come to expect from number of people in this town. But,…
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Weekend: Waiting for a Plane
Saturday night ended up being a strange affair, I guess. I wrote this in the notebook and I have no idea why. I should carry it around more often, just so I can make notes. It’s getting harder to drum up memories. After leaving that disappointing Supanova, I decided to rejoin Staples and Elmo at…
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Weekend: Supanova
During the weekend, I went north and spent some time with Staples and others. Looking through my notes, I made some about my trip to Supanova Before the convention 9AM. The clock is ticking. In an hour Supanova will open its doors. I’ve been awake for two hours because two well-meaning and earnest people tend…
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New Old Camera
While I was in Japan, I took an old Olympus OM10 with me to try out some photos. The thing was a gift for my birthday from a friend, Jo. I did manage to knock out a few snaps, partly filling two rolls of film. The OM10, back in 1979, was a camera that had…
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Last Notes from the Train Station
It’s been a week since I made any updates. Time to wrap this Japan business up. I’ve been back for a week, slowly re-adjusting to work and sleeping in my bed. Here is something I wrote on the last day before taking the train to the airport: “I’m early for my next train by about…
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Tokyo Experience
Tokyo was something extraordinary. It’s a city that never seems to end or sleep, at least where I stayed in Shinjuku. There are only a few notes on paper about this part of my trip. The main reason is that you find another person on the road and you tend to hang out a bit.…
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Today in Tokyo
Okay so my trip to Tokyo was becoming a mixed affair. I was spending most of my time with another traveler, a Portuguese fellow named Gonçalo, who was spending the last days of his trip in Tokyo as well. The shopping here for toys and related stuff was overall much better. The food was good.…
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Tokyo
Okay I am in Shinjuku now. I spent about 5 hours on a train and after checking in at the hotel, I spent some time with a Portuguese guy, named Gonçalo (sounds like “gon’ sailo”) wandering around the district at night discovering little parts of the city. Good fun was had. Tomorrow we plan to…
The Screaming Wall 