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"Bloody hell it's hot down here. And no hotels either! Sauna'a are quite warm though."
Careful, he might accidentally appropriate your cultural items and place them in his museum
Anything to escape Great Britain
He went to Thailand to go BACK to Britain.
"On two wheels" implies it's a sightseeing trip. Basically seeing the sights between Thailand and home. Probably only to leave again because... y'know.
Rather than a motorcycle, it's funnier to imagine he made the whole trip on a hoverboard.
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The guy on the right is Ben Innes from Aberdeen. He posed for a picture to post on social media next to Seif Eldin shortly after he hijacked a plane in Cyprus whilst wearing what turned out to be a fake suicide belt. Ben didn't know it was fake at the time of course.
He also said later that it was to try and get a better look at the bomb.
Cool, if morbid, photo to have afterwards, though!
That's a big smile for not knowing
"Welp!"
I mean if you think it's your last photo, wouldn't you wanna look good
Terry Pratchett nailed it in The Color of Magic.
Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the discworld. Tourist, Rincewind had decided, meant 'idiot'.
Twoflower is the first place my mind went, too.
Same
Love the reference and the image. Do you know the author?
Book reference is "The Colour Of Magic" by the Kate Sir Terry Pratchett.
Man, I just watched this video last night and it's a crazy watch. The guy was surprisingly calm given the situation (though I'm sure he was freaking the fuck out on the inside.) and it just kept escalating.
Seeing the humanity among the Nepal community was heartwarming as well.
I haven't watched the update videos yet, but I know he's released several more videos recapping the events, the proceeding fallout, and interviewing some of the people he had encountered.
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