april 2015
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A local interest magazine based in El Campello, Alicante Spain. Each month, articles about the local area as well as ones of a wider interest such as film reviews and gardening interests are covered. We also include where possible a short work of fiction each month.TRANSCRIPT
Tickled Squirrel
FREE EVERY MONTH
Issue 5April 2015 Bumper Easter Edition
Look inside for articles, puzzles, information and advertising from the some of the
best local businesses.
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GEERLINGSCLINICA DENTAL
BONALBA
Telephone: 965 959 714www.clinicadentalgeerlings.es
P.6 112: The Emergency Telephone Number in Spain.
P.9 Classifieds,Charities&Churches.
P.10 Brain Drain Puzzle Pages
P.12 Walk for Life 2015.
P.14 LinkWords.
P.16 Rockon,Alicante.
P.18 LocalAreaTelephoneNumbers.
P.20 ChangestoSuccessionLaw.
P.22 FilmReview:CHAPPIE.
P.24 MediterraneanGardens.
P.26 FlightoftheCondor.
P.30 CaribbeanFriedBananas&Rum.
P.33 MakingChanges:MindoverMatter.
P.34 Music Ramblings.
P.36 TechTips:Windows10part2.
P.38 LivinginLaos:TheLifeofanExPat.
P.39 PuzzleSolutions.
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SNACK ~ A ~ JAX
619 381 722
Come along and see us soon. You’ll fi nd us on the “Island” in Bonalba. We’re easy to fi nd, and you can park outside or nearby.
More than just an English Food ShopCome along and have a browse, then sit at one of our tables for a drink or a snack. You can even enjoy a full English breakfast if you wish before fi nishing your purchases. We stock a good selection of fresh, chilled, and frozen English foods. Agents for TV Choice, RTN and Euroweekly.
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Lunchtime Specials - 5.95€ including a drink
We are openTuesday 9:30 to 5:30Wednesday 9:30 to 5:30Thursday 9:30 to 5:30
Friday 9:30 to 5:30Saturday 9:30 to 4:00(we are closed Sundays & Mondays)
(Kitchen service ends one hour before closing time)
EasypostAndPassportService
Eurodirectcardsavailable
HotCrossBunsandEasterCardsInStock
Easter Weekend Opening Hours Friday 4th and Saturday 5th 10am to 4pmSun and Mon closed
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April 2015April 3rd Good FridayApril 5th Easter SundayApril 6thEaster MondayApril 23rd St. George’s Day
Shannon Clancy April 6thRobert Littler *80* April 12thPhil Vasey *80* April 14thCassandra Anderson April 24th
Jessica Clancy April 27th
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Sam’ssupermarket
Open Monday to Friday 9 to 4:30, Saturdays 9 to 3
965 63 44 45
Baz Traditional English ButcherOpen Tuesday to Saturday from 10 to 3
Hair & BeautySalon
EasytofindontheN332betweenLaFont&ElCampello
Be Flawless - Be You!Instantly Ageless: A powerful micro cream only available @ Kutz Salon!Contact Carmen in Salon.
Appointments 965 63 44 45
Quality meats includingroasting beef, steaks,home cured gammon,pork with crackling,home made beef and lamb burgers, and much more.
All Your Quality English Products In StockWiderangeofQualityBakewareAvailable
JohnSmith’sandGuinnessWarburton’sBread
Agents for TV Choice
WideRangeOfEasterEggsAvailableFrom20thMarch
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A Quick Guide to 112: The Emergency Telephone Number in Spain
112 is a free emergency telephone number in Spain which offers a 24/7 emergency service to any person located within the country of Spain, regardless of their nationality and legal
status. It is the number you use in Spain for ANY emergency. The list below shows what kind of emergencies are covered by this number, but please note that the list is not definitive . . .
When you dial 112 the operator will decide which of the emergency professional services are required. It may be the Spanish National Police, the Local Police, Guardia Civil, Firefighters, Ambulance/Paramedics, or even Civil Protection.
How does the system work? It’s easy. Just dial 112 for any emergency. Do not hesitate as that delay could mean the difference between life and death in some situations. It does not matter that your native language is not Spanish because the operators also speak English.
Although 112 is a national service it is managed at local level in each Spanish region thereby giving the fastest response possible to each emergency situation.
112 can be used as the emergency telephone number in other EU countries, including the UK which also uses 999. According to the European Commission Website, only “51% of EU citizens know that 112 is the number used across the EU”.
112 is not a general information phone number. Don’t call 112 either to know what the weather is going to be like, or for general traffic enquiries. Wrong or even malicious phone calls do nothing more than obstruct real emergencies. Please take this phone number very seriously.
