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Smoke and noise

On December 27 2007 · Leave a Comment · In Cambodia, Diary

You ever get those days when you’d just like to crash out in the house, enjoy the peace, read a book and contemplate life? I had one of them today, but I still have to leave the house because the family downstairs are driving me insane.

I think Khmers are actually at their happiest when they [...]

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Night noises

On August 29 2007 · Leave a Comment · In Cambodia, Diary

2:52am.

I can’t sleep. I’m sat in the kitchen typing this by the light of the laptop’s monitor. My legs have been itching like crazy – aftersun, freshly chilled from the fridge has put out the itching for the moment, but I still can’t sleep.

The window is open, mozzie grille up, and the back [...]

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Enjoy the silence

On May 18 2007 · Leave a Comment · In Audio, Diary

London is all about chatter, it never seems to stop. Sat in the back yard at a friend’s house last weekend at three in the morning, birds were singing. It was beautiful, but not for my benefit. They have to do it at three in the morning because they can’t make themselves heard over us the rest [...]

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