Chris Mitchell
Scuba journalist based in Thailand
British scuba journalist based in Thailand
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Don't need an alarm clock living by sea on koh lanta.Longtail boat drivers will thoughtfully wake u at 530 with is-world-ending? engine roar
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Now onto something a bit lighter with Peter Kay's Saturday Night Peter - from the sublime to the ridiculous etc etc
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I really enjoyed Logicomix, graphic novel about mathematics and Bertrand Russell - esp the portray of Wittgenstein
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&as I'm a soppy romantic at heart, Love In The Time Of Cholera is my fave GGM book. Turns out it's his most popular-even more than Solitude
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Read Gerald Martin's epic biography of Gabriel Garcia Marquez while travelling.GMM's life is even stranger and more wonderful than his books
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see what i did there?
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Back online and in Thailand.Now on Koh Lanta, currently sitting on friend's seaview pier. Hope all my Bangkok tweeps are red-dy for anything
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First week of southern Maldives liveaboard completed-now at Lammu atoll. Amazing manta ray action - can't wait to see what next week brings
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Off early tomorrow for 2 weeks exploring southern Maldives on MV Orion http://divehappy.com/2057 Take care tweeps, see u on the other side.
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1 of Momus' (aka @wolon ) last blog posts, about amazing German photobook on Hong Kong's illegal rooftop shantytowns http://snipurl.com/ujpas
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More irritated than I should be about Ballard's house being ruined.Waymore important things to be angry about,but this one sticks in my craw
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RT: @TofflerAnn : RT @MalcolmMoore : JG Ballard's childhood home in Shanghai has been gutted. With vid. (DT) http://twurl.nl/ua0har
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@nomadicmatt keep an eye on the news mate - a tsunami might be heading your way as fallout from Chile quake.
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Thankyou @hyperren @kevinrevolinski @eloren @lsdscuba for the #FF - right back at ya! look forward to meeting rest of u sometime this year
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@hyperren ha ha doh think I linked the wrong pic - you know tho
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RT:http://twitpic.com/15e5fd #Bangkok @hyperren @migrationology @travelhappy @richardescobar great pic but HTF did I end up wearing yr hat?!
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Placebo, Branton Marsalis &Dinosaur Jr (Dinosaur Jr!) are playing Singapore in March.But not Bangkok.FFS.
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Is there anywhere in Bangkok to donate busted mobile phones etc for recycling?
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Just arrived back at still functioning bangkok airport. City doesn't appear to have burnt to ground. Did I miss anything?
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I need a really BIG camera bag, maximum carryon size, that can hold camera,lens,strobes and possibly my UW housing. Any suggestions?
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@hyperren ha ha - good to meet you last night - no doubt will see you again at some point. Let me know if you do any Samuel Beckett :)
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not been this frantic for a while - mad amount to organise b4 maldives trip on monday
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dear red shirts please dont shut down the airport so i can get back into thailand tomorrow night. kthxbye
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Flying to Singapore and back tomorrow, up with the sparrow's fart - how do I get myself into these situations
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Having terrible trouble getting my new Aquatica underwater camera housing sorted out.Anyone know anyone at Aquatica? Zero response to emails
