Tag Archives: funny signs

Long live racism!

Posted on December 8, 2011 by The Dromomaniac

For the first time in my life, I got an upgrade and flew business class on my flight from Kathmandu to Kuala Lumpur. Not even on my birthday on a half-empty plane with Icelandair and dressing well could I manage … Continue reading →

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Things you wouldn’t expect to find in Nepal

Posted on December 6, 2011 by The Dromomaniac

Before I start, a quick thing, the shortest of short stories: a billion years ago when I visited New Zealand I stayed as a Servas guest with a woman in her 70s in a remote part of the South Island. … Continue reading →

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India, sign paradise

Posted on October 23, 2011 by The Dromomaniac

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Things you wouldn’t expect to find in France

Posted on September 30, 2011 by The Dromomaniac

”My tailor is rich”, huh? Is this the kind of sentence that French businessmen are hot to know in English? I can imagine them calling every school in the book and asking if they teach important phrases such as “Can … Continue reading →

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Watch me throw away $400

Posted on September 3, 2011 by The Dromomaniac

While waiting for my flight I heard the magic words in an announcement: “We are looking for volunteers to take a later flight as this flight has been oversold” or however they put it, as they no longer say the … Continue reading →