FINAL THOUGHTS: I’ve rang 112 around 10 times in my whole life and I can tell you they’ve always answered quickly and have been very efficient, at least when I was present, which was not the case in the first two examples I’m about to give you next.
I recall that one day I was driving on the Cartagena-Murcia motorway and had to dodge a piece of carpet rolled up across the road. That’s 112.
Sometime later there was somebody driving at night on the motorway with no lights. That’s 112.
And whilst living with my parents, one night I looked through the window and saw some smoke coming up from the rubbish bin (in a few minutes it was completely on fire but the firefighters extinguished it fast enough). That’s 112.
Whenever the situation poses a risk to any human being or even animals:That’s 112.
DavidInterpreting, translation and driving licence specialist
http://torreviejatranslation.com
Car accidents Fire Health assistance
Physical aggressions Theft Rescue
Natural disasters Life risking situations/scenarios
By David Ruiz
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Calle San Bartolomé Nº 55 Commercial B El Campello 03560
Telephone 666 967 469 or 622 658 581 English and Spanish spokenEmail: [email protected] Web: www.sundrenchedvillas.com
SUNDRENCHED VILLASSpecialists in Property Sales,Long Term and Holiday Lets
Are you are looking to SELLor RENT your property?
� en come and talk to us. We have a large portfolio of international clients waiting to
BUY and RENT in this area.
(between the lottery shop and the charity shop)
RESTAURANTE LA PLAYA
Menu Of The Day - 11.50€Salad,Starter,MainCourse
Bread&Alioli,Dessert,Coffee.AvailableEveryDay
RelaxingLiveMusicWithawiderangeofstylesforalltastes.
Open Tuesday To Saturday from 11:30 to late and Sundays from 1pm to 4pm(Kitchen open 1 - 4 and 7 - 10:30)
Avenida Almadraba 9, El Campello - On the le� as you head towards Pueblo Español
Telephone 633 469 488SpecialChef’sMenu
Salad,BBQGrilledMixedMeatswithPotatoes,2Pintsbeeror
1BottleofWine19.80€for2People
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El Campello Christian Community
EASTER INVITATIONGood Friday 11am
Hot Cross Buns - Easter Egg Hunt - Singing and more . . .
Easter Sunday 5pmRosado, Chocolates, Songs and a special testimony
from a special person!
ALL ARE WELCOMEWe meet in the hall beside Meson/Pueblo Español
Avenida Almadraba, El Campello
You are also invited to join us on the second and fourth Sunday each month at 5pm
Website - www.elcampellochristiancommunity.orgEmail - [email protected] or telephone Sue on 965699991 / 693048200
The Square Coveta Fuma
Tel 965 639 018
International MenuGood Range Of BeersCocktails & Snacks
www.facebook.com/barlosdos
Live Music
Live SportOpenEveryDayFrom9:30tillLate
BAR
Pool Table
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APAC Animal Protection Charity in El Campello. Dogs of all ages awaiting rehoming. Sterilisation scheme for feral cats. Charity shop at Av. Germanies, 20, El Campello. For information about dogs, call Joy 965699460, and for feral cats call Janice 965638899, or Onny 965940763 (charity no. 3817)
BruisedButNotBroken Cancer Support Charity. Our aim is to provide respite breaks. If you or your family need help, or you wish to volunteer, please get in touch. Tel: Lorraine 608524896 (charity no. CV-01-049781-A)
ChurchoftheGoodShepherd San Juan. Services in English. Sundays11am. Calle Juan Sebastian El Cano 19. Everyone welcome. Please call Gordon on 965950231 or Sarah on 600714573 for more information ElCampelloChristianCommunity Meetings of this Community will be held on Sunday, 16 April and Sunday 26 April in the Hall next to Meson Pueblo Español (Pepe´s Bar) at 5 p.m. Everyone welcome! For information email: [email protected] or telephone Sue Bishop on 965699991/693048200
MABS Cancer Support Group covering Costa Blanca area. Interpreters, Transport, Equipment, Support and nursing available for you and your family in your time of need. Tel: Sue 664266991 (charity no. 7261)
P.E.P.A. Animal Charity is desperately looking for foster carers to help us with the overwhelming amount of abandoned animals. All expenses are paid, all that we ask is that a secure loving temporary home is given. For more information please telephone Pat on 962833325 or the helpline on 650304746 or email [email protected] (Reg. Charity Number: G.97646921)
Toincludeacharityinourlistingspleasesupplyavalidregisteredcharitynumber.
