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I’ve been fairly slack of late. It’s been some time since I posted anything here. And that’s not changing much now… just some additions to the photo galleries I manage.

First I have added some photos from the June adult grading to the Bushidokan photos site. See the June Adult/Teen grading link. These photos are from Fiona. I haven’t yet got the photos that Bernie took during the day.

Fiona, a friend from Karate, has given me the “best of the best” photos from her trip to Vietnam and Cambodia in March/April this year. I’ve uploaded them to a separate folder on the main gallery page.

There are some great pics there. Some amazing photo’s of Ankor Wat and surrounds, kids playing, towns on the river deltas and modern temples. Enjoy.

I’ve just come back from two weeks working in India, the first in Chennai and the second in Pune. It’s been two years since my last trip to India and I’d forgotten how bad the traffic can be. This entry is an attempt, with some video’s captured on my phone, to describe how interesting driving in Indian cities is.
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After a long work week, I spent today taking in some of the sights of Chennai. I’d checked out the usual online sources and the Lonely Planet and there wasn’t much that took my fancy. Then I found that the Royal Enfield factory is north of the city. So I combined this with a trip to the south to see Mahabalipuram.
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Just a page for me to test the NextGEN gallery options and my stylesheet changes.
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I think everyone is familiar with the Led Zepplin classic Stairway to Heaven. It came out on Led Zepplin IV, which also featured the magnificent blues “When the Levee Breaks”, one of my favourite Led Zepplin tracks and a re-arrangement of an older song.

There have been many parodies of the song, many serious versions and a reference to “no Stairway to Heaven” in the original Wayne’s World film. This page looks at some of the serious and not so serious versions.
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