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Old 10-20-2010, 02:57 AM   #91 (permalink)
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yeah they were clerks. And i don't go to shop alone with them now...i make my hubby take the day off when they visit .
It's funny, when Danger Man's kids were visiting from Sweden, they'd watch me ask for and get discounts everywhere, and they'd be sort of wide-eyed and say, "You can DO that?!" and they started doing it everywhere, too, all giggly, like they were getting away with something. So cute. I don't know if it's cute in Sweden, though.
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For some reason I do not have an affinity with South Eastern countries. I remember when I first got off the plane to Malaysia (saba and bornio), and I didn't enjoy the "air, the humid weather, the smells, the polluted streets, the dingy buildings. It's just something that didn't resonate with me.
Sabah, Borneo, Sarawak.

Oh, you do NOT go to these places, for the towns!

They are the most amazing places, but you need to know where to go.

One place is the Mulu Caves (the world's largest cave system). It is fascinating. Rivers run through it, you can trek through it, you can go underwater cave-diving, and there is an area where you can watch ten million bats fly out every evening, literally darkening the sky.




And if you are very lucky, you will get your chance to see the world's largest flower (the Rafflesia) in full bloom.




You can also visit ..... the tribal headhunting villages! Yes they welcome tourists. Headhunting is banned now (it has been banned for 90 years) but they still have preserved human skulls from their past, more-savage days. And they can give you demonstrations of how they still hunt today, with blowpipes. (The tip of their dart is laced with poison; they blow the pipe; the dart flies out; hits a bird with great accuracy, from as far away as 20 metres).

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Old 10-20-2010, 03:00 AM   #93 (permalink)
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It's funny, when Danger Man's kids were visiting from Sweden, they'd watch me ask for and get discounts everywhere, and they'd be sort of wide-eyed and say, "You can DO that?!" and they started doing it everywhere, too, all giggly, like they were getting away with something. So cute. I don't know if it's cute in Sweden, though.
You'd have to deal with the same thing from Virginia. It's mostly just shops and corporate stuff.

Now I want to go to Santa Monica and see how haggling works!
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One place is the Mulu Caves
Wow, ALG, that place looks wonderful.
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Wow, ALG, that place looks wonderful.
It was fine, until I finished climbing a very steep hill in the caves, panting. I'd gone on all fours, and used my bare hands to help myself climb up.

The guide then told me that the hill was actually a hill of bat dung, accumulated over centuries.

I looked up and sure enough, yeah, ten million bats were roosting in the caverns above.
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Old 10-20-2010, 03:15 AM   #96 (permalink)
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Kinda sounds like Grafton (NSW, Australia):

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Quite a large population of fruit eating massive bats... great to look at as you drive through but kind of a problem for the locals (bat poo everywhere).
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Just a question, maybe occuring because of the theraflu, but why do you suppose "batsh*t" means batsh*t, but birdsh*t only means, you know, the ♥♥♥♥♥ of birds.

Let's send an email to Steve, asking him.
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Just a question, maybe occuring because of the theraflu, but why do you suppose "batsh*t" means batsh*t, but birdsh*t only means, you know, the ♥♥♥♥♥ of birds.

Let's send an email to Steve, asking him.
Let's not forget about ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!
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Let's send an email to Seve, asking him.

Oh goodie, my first email to Steve

Waaaaait a second
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Oh, yeah. Thanks!
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Sabah, Borneo, Sarawak.

Oh, you do NOT go to these places, for the towns!
Well I didn't see those things, but we did do other things, like visit the bat caves Gomantong Caves, Sabah Borneo (lots of coach-roaches) ...visit orangotang shelter. Saw heaps of palm oil plantations, got totally depressed. Actually those sort of places did stand out. I guess the rest of the time we were in the town and I didn't enjoy that.

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Well I didn't see those things, but we did do other things, like visit the bat caves Gomantong Caves, Sabah Borneo (lots of coach-roaches) ...visit orangotang shelter.
Well now. If you wanted to meet a clean, orderly orang utan, you should have come to Singapore!



The orang utans in Singapore have impeccable table manners and will use spoon, fork, napkin etc.

