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Read more: 144. Shanghai, you magnificent overachiever.144. Shanghai, you magnificent overachiever.
If cities were supermodels, Shanghai would be the impossibly tall, other-worldly beauty, all height, confidence and angles, with silky molasses-coloured hair, improbably bright blue eyes, flawless skin. The kind of presence you simply can’t look away from. I was struck by her scale and shine. There’s a palpable sense of pride in what’s been built.…
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66. I suspect Nelson was briefed.
Read more: 66. I suspect Nelson was briefed.We just went for a one and a half hour walk into town for a break from the compound. Followed the rules. Turned left.
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65. House Arrest
Read more: 65. House ArrestI wonder if it’s all part of making me let go. There’s no cellphone reception at the Retreat so to make contact with the outside world you have to use their landline. This morning I think I was on the phone too long, and was promptly given a PIN number for future use. I weakly…
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64. Note to self: breathe
Read more: 64. Note to self: breatheWe caught a supershuttle to the retreat. Trevor knew a lot about the area he’d lived in all his life. As well as all the Nelson hotspots and historical highlights, he also handily gave us directions to the cop shop should we go clubbing and get in a spot of bother. Nelson can kick up…
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63. Fast. No food.
Read more: 63. Fast. No food.I am packing tonight, again I am packing. Tomorrow I am heading to Nelson with a friend to take on a Seven Day Fast at something called a Wellness Centre. Seven days, no eating. Our diet will apparently consist of juices, supplements and herbs. We will be dry brushing. We will be gently walking. We…
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62. Making friends with an anticlimax.
Read more: 62. Making friends with an anticlimax.Three vouchers, four queues and a minivan later and we find ourselves resident in a Day Room at a hotel, somewhere near Kuala Lumpur. It’s enormous, this hotel. Enormous. Four pavilions. And the architects are having a right old laugh, they must be. “Let’s throw as many different luxe surfaces together as we can in…
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61. The bigger the hotel, the fatter the guest.
Read more: 61. The bigger the hotel, the fatter the guest.Ten things I’ve learned on this Asian experience with my boy: Leopards are pretty scary when they’re strolling past your open top jeep and looking you in the eye It’s important to manually date stamp every form and ticket, preferably with some force The bigger the hotel, the fatter the guest Arabic women have the…
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