September 2009
22 posts
Dogs of Varanasi →
These happy and playful wild dogs live on the human rubbish strewn around the banks of the Ganges at Varanasi. Western ideals of cleanliness are not valid when there is no rubbish…
Sep 28th
Sep 28th
Magpul PTS AEG – Part Two →
NOTE:  This review is split into two parts.  This is part two; the review of the gun out in play and my commentary on its real world performance. The crew from Aliens review the…
Sep 26th
Magpul PTS AEG – Part Two →
NOTE:  This review is split into two parts.  This is part two; the review of the gun out in play and my commentary on its real world performance. The crew from Aliens review the…
Sep 24th
Sep 16th
Nibble on her ears (pic) →
Just mind the horns! Isn’t having a partner great? These Japanese deer agree!
Sep 16th
Sep 14th
Harvest at Jimmy’s →
While the band selection drew the crowds, the food made them stay. Jimmy has some cracking meat products and we all tucked into his famous sausages. Then we watched as James Martin…
Sep 13th
Time and tides wait for no one (pic) →
Walking one of the Great Walks of New Zealand is always a challenge and any way of skipping a little of the winding path is welcomed. But, not without risk! On the Abel Tasmin we find…
Sep 9th
Sep 9th
Sep 9th
Can’t you see I’m sleeping? (pic) →
Cute for sure, but after a hard day swimming against Australian tidal waters he was a little… Surly!
Sep 8th
Sep 7th
Impala @ the Lock →
My Father in law’s yacht as it passes through the Panama Canal. Only in a joined up world could I view this live from the other side of the world, thanks to the Internet and a weather proof web…
Sep 6th
Sep 5th
Band of Delta-Alpha : A Basho Film →
The Ground Zero Weekender is the biggest yearly event on the UK Airsoft calendar. Spread over three days in the New Forest near Bournemouth, over 1000 players attend. Airsoft is similar to…
Sep 3rd
Sep 2nd
Sep 2nd
Sep 2nd
Sep 2nd
Sep 2nd
Ground Zero Weekender 2009: Band of Delta-Alpha →
The Ground Zero Weekender is the biggest yearly event on the UK Airsoft calendar. Spread over three days in the New Forest near Bournemouth, over 1000 players attend. Airsoft is similar to paintball,…
Sep 2nd
August 2009
28 posts
Aug 21st
Varanasi: City of Gods – A Basho Film →
For 3000 years people have worshiped on the shores of the Ganges at Varanasi. So what kind of place is it and how does it make one feel to be in one of the most “holy” cities in the world?  This…
Aug 20th
Aug 20th
Varanasi: City of Gods →
For 3000 years people have worshiped on the shores of the Ganges at Varanasi.So what kind of place is it and how does it make one feel to be in one of the most “holy” cities in the world? This short…
Aug 20th
Aug 17th
Cavern of ice [pic] →
The Fox glacier of New Zealand is an amazing sight, especially from a helicopter. We flew up the right hand side and put down deep into the ice fields. From there we hiked into the cold, a…
Aug 17th
Aug 15th
Aug 15th
Aug 15th
Aug 15th
Tactical Man Watch? →
My friend, “Big D”, gave me a going away present when I announced that I was leaving for a year.  It was, what he called, a “Tactical Man Band”.  That is the classic macramé bracelets beloved of…
Aug 14th
Why hello there… [photo] →
While traversing South New Zealand, we stopped to take in a particular view. These huge fellas were waiting for us. Hungry and masters of, what can only be dubbed, agressive begging…
Aug 14th
Tactical Man Watch? →
My friend, “Big D”, gave me a going away present when I announced that I was leaving for a year.  It was, what he called, a “Tactical Man Band”.  That is the classic macramé bracelets beloved of…
Aug 13th
Why hello there… [photo] →
While traversing South New Zealand, we stopped to take in a particular view. These huge fellas were waiting for us. Hungry and masters of, what can only be dubbed, agressive begging…
Aug 13th
Aug 13th
Face Palm of the day, “Stephen Hawking wouldn’t... →
In a ill thought out, incorrect and frankly insultingly wrong article the Investors Business Daily have lowered even the low standards required by American Journalism.  Amongst the detritus of…
Aug 12th
Tokyo Marui Pro Goggle Review →
Welcome, this is a review of the new Tokyo Marui Full Face Pro Goggles with built in fan. After coming home from my travels I accessed my secure shipping container and got out all my airsoft gear. …
Aug 11th
Dancers of the Summer Palace →
This small group of beautiful Chinese dancers await in the Summer Palace. Awash with thousands of tour groups, only this small outdoor theatre was quiet and we got to watch for 20…
Aug 9th
Tokyo Marui Pro Goggle Review →
Welcome, this is a review of the new Tokyo Marui Full Face Pro Goggles with built in fan. After coming home from my travels I accessed my secure shipping container and got out all my airsoft gear. …
Aug 9th
Aug 9th
Dancers of the Summer Palace →
This small group of beautiful Chinese dancers await in the Summer Palace. Awash with thousands of tour groups, only this small outdoor theatre was quiet and we got to watch for 20…
Aug 8th
Aug 8th
One man and his camel →
I never wanv to ride one again! A great and very friendly creature, but riding one without stirups is hell on one’s thighs! www.outsidecontext.com “The Day the Earth Stood…
Aug 2nd
An English fête →
Some things you do miss when you are away and they are never the things you’d think. Only when you re-equate do you realise. This fête is, well, trite and quaint. But, it is a great…
Aug 2nd
Aug 2nd
Aug 2nd
One man and his camel →
I never wanv to ride one again! A great and very friendly creature, but riding one without stirups is hell on one’s thighs! www.outsidecontext.com “The Day the Earth Stood…
Aug 1st
Aug 1st