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Blog of my travels - offshoot from www.sstutor.com. Sunday, July 26, 2015. India travelogue 8 - Temples, money and anger. I pretty much followed by friend; he was a young priest in a temple in Tamil Nadu and he seemed to know what had to be done where. The priest started saying something in Hindi but I couldn’t hear him. My friend had a blank face. He took another Rs.10 note but the priest still kept saying something. I moved closer. "What is this? At least now I knew the convention! They told us to sit ...
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www.SStutor.com blog: July 2013
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Blog of my travels - offshoot from www.sstutor.com. Friday, July 12, 2013. Developing a stinging pain on my right foot – I think it was the impact of me trying to see every Buddha posture in Wat Pho. Our veggie friend was still managing with his sprained ankle while our expert was a completely new person now – no signs of being sick! Saturday, July 06, 2013. The rest of us had some form of green tea (see pic). We ordered a bunch of items – fortunately the menu was in English and they also had p...All the...
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www.SStutor.com blog: June 2013
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Blog of my travels - offshoot from www.sstutor.com. Friday, June 28, 2013. Travelogue: A wild cab ride! By 7pm, all four of us were fresh after a nap. Our ‘expert’ was no longer sick – he felt fresh. 8220;The medicine he gave is great,” he said referring to the Thai pharmacist who prescribed a bunch of tablets. 8220;And I got my sunglasses. The pharmacist kept it in the front; as soon as I entered I saw it.”. 8220;I take you to bus station. You ask.”. 8220;No no. Go to Asiatique,” we told him. Wat Arun (...
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www.SStutor.com blog: October 2013
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Blog of my travels - offshoot from www.sstutor.com. Sunday, October 20, 2013. Travelogue: The famous Walking Street. You’ll see all sorts of things out here - many outlets in this. Street are pubs and dance bars or a combo of both. Some of the pubs have very loud music and you’ll sometimes find a few people dancing on the street outside the pub. There are plenty of transgenders and like our hotel owner had said, sometimes they will look more pretty than women! Lonely men and scams. We got into conversati...
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www.SStutor.com blog: December 2013
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Blog of my travels - offshoot from www.sstutor.com. Sunday, December 01, 2013. After everyone completes para-sailing from the group they will push you back on the speedboat you came in and drive to the next location which is on another floating platform built in the sea. There will be many speedboats dropping people for the activity but every boat has one guide who keeps track of people in their group – and you can’t really get lost in the middle of the sea! The pic is the parasailing event). Dubai trave...
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www.SStutor.com blog: November 2013
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Blog of my travels - offshoot from www.sstutor.com. Sunday, November 17, 2013. We called the hotel owner (who is the receptionist, cashier, manager and everything rolled in one). I’ve described a few scams that happen in Thailand; being suspicious I wondered if we had fallen into some lesser known scam. I wondered how we easily trusted a hotel safe! Up up and away. Our expert photographer had good fun – he got to do a 2nd round free! Saturday, November 02, 2013. Once you get over the first couple of minu...
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www.SStutor.com blog: May 2013
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Blog of my travels - offshoot from www.sstutor.com. Tuesday, May 28, 2013. After ten minutes of walking we crossed a pretty Indian couple – the lady looked a little frustrated. The guy asked us, “Have you gone to Wat Pho? 8220;No,” I replied. 8220;They are saying it is closed today,” the guy said while raising both his arms in dismay. The lady seemed visibly upset. A few minutes later we were at the entrance of Wat Pho – the Temple of the Reclining Buddha and it was open! Saturday, May 25, 2013. It seems...
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www.SStutor.com blog: December 2014
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Blog of my travels - offshoot from www.sstutor.com. Thursday, December 18, 2014. Canada Travelogue 7 - Military museum. Another section in the Glenbow museum had letters written by Canadians who were held prisoner of wars in various countries - even in such circumstances a few soldiers had a sense of. He joked about the jaundice he had - "you should see how yellow I am; a lovely mess". Life in the trenches. The elderly staff gave me a map and told me where what was. He added, "You don't want to start...