Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Dubai the by

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So in a miracle of rapid reorganisation, my Afghanistan trip has been placed in Dubai. That means that not only do I have a new destination...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Kaboom

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This time next week I was due to be in Dubai, pootling around that odd city back and forth to the Afghanistan Consulate to get a visa ready ...
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Two legs better

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There's a famous story, or parable I suppose, which I'm quite sure you've heard before, but I'll repeat it anyway, because I...
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Saturday, January 05, 2008

Transylvaniara

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When one arrives at Luton airport to take the plane to Cluj, there is no mention of the city to which the plane flies - the departure boards...
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Sunday, December 23, 2007

Compliments of the Season

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Eid Mubarak, Crăciun fericit, and Boldog Új Évet. I'm off line for the next two weeks, enjoying the festive fun and frolics with variou...
Thursday, December 20, 2007

Dracula

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I had been meaning to re-read Dracula for ages. It was probably 20 years ago when I first read it, and ever since I moved to Transylvania I...
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Friday, December 14, 2007

In a round about way

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When I arrived in Romania , which is not that long ago let’s face it, there was, to my knowledge, not a single roundabout in the country. ...
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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Uninteresting miscellany

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Just discovered through a friend that the Romanian Orthodox Church in London (which actually exists inside another church called St Dunstans...
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Reforming Paula

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I'm quite sure there's some pithy quote that is used to make it clear that children are destined to repeat their parents' lives,...
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Monday, December 10, 2007

The Sodden Road to Samarkand

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We had one day off in Uzbekistan, so my colleague George and I decided to go to Samarkand. It is obviously one of the things that nearly ev...
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