Stop Press!

Trying to finish Cyprus trip. Four new videos uploaded into previous posts.

After trotting around Southeast Asia over the summer, I'm now back in the UK - Cambridge to be exact. Am trying my best to update as frequently as my clinical course will allow.

Entries on Italy and France two winters ago have been put on hold indefinitely. Read: possibly never. But we shall see.

Entries on Greece and Turkey last winter have also been put on hold for the time being.

Posted:
Don Det (Laos), Don Khone

Places yet to blog about:
Ban Nakasang, Champasak, Pakse, Tha Kaek, Vientienne, Vang Vien, Ban Phoudindaeng, Luang Prabang, Khon Kaen (Thailand), Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), London (England), Cambridge

Thursday 23 August 2007

Star-Picking Pavilion

(6 of 6 of Seven Star Park)
His walking boots trudge heavily up the hundreds of steps. Not a soul can be seen or heard. No one dares to climb up to this height. The rain falls down lightly around him. Unnoticeable, as his body is covered in sweat, either from the humidity or pure effort.

The foliage clears suddenly and he's out in the open, at the peak. All around him, the peaks of karst hills are wreathed in cloud, heavy with rain. The Li River is swollen from the overnight storm but its busy traffic continues.

Here at the Star-Picking Pavilion, he gazes down at beautiful beautiful Guilin and wishes it was night so he could pick stars right out of the sky.

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