Today was earmarked for our trip to Changi – the infamous WW2 prison. We had a free shuttle bus from The Meridian Hotel. The latter was fully air-conditioned and very comfortable. We first visited the display of photographs, painstakingly snapped and developed by George Aspinall, during his “stay” at Changi. The prisoners had been forced …
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January 1990 Israel
The rot began to set in with some of the other kibbutz volunteers in mid January. I was not getting along well with my roommate whom I now suspect of being at the root of the issues had appeared to hate me ar first sight, She always had such a sour face, despite being bedded …
Jericho
March 1990 We had a lovely time. I particularly remember the Friday we (my American friend and I) had struggled through the crowds at Damascus Gate, just before a riot had broken out,(Somebody had been killed.) in order to reach the Arab bus station, to catch a bus into Jericho, which is in the West …
No Worries-Tip for Travellers to Australia
你好 (knee-how) I hope that I just said Hello in Mandarin. 謝謝 (sounds something like shear shear)That is meant to say Thank You in Mandarin according to Google Translate. I knew Hello (nĭ hăo) (how to say it not how to write it) and that was about all I knew but I said it a lot in China and …
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