Charities & Churches
Classified adverts are free for items up to 500€ (maximum 20 words per item including contact number). Photographs cannot be included. However, don’t forget that you can also place your adverts on our website, including up to four photographs at www.tickledsquirrel.com
To include your advert in the printed magazine please send by email to: [email protected] BEFORE the 15th of each month. Only one item per email and a maximum of four items each month per email address. Space may be limited therefore adverts will be placed on a first come first served basis. Tickled Squirrel Magazine Classified Ads section is solely for private individuals to advertise items for sale or wanted. It is not for the use of businesses.
Classified Advertising Section
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For sale Briggs & Stratton Generator, really good condition. 80€Aigues : Tel: 965690482
Wanted brass ship’s bell. Any age/condition. Please call Ian on 648835377 or 627703521
Wanted Small automatic car, e.g. Renault Clio, Citroen C1. in good condition & with reasonable mileage. El Campello area. Tel: 965633712 / email: [email protected]
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The Brain Drain Puzzle Pages
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30. More than two (7) 32. Ocean (3) 33. Unpredictable (13)
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18. Deadlock (9) 20. Soon (9) 22. Automobile (5,3) 26. Critique (6) 27. Good-tasting (5) 29. Diminish (5) 30. Adds (4) 31. Told an untruth (4)
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Walk for Life 2015Hi folks. It´s that time of year again! Yes, it is time to get out your walking shoes and sign up for our “Walk for Life” which will take place this year on Sunday 3rd May. We shall walk the usual route along the seafront between El Campello and Muchavista beaches covering a distance of approximately 10kilometres, although you may if you wish, walk the shorter distance of 3 or 5km. Although called a walk, you may run the distance if you prefer, but walking or running, this is not about winning. It is about taking part in support of those who cannot, and everyone who enters is a winner by the very fact that they care enough to do so. We would especially like to see families entering . . . Cancer is after all, a disease which can affect the family unit as a whole. The walk is open to everyone regardless of age, albeit on 1 leg, 2 legs, or those who need wheels . . . you are all welcome, including our 4 legged friends.If you would like to take part please call Lorraine on 608524896 for details or call into The Bruised but not Broken charity shop in El Campello where our volunteers will be happy to offer you a registration pack. This will include sponsor forms, a Walk for Life tee shirt, a wristband and information about the charity. All walkers will receive a medal on completion of the walk. Registration is at a cost of €6.50 Please support this event and walk or run yourself a little fitter at the same time. We look forward to seeing you there. Lorraine Brown.
2013 Walk for Life participants
BruisedbutnotBroken-Whoarewe?Bruised but not Broken is a Registered Cancer Charity founded to honour the life and courage of Bec Isaacs who died in 2010 at the age of 32 following a 4 year battle with Bowel Cancer. Our aim is to offer respite breaks to the family carers of those affected by this monstrous disease. If we can help you or if you would like to volunteer some of your time, then please contact us on any of the following:
[email protected] Lorraine on 608524896
www.bruisedbutnotbroken.co.ukYou can also find us on Facebook or why not call into our charity
shop in Calle San Bartolome 55, El Campello
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Campello AlternativeTherapy
Neuro-MuscularTherapeuticMassageJohnGoodhewD.M.,M.A.S.,Th.M.,S.W.S.MMemberofA.T.M.PractitionersTelephone: 654 254 904Email:[email protected] the best, trained by the best!
Make an appointment with me nowfor a little restorative body work
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Email:jackie@costablancatherapy.comReikiOnetoOneReikiLevel1and2TeachingAnimalReiki
Call635734647ForAReikiAppointment
Call me on 654 254 904
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1. Ring, Geezer, Rough
2 Bowling, Emerald, Peace
3 Night, Torch, Bulb
4 Nations, Manchester, States
5 Chest, Plate, Unit
6 Charlotte, Eating, Crumble
7 Beam, Circle, House
8 Cross, Queen, Sponge
9 Lane, School, Stop
10 Finger, Hob, Clipper
11 Black, Mill, Pot
12 Flower, Hat, Roof
13 Light, Roman, Stick
14 Cream, Cube, Vanilla
15 New, Book, Last
16 Times, Top, Dining
17 Red, Spring, Soup
18 Gate, Book, Wicket
19 Cutting, Knife, Waters
20 Box, Label, White
21 Bow, Forest, Coat
22 Dinner, Donkey, Dust
23 Stand, Bowler, Box
24 Beauty, Carnival, Bee
25 Absent, Broad, Single
26 Fastener, Code, Nylon
Link Words
Find a word that can go before or after each set of words, for example: Tea, Cake, Egg, The answer will be: Cup. Tea Cup, Cup Cake, Egg Cup,They all begin with a different letter of the alphabet but not in the right order.
