As the first spring days stretch out like a purring cat the more active Capetonian ready themselves in anticipation for the energetic feast that lies ahead. As the spring turns to summer and the rising sun encroaches more boldly into the very early morning night-time, the winter woollies are discarded and replaced with lighter more […]
Author Archives: Gary Hirson
Laos - a coffee country- Freshcup magazine USA.
May 17, 2012 – 9:48 am
Wake up, smell and drink the coffee and only then can the day begin. That’s my philosophy on life. Filtered coffee with milk and sugar is the way I like it. Deprive me of these two pleasures and I’m not a pleasant person to be around. So while enjoying my first cup of coffee in […]
A Coffee Revolution - Toyotazone Magazine
May 16, 2012 – 9:37 am
If drinking filter coffee was illegal I’d be a criminal, no doubt about it. I’m addicted to the rich aroma of the brew that fogs the air, the dark thick liquid filling the cup and the fantastic kick that jolts me awake. But I have a secret… , I know nothing about coffee, I’m nothing […]
Baboon Matters - Abboutime -1 Time Airline’s in-flight magazine.
May 14, 2012 – 9:15 am
Baboons for me have always been the animals that taught Tarzan to swing heroically while yodelling, through the dense jungles of Africa. As I’m ignorant about primates, I could be mistaken, and it could’ve been Monkeys, Gorillas or Apes who were Tarzan’s tutors. Baboons, according to me, are dangerous, just sit in trees and steal […]
Absolute Rubbish- Vuvuzela Magazine
May 13, 2012 – 10:24 am
For the third time in 3 weeks I’d noticed that my recycling garbage bag had been ripped open and all the recyclables had been mixed with the non- recyclables.
I’d spent the whole week separating my recyclable, consumable waste, placing it in the special plastic bags supplied by the garbage collectors. I felt I was doing […]
Southern Laos
August 30, 2008 – 6:05 am
22 August 2008
Hey Guys
I hope you’re all sitting down because I have some VERY big news……….
I’m getting married!
Can you believe it at the age of 31 there is someone out there who actually wants to marry me?
But more of that later.
I’m back in Laos, in the south, as I really enjoy this […]
Cambodia
August 30, 2008 – 6:04 am
7 August 2008
Hey Guys
I hope you’re all well. I’m in Cambodia and I know it’s been raining plenty back home, but the rainy season has seriously hit here and it’s WET!!. I think this must have been one of my brighter ideas coming here in the rainy season….very well done on my […]
Happy Ending
August 30, 2008 – 6:03 am
17 July 2008
Heya All
I hope you’re all fine and dandy, especially after the Springboks finally beat the All Blacks and South Pacific Islanders on their home soil. Schweeeet.
Since my last e mail I’ve left Hanoi and I started heading south towards Saigon. My first stop was about 90 km south but took […]
Hanoi
August 30, 2008 – 5:59 am
5 June 2008
Herroh from Vietnam…… !!!!!!
I hope you’re all well
I’m sitting in a coffee shop in Sa Pa (Suppa) where I’ll be for the rest of the day as I had to check out of my humble abode at 9am and have to sit around until 9pm until the overnight train back to […]
French Explorer (With A Jewish Surname)- Muang Noi
August 30, 2008 – 5:57 am
Howdy Bevironi
Man I am so loving Louong Phabang I was here for about 5 days and now I’m back for another 4.
I have just added you to my mailing list but here is a story for you.
I went up to a village called Muang Ngoi which is about a 9 hour trip up the […]
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