Comments for simoncrerar.com :: Simon Crerar's website http://www.simoncrerar.com Journalism, Travel, Photos, Food, Serendipity and other random stuff Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:04:51 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Easter Island: Earth’s most isolated inhabited island by Montague Gammon III http://www.simoncrerar.com/journalism/easter-island-earths-most-isolated-inhabited-island/comment-page-1#comment-464 Montague Gammon III Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:04:51 +0000 http://www.simoncrerar.com/?p=218#comment-464 Beggin' your pardon sir, and you probably heard this before, but the Kon-Tiki raft landed in the islands of (what was then, in the late 19040's) French Polynesia. Aku-Aku was the name of the book that Heyerdahl wrote about a totally separate expedition to Easter Island, and much of the book has been questioned in the years since it's 1958 publication. Beggin’ your pardon sir, and you probably heard this before, but the Kon-Tiki raft landed in the islands of (what was then, in the late 19040’s) French Polynesia. Aku-Aku was the name of the book that Heyerdahl wrote about a totally separate expedition to Easter Island, and much of the book has been questioned in the years since it’s 1958 publication.

]]> Comment on Ayubowan! Sri Lanka update by Peter http://www.simoncrerar.com/travel/sri-lanka/comment-page-1#comment-428 Peter Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:11:23 +0000 http://www.simoncrerar.com/?p=668#comment-428 Ah, the election and the Chinese. The latter first, the Chinese have got lots of loot. Is the naval base at Trincomalee, one the RN's? As for the election, if you can remember that far back, it was hard to find anyone who voted for Margaret Thatcher but unless you believe that those elections were rigged, lots of people did. Likewise, lots of enthusiastic NuLabour Blairites are backtracking these days Ah, the election and the Chinese. The latter first, the Chinese have got lots of loot. Is the naval base at Trincomalee, one the RN’s?

As for the election, if you can remember that far back, it was hard to find anyone who voted for Margaret Thatcher but unless you believe that those elections were rigged, lots of people did. Likewise, lots of enthusiastic NuLabour Blairites are backtracking these days

]]> Comment on Ayubowan! Sri Lanka update by simon miller http://www.simoncrerar.com/travel/sri-lanka/comment-page-1#comment-426 simon miller Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:27:14 +0000 http://www.simoncrerar.com/?p=668#comment-426 All highly interesting, but back to real life, did you and the Sammarakkody family watch the derby? 34 years and that's a fact. Go on United!! Only joking, keep sending the updates, it allows me a few moments to dream. Take care Sizzly All highly interesting, but back to real life, did you and the Sammarakkody family watch the derby? 34 years and that’s a fact. Go on United!!
Only joking, keep sending the updates, it allows me a few moments to dream. Take care
Sizzly

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