Fortheanswersseepage39
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Monday – Saturday 09:30 – 16:00Sunday 09:30 – 14:00
965 698 082
FoodServedDaily
Live Sport / Football DailyTuesdays Darts 20:00Wednesday Bingo - eyes down 20:00Thursdays Quiz 19:30Friday Fish and Chips 17:00 – 20:00 (Please Pre-Book)
Music Quiz - date to be announced
What’sOn
Avd Pais Valencia Busot 03111
C/PintorBaeza12,SanJuanPuebloAlicante
Tel: 611338954
Weareacharitysetuptohelp
FeedTheHungryWe have a Charity Shop based inSan Juan Town whose proceedsareusedtohelpfeedthelocalpoorofallnationalities.Wewelcomedonationsofallkinds:Clothing, Electrical, Furniture,Food,FinancialHelp.
We are currently supporting over 30 familes with food. Every purchase from our shop helps us do more, so come along and see us soon.
AssociationEmmanuelAlicante
Tel: 965 63 77 04
LiveMusicWithSuperHitsEverySaturdayfrom10pm
FreeSalsaLessonsWednesdaysfrom6pmto8pm
Followedat8:30byaFunquizLiveMusiconSundaysfrom1pm
withMaddieDouglas
FrenchConversationGroupSaturdaysat4pm
Openeverydayfrom11:30tillclose(ClosedMondays)
Overlooking The Beach in El Campello
SpanishConversationForBeginners&MoreAdvanced-Wedfrom3pm
(Starts8thApril)
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A brief geological history/main events/vocabulary, and a bit of context for future articles
The Alicante province can be found at the eastern end of the Betic Cordillera, a 600km mountain range which occupies most of the southern and south-eastern parts of the Iberian Peninsula.
The rocks here are mainly sedimentary, formed by the accumulation of layers of sediments (loose bits of anything and everything) in a big and often water-filled dip in the ground (a sedimentary basin). Underneath the sedimentary rocks there is what is known as the basement and which is made up of ancient rocks which are either igneous (made from magma) or metamorphic (rocks which have been changed by heat and pressure).
So when and where these rocks were formed? And how and when they were all crushed together and mushed up to form the mountains we see today?
So let’s start with the basement, which we can’t actually see here in Alicante, but which we know is the same as the basement everywhere else in the Iberian Peninsula and is made up of metamorphic rocks left over from a tectonic collision (two big chunks of the earth’s surface smashing together to make mountains which were then eroded away) about 300 million years ago.
After this there was an episode of extensional activity (a stretching and breaking apart of the basement) which created the dip that we need to accumulate sediments and make our sedimentary rocks. In each different part of the basin different types of rocks were formed.
The oldest sedimentary rocks we can see around this area are Triassic in age (200-250 million years old). These are generally the brightly colored red, yellow and green rocks which can be
seen, for example, in the Monnegre area just inland from Muchamiel. They were formed in a very shallow, and sometimes exposed, basin.
A little bit later, in the Jurassic (145-200 million years ago) the sea level rose and the type of rocks that accumulated on top of the Triassic ones changed to be mainly limestones such as the ones you can see at the Cabeço d’Or in Busot, or at Puig Campana in Finestrat. This was later followed by another extensional phase which broke this shallow limestone platform of the basin and created higher and lower areas in the basin where different
Rock on, Alicante!
Jurassic limestones, Cabeço d’Or, Busot
Cretaceous rocks, Cabeço d’Or, Busot
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types of sediments were accumulated. This continued into the Cretaceous (66-145 million years ago) where different rocks continued accumulating in the different parts of the basin.
At the end of the Cretaceous a huge meteorite impact on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico occurred which caused a mass extinction. Because the Alicante region was quite close to the Yucatan in the late Cretaceous a lot of the dust from the impact accumulated in the basin forming a 2mm thick dark layer, which can be seen in Agost, and which is an international reference for the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Tertiary (66 million years ago).
So this basin, which is pulling itself open, creating different water depths and underwater topography which then causes the formation of different types of sedimentary rocks, suddenly changes its behavior and starts closing. The African Plate to the south starts pushing towards the Iberian Plate to the north about 65 million years ago. The Iberian part of the basin starts going underneath the African part (subduction). This changes the structure of the basin and also influences the rocks types which form, as well as metamorphosing some of the sedimentary rocks further south. The two big plates continue coming together until Alboran, a big island in the middle of the basin, collides with Iberia about 18 million years ago. This closing-together movement and later collision are processes of the Alpine Orogeny which not only mushed up the sedimentary rocks and created the Betic Cordillera but the Alps and many other mountain belts.
The next major event to occur is the Messinian salinity crisis (5.3-7.2 million years ago) which produced deposits of evaporites (rocks formed by evaporation) due to the basin losing its water depth. After this the marine conditions returned and the different types of marine rocks started accumulating again.
