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Back in Bangkok…
after visiting Koh Chang and the beautiful Ko Kut/Koh Kood. Lots of geckos, elephants, wild dogs and great food. Pictures soon. I am very sad to be leaving Thailand tomorrow.
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Habana
Wow! Habana is a hip, hip, city. I can’t upload photos at the moment, but everything is decaying and stunning. We drove around with a guide (more about him in a future post) last night, a Saturday, and the streets were alive with people. Not in large crowds, but hanging around in the streets or…
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Houston Space Centre
I only have time to put up a couple of the highlights: Mission Control (yep, that’s the real deal): Shuttle and space station training centre: The Saturn V was certainly the highlight. It is absolutely enormous. The first stage: The second stage: The third stage: The top bit: Apollo 17’s command module: Mercury: Gemini:
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Austin, Texas
Next stop, Austin, Texas for South by Southwest. At the Make party: Another fancy party, this time for Frog Design: Petey the Boston Terrier made us feel very homesick: Tash Glen and Tash: The next day I visited the Capitol: Which has a Confederate memorial: On the way back to the conference, I wandered past…
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Caesar’s Palace
This sums up Vegas, the water in the fountain at Caesar’s Palace is dyed blue.
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The Grand Canyon
We got a chopper out to the Grand Canyon. It was a breath taking trip, as we flew over Vegas twice, the Hoover Dam, and the Canyon itself. The unmarked 737s with the red stripe take workers to Area 51: The pilot and the Hoover Dam: Over the canyon – none of the pics I…