Latest Blog Posts for An Ache For The Distance

• Photo of the Weekend - Edinburgh Princes Street
  on Apr 16, 2011 in Scotland photography edinburgh
  Photo and words from Kenny Mathieson "The things I do to take photographs...like (as in this case) freeze off (almost!) my fingers and toes while trying to get this shot earlier today. Perhaps the one positive thing to come from Edinburgh's shamboli...
• Faces of India - Pre-Tash, Turban Tash & Tilak Tash
  on Apr 14, 2011 in photography india india travel
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• Sleeping Indians...
  on Apr 13, 2011 in photography india sleeping india travel observation
  Grabbing some Z's Have you ever been on a bus or train in Asia and wondered how the hell everyone managed to fall asleep so quickly?  It doesn't seem to matter whether they're Malay or Mongolian, Asian people will generally drift off before the...
• Photo of the Weekend (Devin Hoskyn Paisley)
  on Apr 11, 2011
  Simply cool.... Third Eye Photography...
• Thargo Thunderbox - Red Nomad Oz
  on Apr 7, 2011 in thargo thunderbox outback australia travel australia backpacking dunny
  The Thargo Thunderbox Only in OZ – The Thargo Thunderbox! So what's your favourite euphemism for 'toilet'? Conveniences, amenities, lavatory, can, john, privy, loo, bathroom, washroom – hang on, WASH-room? Is it just me, or is this just wrong?
• Currency Clichés
  on Apr 3, 2011 in new zealand dollar british pound us dollar iraqi dinar travel indian rupee Expat Italy swiss franc australian dollar currency the euro currency clichés
  Last week I meandered over the border into Switzerland for the day and in Lugano got my hands on some Swiss francs for the first time. As with any new currency, I took a minute to give it the once over and it dawned on me how much the local money ac...
• Photo of the Weekend (Duc Pham)
  on Apr 3, 2011
  Made in China, Old & New. Imperial Palace, Beijing...
• on Apr 1, 2011 in Expat Italy giveaway anytrip.com Travelogue
  AnyTrip.com Announces 50 Travel Prizes Giveaway(1st April 2011)AnyTrip.com, a fee-free booking service for travellers and holidaymakers, celebrates its launch by giving customers the chance to win one of 50 great travel prizes. Prizes include an...
• Italian from a Scottish perspective - Scotto
  on Mar 30, 2011 in italian Italian scottish Expat Italy scottish english language italy Travelogue learning english Scotland backpacking language learning stuart mathieson saharanscot scottish backpacker language italiano milan
  Many moons ago, I had an in-depth political discussion with a taxi driver on the way to Alicante airport entirely in Spanish.  At that time, I had just packed in studying politics at university so a little political banter wasn't unusual.  ...
• Photo of the Weekend (Graeme Smith)
  on Mar 28, 2011 in Scotland photography Expat Italy Football flower of scotland Travelogue Brazil Sony
  Should Sony Europe ever decide to set up an entirely Scottish branch then this photo from an old school friend (in both senses) may just provide the perfect advertising for them. It was taken whilst 40,000 Scots bawled out their national anthem befo...

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