In the present day, the Alicante region is still undergoing a compression (4-5mm/year), with most of the deformation occurring in the southern parts of the province where most of the major active faults are also located and which occasionally cause moderate to high intensity earthquakes which can be very destructive in nature, like the 6.3 – 6.9 magnitude one which occurred in Torrevieja in 1829 causing 389 deaths and the destruction of 2965 homes and damages in 2396 others.
Triassic rocks near Jijona
GEERLINGSCLINICA DENTAL
BONALBA
Telephone: 965 959 714www.clinicadentalgeerlings.es
Watchoutforfuturearticles,includingoneonhowthe
Caves of Canelobre wereformed.
MatthewClancy
El Campello Casa de Cultura 965636194/6491 Hospital San Juan 965938700 Post Office (Correos) 965630318 Health Centre 965637106/965937480 / 85Ad. Education Centre 965635808 Taxis 965101611/965101029/ 965252511Town hall 965637200 Railway Station 965262731/900720472 Tourist Information 965634606 Guardia Civil 965630418/062 Policía Local 965637099/ 965634444 Suma Office 965292015 San Juan Town Hall 965653245/965653324 Local Police 965942222 Guardia Civil 965653232 Post Office 965653368 Health Centre 96 593 74 40 Suma Office 965292034
Busot Health Centre 966908240 Casa de Cultura 965698072 Town Hall 965699092 Police 965698181/607385522
Mutxamel Town Hall 965956960 Health Centre 965952777 Guardia Civil 965653232 Local Police 965953500 Post Office 965953166
Villajoyosa Casa de Cultura 965894250 Post Office 965891230 Library 965891698 Town Hall 966851001 Municipal Police 965890050 Guardia Civil 965891143 Hospital Marina Baixa 966859800 Tourist Info 966851371 Taxis 965893343/902075073
Jijona Town Hall 965610300 Guardia Civil 965610142 Health centre 965612400 Post Office 965612031
Transport Alicante Airport 913211000 Renfe 902240202 Alicante Bus Station 965130700 Alsa (Coaches) 902422242
Other Numbers Movistar (client attention) 1004 British Consulate 902109356 Iberdrola (Electricity) 902225235 Aguas de Alicante (Water) 965989900
Local Area Telephone Numbers
To the best of our knowledge these telephone numbers are correct but they have been supplied to us and have not been verified. If you believe any number to be incorrect please send an email to:
[email protected] if there are numbers missing from the list that you feel would be useful please let us know.
Market Days
Alicante Thursday & Saturday Wednesday El Campello Friday Sunday
Mutxamel Wednesday
San Juan Saturday Villajoyosa Thursday
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Reservations 965 63 43 71Overlooking the port in El Campello, La Cova offers a delightful place for a relaxing meal.A La Carte or Menu del Dia, both offer superb food at reasonable prices.
Open Tuesday To Saturday Lunch Times 13:30 to 16:00 Evenings 19:30 to 23:00Sunday Lunch Time 13:30 to 16:00 (Closed Monday all day and Sunday evening)
Dinner Dance - Last Friday Every Month - 17.50€
Menu of the Day 17.50€
C/San Bartolomé 47 El Campello Tel: 966 209 539
“A superb dining experience at a very reasonable price.”
Chef’sMenuMon to Fri 11.95€Sat & Sun 14.95€
Open 10:30 to 16:00 & 19:30 to 22:30 every day except closed Tuesday eve and Wednesday all day
Tapas MenusEvery Day - Choice of 2(5 courses & 1 drink each)
20.00€ or 30.00€(For Two People)
SpecialEasterMenu30€Available All Easter Weekend
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GB BARBar • Restaurant • Sports • Entertainment
AIR CONDITIONED
SKY SPORTS - ALL LIVE PREMIER LEAGUE ANDCHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL IN HD
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Megan ParkerFilm Review
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Imagine Robocop, only he’s just been born and he’s not entirely human. His physical strength compares to the fragility of a toddler, and he hides in corners in fear of strangers. He wouldn’t be much use in a crime-ridden world, would he? Well, that’s basically how Chappie, the Artificial intelligence robot, begins his life. In the near future, South Africa’s police force is ruled by crime-fighting robots. Human ability is no longer required other than on the basis of supervision, and the creation of bigger and better robots.
The plot focuses on the deviant endeavours of a quirky, small-time gang who get themselves into the cliché, sticky situation of owing drug money to a much scarier bunch of people who own even more guns. With a week’s deadline, the gang turn to the computer geek genius, Deon Wilson, who is the creator of the police droids. In the hope of pulling off a million dollar heist, they confide in him to simply ‘switch them off’ for the time being. Instead, they get given ‘Chappie’, a childish robot in need of human socialisation and training in preparation for the heist, which if I haven’t already mentioned, is in a week.
