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Ko Samui Island, still in Thailand, was the ship's last stop before Singapore.

This was the only place that Wendy and I had not previously visited.

Wendy booked a ship's excursion that I had declined, deciding instead, to simply go ashore and look around. We had to tender in.

I was immediately assailed by numerous cab drivers offering a tour of the island. As I still had more Thai Baht than I wanted, but not as much as they were asking, I negotiated a price within my means (Baht 2000 about $80) to go all the way around, stopping at places as suggested by driver - marked on his map. A bit of sign language and bartering was required. Google maps, in conjunction with my phone, subsequently told me we travelled about 90 km.

Here are some of the highlights.

I've commented elsewhere on the strange merging of the Hindu and Buddhist religions in different parts of Asia
Here Shinto also has an influence - less-so, Christianity

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Travel

Bridge over the River Kwai

In 1957-58 the film ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai‘ was ground breaking. It was remarkable for being mainly shot on location (in Ceylon not Thailand) rather than in a studio and for involving the construction and demolition of a real, fully functioning rail bridge. It's still regarded by many as one of the finest movies ever made.

One of the things a tourist to Bangkok is encouraged to do is to take a day trip to the actual bridge.

Fiction, Recollections & News

Now I am seventy

On the occasion of an afternoon tea to mark this significant milestone...

When I was one, I was just begun;
When I was two, I was nearly new;
When I was Three, I was hardly me;
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But then I was sixty, and as clever as clever;
Wouldn't it be nice to stay sixty for ever and ever?

(With apologies to AA Milne)

Hang on! Now I'm seventy? How did that happen?

Opinions and Philosophy

Population and Climate Change – An update

Climate

I originally wrote the paper, Issues Arising from the Greenhouse Hypothesis, in 1990 and do not see a need to revise it substantially. Some of the science is better defined and there have been some minor changes in some of the projections; but otherwise little has changed.

In the Introduction to the 2006 update to that paper I wrote:

Climate change has wide ranging implications... ranging from its impacts on agriculture (through drought, floods, water availability, land degradation and carbon credits) mining (by limiting markets for coal and minerals processing) manufacturing and transport (through energy costs) to property damage resulting from storms.

The issues are complex, ranging from disputes about the impact of human activities on global warming, to arguments about what should be done and the consequences of the various actions proposed.

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