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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.
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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.
Cool, if morbid, photo to have afterwards, though!
That's a big smile for not knowing
I mean if you think it's your last photo, wouldn't you wanna look good
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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'.
Asking: “ where can I find a pub”
Wherever you are in the world, there is usually an Irish pub serving Guinness.
Also according to Hemingway, you can find at least 2 Estonians in every port in the world.
I can’t confirm that, but I can confirm that there are Irish pubs here in Estonia too.
I once went on a perilous hiking trip with my dad. We jumped crevices, scaled bare rock with nothing but ropes and wits, and spent the nights alone up in that wilderness, shivering next to insufficient fire pits. Once we got to the peak and took in the majesty of creation, we turned around saw that there was an Irish pub there at the top
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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.
on two wheels
why tho
he's on a global motorcycle tour. generally speaking if you want to see the whole world and not just tourist traps, you're gonna do it by bicycle, motorcycle, or by hiking and taking the bus. the theme of his channel is to show things in the world most people miss because they're taking curated/manicured forays into the world catered to their pre-existing outlooks on other people and places
A random political overthrow fits in there quite nicely, actually.
on some level, with the era he was doing this world tour in, and the specifics of what he was seeking to show the world about how we're all just people and the states that rule us are arbitrary, it was bound to happen eventually
I really like your outlook. "Things fall apart" but less Achebe and more Doctorow
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