The best thing about this film is the music. The alternative indie genres compliment the futuristic nature of ‘Chappie’, and emphasise the contrasting suburban back-drops of rich skyscrapers and loud, explosive graffiti to symbolise the rebellious subcultures of the gangs in the city of Johannesburg.
Actually no, I lied. The best thing about this film is the cast. Hugh Jackman decides to stray from his usual heroicness in this one. He plays the bad guy for once, which is actually a plausible decision considering he does the whole ‘angry and violent’ thing rather well. Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel plays the character of Deon Wilson, who spends most of the time running around after things, just as he did in ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’. He is an excellent runner.
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Mediterranean Gardens
Roald Goorman
Bulbsinthegarden(Part2)
Last month I discussed bulbs from South Africa. This month I will discuss some of the loveliest bulbs from the European Mediterranean. You don’t always have to go far away to find the nicest things!
Scilla peruviana is a native from Southwest Spain and Portugal. It can be found on freely draining rocky or sandy soils. This bulb produces amazing blue tennis ball size spheres with hundreds of tiny blue flowers on each sphere. This plant grows in midwinter and produces many leaves before producing the flowers in March/April.
If you have a dry garden you definitely should consider this species. It gradually forms larger clumps. If you want to, you can divide it every 3 years to make new groups in other parts of the garden or simply leave it and enjoy an even bigger display of blue bloom in spring! Do not put it anywhere near an irrigation system, otherwise the bulbs will succumb to rot.
Muscari sp. (Grape Hyacinths) is another genus with various members spread around the Mediterranean from the Middle East to Southwest Spain/ Portugal. Some common species are Muscari botryoides and Muscari armeniacum. Yellow/White flowering and highly fragrant are the Muscari muscarimi and M. macrocarpum, both native to Turkey. All Muscaris are very easy to cultivate. They spread quickly and, if really happy, they tend to be a bit on the invasive side. Grow them in pots if you fear too much spread. Or if yours is a difficult garden where little wants to grow, plant grape hyacinths in bare spots and let it take over!
Asphodel, a common Mediterranean bulb, usually associated with overgrazed land, roadside verges and rocky terrain. It is easy to grow and forms a profusion of white pinkish flower spikes in early spring. It tolerates many soil types and can even handle waterlogging in winter! The sword like leaves remind me of Red hot pokers (Kniphofia) to which it is related. Deadhead in summer if you want it to look tidy during the dormant period and to prevent over-enthusiastic self-seeding. The three most common species are Asphodelus fistulosus, A. alba and A. aestivus.
Ornithogalum collinum – Star of the Mediterranean. The Ornithogalum genus is mostly known for their Southern African members, but Ornithogalum collinum is a very garden worthy Mediterranean native! O collinum is a true Mediterranean bulb that manages to endure prolonged freezing weather during the winter and the baking temperatures and drought of summer. It is found across the region from Spain to the Balkans and is a plant of well-drained and stony soils on hillsides and verges. In April and May, it races to flower and set seed before the summer heat arrives. At 3cm across, the sparkling white upturned flowers are considerably larger than those of 24
The Squill genus (Scilla) has many garden worthy species, for example the Madeira Squill (Scilla madeirensis)
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Allium. The genus Allium contains approximately 850 species. The centre of Allium diversity is in the Mediterranean/Middle East region although other smaller centres of diversity are found in North America and Eastern Asia. The genus is perhaps best known from the handful of species that make up the edible food crops we’re all familiar with, e.g. onions (Allium cepa), leeks (Allium ampeloprasum), garlic (Allium sativum), scallion (Allium fistulosum ), and chives (Allium schoenoprasum); but many more species are known for their ornamental value and are thus dubbed the “ornamental onions”.
Some of the showiest examples are Allium cristophii (Stars of Persia), Allium sphaerocephalon (drumstick allium) (middle), Allium caeruleum (right) and Allium schubertii (left).
