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The Chief (of Xiamen Police)

By andyfied, on 31st July, 2010

The island of Gulangyu is a weird little resort off it’s bigger sister island, Xiamen. And it is a weird place, the attempts to make it more of a resort end up taking away any of it’s natural attributes. It has interesting rock formations and hollow caverns that cause it to sound like [...]

Total Hotel Review: IBIS in Central Amsterdam

By Z-Man, on 20th November, 2009

Corridor from lift towards my room

This is just a quick one, just wanted to point out the lunacy that is the IBIS, billed as being near Amsterdam Central station. I needed a place to stay for one evening in Amsterdam in order to make a connecting flight to South America. I was meeting [...]

Sack Them/Government Stealth Tax

By andyfied, on 28th February, 2009

So as snow causes transport problems around the UK, people are looking for someone to blame and summarily sack. Since it’s a bit hard to punish the weather front that caused it, fingers are again being pointed at transport bosses and the government for failing to expect the unexpected. Of course if tax [...]

Platzkart or How to Keep Warm in the Russian Winter

By andyfied, on 24th December, 2008

Some of you who know me may know that i have had a small jaunt down to Asia via the trans Siberian express in the past year-ish. I am not from a military background unlike my travel buddies, the Captain who has an uncanny knack of finding food in any climate and can [...]

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The Chief (of Xiamen Police)

Total Hotel Review: IBIS in Central Amsterdam

Sack Them/Government Stealth Tax

Platzkart or How to Keep Warm in the Russian Winter