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Author Archives: TanGental
Dave the Mechanic #holidayspast
Coming back from holiday brings back many memories. In the long hot summer of 1975 (no ok, that was 1976 but where would we be without rose tinting) my holiday comprised a kind of grand tour around the UK with … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, holidays, humour, Uncategorized
Tagged cars, friendship, holidays, humour, mechanics
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Singapore Stories: the finale
We are packing for home. The same amount of clothes that we came with seem bigger. Or maybe the fact they’re dirty means they have grown. Whatever the reason it’s difficult to push down the lid. Perhaps there’s a … Continue reading
Posted in family, miscellany, singapore, travel
Tagged Asian civilisations museum, flower dome, paranakan museum, piece for Peace exhibition, singapore
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Singapore Part 2: nature and Nationhood
What do National Celebrations tell you about a country? Its confidence? Its personality? There is a danger in stereotyping. In the UK we don’t do National Days. Partly our aggrandizing past has embedded an embarrassment that makes such an event … Continue reading
Posted in creative writing, family, miscellany, prompt, short story, singapore
Tagged national day, nature reserve, Pulau ubin, short story, singapore
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Cambodia Day 7: Tales from the dark side
This isn’t a graphic post but the subject matter is terribly difficult so please be advised, it won’t be for everyone. The pictures are from, first S21 the Khmer Rouge’s prison and torture centre based in a high school and, … Continue reading
Cambodia Day 6: Of Palaces, Picnics and Museum Pieces
Today was sweltering. An early start to the Royal Palace was decreed. If Buckingham Palace and a Swiss Chalet hybridised and moved to Essex this is what you might get. This though is French, built in the 1880s when under … Continue reading
Cambodia Day 5: moving times
Seim Reap is now behind us and we are in the capital, Phnom Penh, named after the mother of the city, Madame Penh. Don’t you love the egalitarian nature of that fact? Travelling by air across Cambodia brings home just … Continue reading
Posted in cambodia, creative writing, family, miscellany, short story, travel
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Cambodia Day 4: of sandstone, sunrise and sculpture
Today I’m going to shut up and let the images take over for a while. Okay, this is a tourist must and a 4.30 alarm call isn’t everyone’s cuppa. And if I was being really churlish I’d say it’s a … Continue reading
Posted in cambodia, creative writing, family, miscellany, short story, thought, travel
Tagged Angkor vat, banreay srie, cambodia, sunrise
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