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Neanderthal in a monkey suit

Yes, he was skinned, the pelt went somewhere, meat and bones to the dogs, claws as key-ring fobs, the skull ended up above the door to one of the core sheds.

No he was an old bear, you could see from his teeth, that hadn't eaten enough to hibernate and ventured into camp looking for food.

We had bears, both in the Siberian projects and in Kamchatka. There were guns in the camps but I didn't carry one, and certainly not when venturing out to the toilet block at night. I added a photo above of one that entered camp and was shot, they followed the blood trail in the morning and hauled the carcass into camp. The meat fed the camp dogs that raised the alarm.

Yes, but no gun. But we had bears.

Splendid, so you wouldn't last long in a exploration field camp; squat toilet long drops, with a bucket of ash to sprinkle to keep the the flies down.

He should be in a care home, not the White House

Ah, soft decadent Westerner.

Certainly not a Potemkin Village. It's a major city, population of over 1 million. It's 20 years since I visited, but it's certainly a functioning city. I spent five years working on projects in Siberia, mainly based out of Krasnoyarsk. Soviet architecture maybe brutal but it's functional and the apartments within those tenement blocks are comfortable. I know I rented one.

OK so you've never been to Novosibirsk

Maybe they should just go back to the desert

Heineken, great adverts, not so great beer

His father, Charles Kushner, is a convicted felon; apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

I think it more likely Novosibirsk than anywhere in Cambodia.

Thanks for the update, that is good news, 1.2km away instead of 12km.

Who would there be left to represent moralistic paedophiles?

Nothing bizarre there

It is, you can see the location in Google Earth, appears to be just a short walk from the beach.

Cheaper the P4P

Been perfectly happy with the local water delivery service; they come every couple of weeks and pick up and replace the empties, currently Bht15 for 20 litres.

De Van Cuisine - (Phone: 074-351438) (7.007237, 100.475424) Will reopen on March 12th.

This is Koh Phangan, I recall issues with locals complaining about Israeli nominee companies on the island, another issue with Israelis not taking their shoes off, and there was an Israeli recently arrested for drug dealing too. Not surprised he doesn't want them in his shop.

Good idea, an original 1933 Ingersoll Mickey Mouse watch sold for $11,422 in 2020