I’m blogging from the poolside of the Philippines’ dodgiest hotel, located in Pasay City on Manila Bay. At the table on my left is a party of loud Russians, sporting tattoos and thick gold bracelets on their massive, hairy arms. And those are just the girls. To my right sits a couple of chain-smoking Arab [...]
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mobile blogging
Posted in holidays on Mar 30th, 2008
P: I love my iPhone! I’m blogging from my iPhone in the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre in Bangkok. It’s a Sunday morning and there are tens of thousands of Thais at the book fair (1.5 million visit the book fair in Bangkok each year); they’re just not in the hall I’m exhibiting in! It’s empty [...]
P: Blogging from Thailand, where I’m attending the Bangkok International Book Fair by day and drinking lobster blood by night. Last night I was invited to eat at Somboon Seafood restaurant in Bangkok’s Chinatown by the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand. The restaurant is apparently a favourite of former Japanese PM Koizumi, when he’s [...]
thailand 08
Posted in holidays on Mar 22nd, 2008








