This task was set by Matthew. Here are the parameters: They must still stand, so that rules out six of the original seven. They need not be old, but assume that your list is going to be read in several centuries, so anything new has to already promise timelessness. One way of deciding: if Egypt … Continue reading
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Waiting For The Siren’s Call (Paris, France)
Written 7 February 2009. Bonjour, I’m in Paris for this, the last email from my travels. It’s only now I realise just how boring these emails are; that is, ones from people overseas. So very boring. I broke all the rules for tourism in Paris, visiting Tour Eiffel, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame and the … Continue reading
Overseas Song Watch (New York City, United States)
Written 29 January 2009. I have to run down some internet credit I bought before leaving for London tomorrow, so here is a list of all the Australian songs I’ve heard on my travels: Truly Madly Deeply (Savage Garden): Union Square ice rink, SF Overkill (Colin Hay): Union Square ice rink, SF Don’t Dream It’s … Continue reading
Werewolves Of London (London, United Kingdom)
Written 2 February 2009. Greetings all from the snowiest place in the world, London! The snow is going down quicker than a chav on a footballer and it’s the most beautful thing I’ve ever seen. Well, second to when I saw that chav go down on a footballer. Being a Sydney lad, I had no … Continue reading
This Is Easy When You’re Big In Japan (Osaka, Japan)
Written 10 September 2010. Hello Westerners, We’ll start in Australia: as many of you will be aware I have transcended from being in the state of travelling business class to actually being business class. I expect certain things: a comfortable seat with plenty of legroom, an a la carte meal (I like to order entrees), … Continue reading
My Brilliant Korea (Seoul, South Korea)
Written 29 September 2010. You cannot be so right Not on the way down We were falling I fear When the sun was here and we lay around. “I’ll get the salmon as an entree, the lamb for the main, and for the dessert, yes, I think I’ll get the greyhound pudding.” That’s right kids: … Continue reading
On The Rhodes (Durban, South Africa)
Written 13 June 2010. It was a slow day and the sun was beating on the soldiers by the side of the road, and there are a lot of them in Africa. Machine guns are like iPods to the African populace, with ammunition the bread of this continent. Guns before butter is never more truer than in Zimbabwe, where tourists are … Continue reading
How Are Things On The West Coast…? (San Francisco, USA)
Written 16 January 2009. The internet terminal where I’m staying only takes hour deposits, so to kill 15 minutes, here is a brief update… The mystery of long flights is over for me now – they are awful. I spent most of the time listening to music at the back, while doing stretches, mostly to … Continue reading
First We Take Manhattan, Then We Take Berlin (New York City, USA)
Written 26 January 2009. Greetings from the corner of Broom and Lafayette, Soho, Manhattan Island, New York City, New York State (one block from where Heath Ledger took his last sleeping pill (I have photos!). Things here are good, but very cold. I proudly wore my jacket open today so that people could see my … Continue reading
Chinese (Redacted) by Guns N Roses (Shunde, China)
Written 19 October 2009. Hello Westerners, Greetings from the Orient! In a gesture of respect and grace to the local authorities, I have decided to redact most of this letter myself you’ll have to guess at what the missing words and phrases were. I am in Shunde, the whitegoods manufacturing capital of the Guangdong prefacture, … Continue reading
