RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version)

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WHY THESE DESTINATIONS?

Being a dedicated Europhile feeling most at home particularly in Portugal and Greece I have been willingly absconded to Southeast Asia by a “significant birthday” present and no I am not referring to 65…God no!

Being an “Ugly Canadian” but not along the 1958 novel “The Ugly American” it is not the lack of McDonalds, Tim Hortons or Canadian consular offices that make me shy away from Southeast Asia or fear of the Kung Flu (thanks Trumpy) or SARS emanating from ill managed Chinese virology centres but a total unfamiliarity with the languages and a different alphabet. I can live without Budweiser but street signs I can read are a wonderful security blanket.

My God I travelled through the Iron Curtain full of confidence (or blissful ignorance) and now chickenshit fear of different alphabets. Is this a phobia suffered by old gizzards…now I told you this is not a 65 celebratory event.

Next: Deprivation of Liberty and the “Group Tour”

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Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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