D A R K L E

Writer, Photographer & Film Director.

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The railroad to Mandalay. #overland #railway #train #trains #traintravel #RailTourism #railfan #Mandalay #Burma #Myanmar #slowtravel #westofSiam

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@RBReich The single most despicable thing about Trump is how good he makes the other lot look.

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@theresa_197O @justindunne @Starbucks One doesn't have to look far to see how cashless can quickly shift to limited-value luncheon vouchers.

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A Vast Anonymity #Hpaan #Salween #River #Kayin #Karen #Burma #Myanmar

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A Vast Anonymity #rail #railway #train #carriage #portrait #monk #monks #Phitsanulok #Thailand

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@Ajarncom …passing through Cappadocia, the mountain gorges of Karanlik above the Euphrates, the Sakarya plain to desolate northeastern Anatolia. /2

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@Ajarncom I travelled to Istanbul from Bangkok last year – by train. And I didn’t get sick once. The Doğu Ekspresi – from Ankara to Kars – is one of the most spectacular train journeys in the world… /1

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@bkmagazine ...(NIH), this sort of (Big Sugar and Big Tech-sponsored) gross spectacle of public gluttony seems in rather poor taste.

Are we to expect next a listing of which slum sub soi one ought to go to to get a good gander at junkies overdosing? 2/2

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@bkmagazine Against a backdrop of acute food and nutrient insecurity (8 million children under 5 at risk of death from severe wasting according to UNICEF) and the rampant normalization of obesity (overeating and other eating disorder manifestations) impeding real public health solutions 1/2

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@titbit @bangkok_pat @BkkRiverBoat I’ve found hiring my own local helmsman best value all round: he does the hard work and I can provide my own commentary – or not, depending who I’m with. /3

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@titbit @bangkok_pat @BkkRiverBoat His stories – quite often spurious – dried up even before the small cooler of drinks he had prepared aboard! /2

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@bangkok_pat https://t.co/q1uQfET8lI

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@bangkok_pat Si Phraya (N3) was always my go-to for a few hours around the canals of Bangkok Noi and Bangkok Yai. Slip down the left hand-side of the Royal Orchid Sheraton (as you face the river) to get to it. The cost used to be 800-1000 THB, but I have feeling one may now pay 1500 THB.

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@justindunne @titbit

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@justindunne It’s a literal smokescreen from behind which our cultural heritage is being plucked. @titbit will be rolling out the evidence for all to see very soon!

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@BucheleNicolas @Opdiner @justindunne @ThaiNewsReports Bill Gates’ loss is the gain of dozens of Bangkok clubs, bars and massage parlors.

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@BucheleNicolas @Opdiner @justindunne @ThaiNewsReports How it all gets divvied up is likely beyond any kind of spreadsheet technology.

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@Opdiner @justindunne @ThaiNewsReports The faux morality stinks more than the weed.

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@BertieSmorgasb1 @justindunne Agree. The more legislation, the more 'loopholes' was exactly my point re: the recriminalisation of cannabis.

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@justindunne @Opdiner @ThaiNewsReports Some people make what can be crucial lifestyle choices and don’t want them impeded, by the psychoactive effects of secondhand exposure, on every beach restaurant, street corner – or boat. /4

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@justindunne @Opdiner @ThaiNewsReports In short: I’m up for people to be able to get high without law enforcement breathing down their necks, but that doesn’t mean I want to get high, too. /3