Written 31 December 2009. Hello and welcome to Survivor: Year in Review. I’m your host Jeff Probst, with me are the 19 castaways I’ve shacked up with from previous seasons. About to join me in Coital Council is the 20th member of that elite group. We’ve seen some impressive Years in Review since Jesus invented … Continue reading 2009 Year In Review
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2011 Year In Review
Written December 2011. Year In Review: First Sequence Our review opens in the bland but unpretentious northern French city of Compiegne. Three travellers are stranded at a rest stop while one of their party transposes the contents of his stomach into a bag, then the side of the road, then another bag, then a toilet, … Continue reading 2011 Year In Review
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 Waiting For The Siren’s Call (Paris, France)
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 Werewolves Of London (London, United Kingdom)
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 This Is Easy When You’re Big In Japan (Osaka, Japan)
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 My Brilliant Korea (Seoul, South Korea)
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 On The Rhodes (Durban, South Africa)
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 Chinese (Redacted) by Guns N Roses (Shunde, China)
