Klong Walking

Klong - A Thai canal.

Boris cancels Venezuelan oil deal - May 26, 2008

I have to be honest, Boris gives me someone to really dislike for the next 4 or 5 years or whatever the mayor's term is. On the BBC website it says that this old Etonian will not renew the deal with Venezuela that supplies cheap diesel for London buses to fund half price fares for those of the capital's citizens on income support. In return London was supplying expert advisors to Venezuela on
http://klongwalking.blogspot.com/2008/05/boris-cancels-venezuelan-oil-deal.html

Remove the Burmese Generals - May 17, 2008

Gordon Brown has now come out rebuking the Burmese generals for killing their own people, this time by ignoring their plight rather than by shooting them. Aid needs to be forced through and if this means air drops without permission, so be it. The US and the UK were quick enough to go into oil rich Iraq. I don't expect them to do this in Burma but the least they could do is support the
http://klongwalking.blogspot.com/2008/05/remove-burmese-generals.html

Wilderness or Renewal - May 14, 2008

Frank Field certainly has it in for Gordon Brown. This is not a man to forgive and forget, in fact there is something old testament about him. I'm not sure politically where he comes from but I suspect his religion is what leads him into not accepting the usual politician's compromises. The government is backtracking and some of the backbenchers knives are out. It's hard to see how Labour will
http://klongwalking.blogspot.com/2008/05/wilderness-or-renewal.html

Tourist Pollution - May 12, 2008

It's funny how sometimes an idea seems so clear that you can't figure out why others haven't already picked up on it. So yesterday I drove with my youngest daughter to the National Museum. It gave us a chance to try the GPS on the new top of the range Nokia N95 8GB she had given me. We parked on Sanam Luang, the royal fields used in the yearly rice ploughing festival. While walking to the museum
http://klongwalking.blogspot.com/2008/05/tourist-pollution.html

Last Saturday's Walk - May 3, 2008

We went back out to the Klong Saen Saeb about 7 kilometers east of Minburi to finish off the last bit of that end of the canal with a footpath. We had got this far last month. It was only 5 kilometers there and back with a good footpath on either side but not a lot of interest except the canal here is well stocked with fish by the looks of it. Klong Saen Saeb, Minburi After the walk we drove
http://klongwalking.blogspot.com/2008/05/last-saturdays-walk.html