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- Cameron Michelle Díaz
- by lovely-baby
- in cameron-diaz.blog.co.uk
- 2 days old
- Cameron Michelle Díaz (born August 30, 1972) is a Golden Globe-, BAFTA- and SAG-Award nominated U.S. actress and former model. In 2008, Forbes estimates Diaz to have earned $50 million last year, after reportly receiving this salary for What Happens in Vegas making her the highest paid actress in Hollywood. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1... more
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- Where in the fuck did you learn that?!
- by letterfromthailand
- in letterfromthailand.blog.co.uk
- 12 days old
- Although not usually one for temples and the like, I spent a full day happily wandering around the vast ruins of Angkor in north-western Cambodia, oohhing and aahhing with the rest of the international contingent and snapping away with my camera like I knew what I was doing. The first main attraction was the ornate, five-towered main temple of... more
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- So it's basically a temple, yeah?
- by letterfromthailand
- in letterfromthailand.blog.co.uk
- 23 days old
- My joyful journey on the scam bus from Bangkok to Cambodian capital Phnom Penh brought me to the town of Siem Reip; the main jump off point for the two million annual visitors who come to marvel at the nearby UNESCO World Heritage Site of Angkor. The ruined complex was the centre of a Khmer empire that had its hay day from the 9th to the 15th... more
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- 'No hand grenades, guns or hard drugs in rooms please'
- by letterfromthailand
- in letterfromthailand.blog.co.uk
- 39 days old
- Travellers opting to bus their way across the 400 miles from Bangkok to Cambodian capital Phnom Penh leave themselves open to a range of scams and rip offs, but this was a fact I didn’t across until I was already onboard. Myself and my other passengers realised something might be up after discovering references to the Bangkok-Phnom Penh... more
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- The Fun Bus
- by letterfromthailand
- in letterfromthailand.blog.co.uk
- 47 days old
- I decided that for my next trick I was going to go Thailand’s neighbour Cambodia - to have a look at the affect the massive weapons stockpile it was lumbered with by decades of devastating upheaval was having on its troubled society. I’d heard that gun crime was endemic and that tourists were prime targets, but also that enterprising... more
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- When going to church has a whole new meaning......
- by bingoforfun
- in bingoforfun.blog.co.uk
- 50 days old
- Well, it’s amazing, what you learn when just chatting casually on the tube with people. Yesterday I ventured out to London, having been offered a free meal in the north side of London. Well, never one to say no to free food, I travelled up ‘north’ , and a lovely meal in a Chinese restaurant, with many different dishes being... more
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- You can do wha?
- by letterfromthailand
- in letterfromthailand.blog.co.uk
- 55 days old
- I arrived back to Bangkok after my five-day cat-and-mouse game with the foot soldiers of Myanmar’s military junta nursing a residual terror at what might have come up had I been that little bit less fortuitous. The experience however, also reminded me of how jut-wrenchingly exciting journalism could be and I decided that I was unwilling to... more
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- Escape
- by letterfromthailand
- in letterfromthailand.blog.co.uk
- 60 days old
- Fascinating stories were rising out of the cracks in Yangon’s shattered streets as its recovery from cyclone Nargis got underway and I spent my time gathering up as many as I could. However, I planned to take a trip into the Irrawaddy Delta region, where storm damage was worst and casualty figures highest. ... more
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- Haunting faces
- by letterfromthailand
- in letterfromthailand.blog.co.uk
- 69 days old
- I steamed into Myanmar armed with a cheerful, gung-ho attitude hoping to emerge a few days later with enough material for a few decent articles and a handful of war stories about one of the few countries on the planet that getting into and around still represented a genuine challenge. In some way and on some level, I was also hoping to enjoy it.... more
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- Burma is a kip
- by letterfromthailand
- in letterfromthailand.blog.co.uk
- 76 days old
- Myanmar’s ruling military junta threw down the shutters to foreigners after cyclone Nargis blasted its way through the country, in an attempt to keep out overseas journalists who might bear witness to the extent of the damage and the junta’s complete failure to help its victims. However, through a combination of reckless optimism and... more
