Temburong
The Chief of this longhouse in Temburong was keen to pose for us in his traditional outfit. At 75, he still looked like a boy when showing off the sword he'd made for himself. He mentioned he'd used it long ago to cut off a few heads.
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The Chief of this longhouse in Temburong was keen to pose for us in his traditional outfit. At 75, he still looked like a boy when showing off the sword he'd made for himself. He mentioned he'd used it long ago to cut off a few heads.
▪ Started the year with a sobering visit to South Beirut
▪ Left Europe, said goodbye to friends, stopping at London's Barfly (miss it!)
▪ Tossed my life in the wind to relocate to unknown South East Asia
▪ Started exploring by driving along Borneo's north coast to Kota Kinabalu
▪ Endless good times with so many new people!
▪ Memorable European breaks to Romania, Bulgaria and Slovakia
▪ "Army" experience in the jungle alongside the wonderful Gurkhas
▪ Visited Central America, fantastic time in Colombia
▪ Celebrated the arrival of 2010 in Lang Kwai Fong, Hong Kong
Otherworldly atmosphere in Macau, endless streams of people visiting the casinos, quirky street life away from them.
The cockpit is teaming with excitment as hundreds of people bet on their favourite fighters. The fights are brutal.
After the fights, the surviving cocks are patched up.
Eerie sights of Roma community housing in Eastern Slovakia, a particularly strong constrast with the attractive city centre of Košice nearby.
Rose.ph is where Philippe Rose blogs. One day I'll have my office on the Moon (in Borneo for now).
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