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It is late April and the sun is warm, especially away from the shade of the narrow streets. It is four in the afternoon and the school day is over. I am running across the square into the vibrant and spacious open-air market place to help Mama sell her basket ware. The colourful stalls are arranged in rows. Craning my neck I’m scanning the crowd. “Who are you looking for cariño?” Mama asks. Stepping into the shade of the white canvas covered stall I see the twinkle in her eyes. “You want to see Pedro, no?” “Oh, Mama. You know we are only friends.”Let me tell you about my friend Pedro; he is almost the same age as me and he works with his Papa, walking the herds of goats and sheep across the land for grazing, just like his Grandpapa used to do many years ago – our traditions are important to us in the Basque country. Last summer I would walk along with him and we would talk about everything. I’d agreed to let him hold my hand. Smiling now, I remember Mama’s face when Pedro sent me home with a new-born goat. Its mother had given birth to twins out in the hills and Pedro said we would have one each, they could be our pets. Mama had laughed. “Soon he will want you as his bride!” Mama tells me, sassiness in her voice as she teases. “Next will come the kiss. You see if I’m right!” I feel my face blushing at Mama’s words. It is months since I saw Pedro. But maybe today. Maybe he will come to the market with his Papa and today will be a good day for us. I smile at my beautiful Mama and squeeze her, placing a peck on her cheek at the same time. Mama says the market has been busier since the arrival of thousands of refugees moving up from the south, away from the war. We used to be such a small town, more of a village really, but we must all stick together and help each other through. Papa works in the Taberna Vasca for a few hours helping his cousin, Xavier, just on market days. He says the injured are arriving all the time at the Hospital Josefinas. Some are recuperating within the Convent of Santa Clara. Papa tells me that the men in the bar love to chatter over their vino. He often hears snippets of news about the war and General Franco’s frontline. The most recent discussions have been about Durango, a nearby town which was bombed a few weeks ago. Papa says it was dreadful and that more than two hundred people were killed, and even a priest died. Every day I ray the saints will protect me and my family. The market place is swarming. Some folk from the country are still arriving, especially from the more remote farms. Above the racket of voices the Church Bells of Santa Maria begin to clang. Unlike the normal peel which would ring out at half past four there is an urgency in their tone. The buzz of voices stops and the crowd is immobilised. Silence descends and for a few seconds my whole world is muted, the only sound being the bleating of a lamb. “Pedro,” I murmur.
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The stillness is rudely broken by the droning of an engine. The planes are coming. I can hear the whining getting louder and louder. Everyone begins to panic. I’d hoped and prayed to the Blessed Maria that the war would spare our town but now it is here. Chaos rules the market place. Mama grabs my arm and together we are running along with the crowds of people all heading for cover. “Teresa, run to the Taberna. We need to find Papa. Quickly. ” cries Mama. The crowd scatters and seeks safety in every direction. The nearest place to run is to the Vizcaya bank across the market place, to hide inside its cellars and be protected by its strong stone walls. Directly behind the market, the Arrien Restaurant is also vast enough for a few hundred people to shelter but it has no cellars. Some are running in that direction. Others are heading west to the school, or to the railway station on the east side. They are running to the bars, the shops and down towards the Hotel Julian, pushing each other, pulling their wives and children along. I see countless people running towards the edge of town, probably heading for the countryside, the hills, the fields, their homes maybe. Screaming and desperate, declarations and prayers to God are quickly drowned by the sound of the plane above us. I stumble, falling onto the cobbled street losing my grip on Mama’s hand. The crowd splits and passes on either side of me as I try to get back onto my feet. I tuck my arms close to my body to try and protect them from being trampled. I feel as if I am an island in a sea of madness. Suddenly, I hear an almighty boom thousands of times louder than any thunder I have ever heard. Terror fills me and I gasp for breath. A priest’s hand reaches down and grabs hold of my arm, pulling me upwards to break the surface. I am no longer able to see Mama. She must have been pulled away by everyone else in the crowd. I look up at a plane flying above the town as it passes over my head. I see its two engines and hear their deep droning noise filling the air. It has black crosses on the underneath of the wings. It is the German Air force, I’m sure. The plane turns slightly to the south revealing its tail, half painted white with a black diagonal cross, and in front of the cross, still on the tail I see what looks like a picture of a white eagle with a bomb in its claws. I can see the big bombs raining down from the belly of the plane emitting an ear-splitting shriek as they plunge downwards towards the buildings below. One, two, three, four, five, six. I stop counting. My hands cover my ears trying to drown out the noise but it isn’t working. The bombs are hitting the ground somewhere in the direction of the railway station. Billowing smoke rises high into the sky. The thudding inside my ribs feels as though my heart is stopping, like I am being kicked in the chest. It coincides with each bomb that finds a target. “Dear God, have mercy on me,” I murmur as I stand in the middle of the street, lifting my hand and blessing myself in the form of the cross whilst at the same time trembling from head to foot. The earth rumbles and the air is filling with dense black smoke all around me. The walls of houses and shops are falling to the ground, collapsing into mounds of stone and rubble and iron. Dirt is flying high into the air. Grains of grit and choking smoke are filling my nostrils. Almost every building in the street towards the railway station, Calle de la Estacion, is reduced to piles of dust and debris. The drone of the plane fades into the distance and as quickly as it arrived it is gone. “Are you hurt, child?” A woman shakes me. Her voice cuts through my shock, jolting me back to face the reality of what is happening. I am staring into the face of a woman, probably in her thirties. Her clothes and hair are grey from the dust which is filling the air. Crumbling buildings, rubble, the twisted metal wrecks of motor cars and delivery vans are blocking the streets. For a moment everything is silent. I feel as if I have lost my hearing. This is only a dream. It has to be a bad dream and surely I am about to wake. “I… I… I need to find my Mama,” I say, and I turn and walk away from her. Nothing looks familiar any more. Piles of rubble are smouldering from the now charred wood which until twenty minutes ago held the houses together. People are coming outside from their hiding places now that the plane has gone, walking about in silence looking dazed at the sheer devastation in front of them. I am walking passed an injured man clawing at a pile of bricks.
