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Posting from Avignon
Hotel d’Angleterre, in Avignon France, has free WiFi access. Need to catch up on a number of earlier locations – finishing off Singapore, London and Avignon. Right now need sleep.
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London Summary
Racing along to Avignon on the TGV from Lille. Time to sum up London. It is not really fair to relate London to an Australian city, London is so much older than any European settlement on the antipodean continent. However, my mind was always taken back to Melbourne and that’s a positive comparison for me.…
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Flight from Singapore to London
I can’t say that my first long distance flight with British Airways has been particularly pleasant. The air has been kept too hot, especially closer to Singapore. I found myself perspiringin the cabin. Furthermore, there are no directional air vents, only a single powerless hole pointing straight down at the midle of the three seats.…
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Impressions of Singapore
I’m going to be critical here. I don’t like Singaporean taste in clothing, appearance or art works. Somehow, they have contrived to make themselves plain bordering on ugly. It’s not a racia thing – just look at their neighbours across the border in Malaysia or what happens when they adopt a western style. I might…
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Changi 2
Changi airport has free ethernet access as well! Wish I had known earlier. Summary of Singapore… Friday: Wandered around Little India, gaudily decorated in preparation for the Deepavali festival. Little India presented a real and somewhat grungy side of Singapore that was missing from the sanitised, touristy Chinatown. Clarke Quay was quiet, obviously alive only…
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Changi Airport
Posting this from a free terminal at Changi Airport. 5 minutes left to type! Done both a lot and a little. Weather ranged from humid to cool and soaking wet. Food was almost uniformly delicious, although it seems like the length of the queue is inversely proportional to the quality of the food served. Will…
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