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Socks for a cause
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Socks for a cause

The roar of the rain against the metal roof is more effective white noise than anything I can produce in my tiny headphones. It circles and nibbles at the bottom end of everything, separating life into brash high frequency squeals and the rest, seething and unhearable. I step sideways to

  • Dan Woods
Dan Woods Dec 24, 2013 • 2 min read
It's because of China
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It's because of China

I am unsure whether it is the wind, or the spray being kicked up by the boat, or whether it is conceivable that I am cold. This seems impossible, in Bangkok, at this time of year. Nevertheless, the driver has donned an impressive looking ski-jacket and is using the hand

  • Dan Woods
Dan Woods May 29, 2011 • 4 min read
Festina Lente
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Festina Lente

The motorcycles swarm and huddle in the shade under the bridge, like so many angry bees, waiting for the green disc up ahead to light up, so they can soar back into the sunshine. Summer is like that, here. I see us jumping from pocket of shade to pocket of

  • Dan Woods
Dan Woods Jan 23, 2011 • 2 min read
Enter Bangkok
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Enter Bangkok

I thrash back and forth for an hour in the pre-dawn fuzz before giving up and hauling myself upright. The air-con has clicked off at some time during the night, and it is hot already, as the sun creeps around edges of stippled grey. A tepid shower, in the haphazardly

  • Dan Woods
Dan Woods Aug 8, 2010 • 3 min read
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