The matriarch, Ah Meng, has passed away from old age, but here's a picture of her, at her 40th birthday party:



She leaves behind many children, grandchildren and great grandchildren at the Singapore Zoo.

For friendly tigers, you would have to go to a certain famous Buddhist temple in Thailand. The monks here believe that kindness is reciprocated by kindness, and that's why they get on well with the tigers:



Tourists are welcome too:



I really enjoyed this temple. There's another place in Thailand, and also in Singapore, where you can watch elephants do paintings. No kidding. They will paint landscapes, flowers, other elephants, abstract art etc, holding a paintbrush in the tip of their trunks.


By an elephant named Thongpoon.


Painting of an elephant, by an elephant.


Abstract by Boonbim, one of the star artists.


Another painting by Boonbim, who focused on roses for a long time and simply refused to do trees.
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And after saying so many nice things about Eastern countries, I guess I shall say something nice about a Western place.

Here's a picture from my favouritest place in New York!



It has a fascinating collection of dinosaur fossils and other natural history stuff. The museum is worth many hours of wandering around.
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I still like Europe because of



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(Photos by Little Brown Pen).

Seriously, Seoul, I love you but where are your terrasses??
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I love Europe because of the beautiful cities, some of them more cozier than others. And there is so much ancient history and culture. And every little country has a different persona, so to say.
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Well now. If you wanted to meet a clean, orderly orang utan, you should have come to Singapore!
Yeah I don't know if I would like that either. I am not a fan of animals kept in captivity...yes even though the orangutans were in captivity they were there to be protected from being destroyed from the palm oil plantations, not to be trained with table manners

For that reason I hate circuses as well!
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I suppose you were too busy monkeying around to invite us to your milestone birthday?

Nice pics ALG! I quite enjoy that kind of thing myself, especially nature.
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Thank you!
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Well now. If you wanted to meet a clean, orderly orang utan, you should have come to Singapore!
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I really enjoyed this temple. There's another place in Thailand, and also in Singapore, where you can watch elephants do paintings. No kidding. They will paint landscapes, flowers, other elephants, abstract art etc, holding a paintbrush in the tip of their trunks.
This is so far outside of my personal experience that it makes my head hurt. Elephants painting? I can't wait to see these paintings reach professional quality and go on the market!
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Steve, have you ever actually had someone contact you with a "great idea" and you actually thought that it was a great idea?

If so... did you pursue any of them in any way?
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I plan to do so anyway, but I'd like to visit Europe first since that's where my ancestry is from.
What is your ethnic make-up?

Also what is the meaning of "proud to be baptized" in your sig?
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I am an Easterner.
Which one?
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Steve, have you ever actually had someone contact you with a "great idea" and you actually thought that it was a great idea?

If so... did you pursue any of them in any way?
The interesting thing about a great idea is that, pretty much by definition, only those few people who spend all their time thinking about that particular idea can recognize that it's a great idea.

With hindsight, everyone thinks they could spot a great idea, but in reality, what makes the idea great is the fact that no one can spot it except for that person who sees it so clearly he has the confidence to make it happen.

This pattern has played out again and again with every invention and every innovation - no one besides the innovator understand the innovation until it is finished.
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Out of curiosity what do you think the benefits of visiting non-Western countries would be?

Lots of people have suggested that sort of thing, but so far no one has actually said specifically why it matters. I can guess at the reasons, but it would be nice to hear more specifics rather than "It will be an eye opening experience."

I plan to do so anyway, but I'd like to visit Europe first since that's where my ancestry is from.
Book a plane to Thailand, Travel light with a backpack. Don't book a hotel in advance. Travel up north with public transport and such. It's a great experience and not very dangerous. If you like animals, then go to Khoa yai natural reserve to see some wild elephants and get eaten by blood sucking leeches in the Jungle. Try sleeping in a native house.

Bali is also great.

I think you will have to find out the benefits yourself, there are opportunities for learning. I would suggest going to a country where it is relatively safe. If you need some travel advice for Thailand just let me know.
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For friendly tigers, you would have to go to a certain famous Buddhist temple in Thailand. The monks here believe that kindness is reciprocated by kindness, and that's why they get on well with the tigers:
I visited that temple also. Some of those monks have tattoo's from head till toes
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