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We’ve just spent a week in Cambodia, and while most of the roads we took were sealed, there was still plenty of that distinctive Cambodian red dust around. Not nearly as bad as coal dust, but still, we were pretty filthy today. Every time a big truck went past I was enveloped in a cloud of dust, [...]

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It’s taken a week to get here, but we’re now very close to our exit point from Thailand into Cambodia. Since it’s Christmas Day, we’ve splashed out on a beachside resort. Chanchon Resort is rather a nice place, and our unit is so close to the sea that there is a real danger of it floating away [...]

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As mentioned in the last dispatch, Anna and I are now off enjoying our honeymoon. In an unsurprising move, we have taken our bicycles with us on a month long trip in South East Asia. I’ve only got a vague route planned, but we fly in and out of Bangkok, and the rough plan is [...]

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This year has been a tough year, with a huge amount going on in both my life, and Anna’s. In the last few months, it feels like we’ve hardly had time for ourselves, let alone each other. In my case it was study taking up all my time, in Anna’s case it has been three [...]

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You haven’t heard much from me recently for a very good reason. I have had no life. None whatsoever. No biking, no going out, no watching TV, nothing. All my spare time has revolved around one thing: CCIE study. This year I set myself a challenge, of becoming a CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert). This [...]

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