Moments

moments
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
Thoreau

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Roots and branches

I’ve been away from the UK for eight months.
I’ve not had much inclination to write here, even though I did want to start to use it as a method of communicating with friends and family. I prefer sending individual emails, knowing that the reader will enjoy particular tales and adventures. This blog was never going [...]

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Cafe thoughts

I like to visit cafes and people-watch. (And isn’t it funny that if you write ‘watch people’ it sounds slightly sinister, but writing ‘people-watch’ is OK?).
Some of the good ones have journals where customers have written travel hints – good places to visit, nice restaurants and guesthouses, or recommended local guides.
Some are often are moved [...]

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Espionage

“You come to my house. Then you go Saigon. No, my house first: Saigon later.”
These words were spoken at 5.30am and came from the room next to mine. A deep voice, possibly German. I had visions of him wearing an overcoat with an upturned collar, smoking a cigarette and [...]

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