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His hands are raw and bleeding. “Help me. Please. My children, my wife are under here,” he sobs. He has a gaping cut from his right ear across to his nose. I am aware that his jacket is shredded, revealing deep cuts to his upper right arm and his neck, yet he still has his beret on his head. I ignore him and continue to clamber over rubble. The pile of stones and twisted metal beneath my feet suddenly feels different. I stop walking and look towards the ground. Horrified, I realise that I am standing on someone’s foot. There is no leg attached to the foot; it has no body; it is one foot and its toes are black and smoking. The pungent smell of its burning toenails are filling my mind with memories of when the blacksmith fitted new shoes to our horse. I retch and reel backwards losing my balance and twisting my ankle as I fall to the ground. Blood-stained bricks and shreds of textiles are everywhere and I dare not look closely at the rubble for fear of seeing the other foot; or worse, the face of the person who owns the foot. I have no voice with which to cry. I cannot describe the unbearable pain in my heart and the terror I am feeling. Screams penetrate my head, becoming louder and louder. They are the cries of children, women and grown men searching for their loved ones, and helping those who are injured. Men are pulling mattresses from piles of rubble and laying the injured on top of them. The dead are scattered all around. People are running again. Above the screams I can hear the roar of the plane. Panicking, I spring to my feet. In spite of the pain in my ankle, fear is at the forefront of my mind and I am running with everyone else. I lift my eyes to the sky. I can see four planes. They look the same as the first one which came, flying in from the north and heading for the town again. Some of the people are stopping and staring up at the sky, their mouths are gaping in disbelief at the planes. I feel too afraid to stop so I push my way through the townsfolk and I keep running, heading down towards the river. The bombs are falling, whistling as they rush through the air. Walls are crashing to the ground. Fires are burning in every part of the town that I can see. There are huge holes, craters, in the streets where the bombs have already landed. They look as deep as a three storey building. I am fighting my way around the holes, still moving as fast as I can, afraid that a bomb is going to land near me. A bomb falls at the far end of the street near to the Hotel Julian. I can only stand and watch, helplessly, as dozens of people are ripped from the ground with the force of the blast. I can do nothing to help. Part of the hotel wall collapses and is burning fiercely. The bodies of my friends and fellow villagers are plummeting from the sky, landing on top of the flaming rubble. I am screaming but still no sound comes from within me. I continue running forward in the direction of the hotel ruins, scrambling across the piles of rocks and lifeless bodies. Disconnected limbs and torsos are scattered across the destruction. I place my hands on top of my head protectively, and I keep on running, turning left at the top of the street into Calle Don Tello. The planes are flying above the town on my left hand side. My legs carry me across the street and into the grass at the side of the Mundaca River. I fall to my knees and lay face down into the grass, remembering Papa telling me that if I ever need to hide, I should lay still and pretend I was dead. Even away from the buildings, the air is laden with dust and grit. The planes are leaving the town, flying south. I dare not move in case they return for a third time. As I lay in the grass all I now hear is the sounds of brickwork crumbling to the ground and the crackling and hissing of fires. I give thanks to God, for at this moment the sky is quiet and I drag myself a few metres along through the grass to be nearer to the river where the grass is taller. I can hear more planes coming. The droning sound is deep and it’s coming closer every second. People are once more screaming and wailing. I lay still in the grass, on my back, afraid even to breathe in case I am spotted.
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Hell has arrived here in Guernica. I find myself looking up through the tall grass at the underside of dozens of planes. The first planes are enormous - much bigger than the previous ones. These are made from corrugated grey metal and they too display a black cross underneath. Each plane has three engines. I think I can see faces watching our annihilation through the many glass windows visible down the sides of these great bombing machines. They are spread across the whole of the town. The bombs are dropping one after the other. I feel sure that I am going to die. The smaller planes follow, releasing smaller bombs - bombs which look like thin silver tubes and which, when they hit the ground, flash a blinding light before they burst into flames setting fire to anything that will burn. I listen as women and children scream and run. From my hiding place in the grass I witness a man with his clothes on fire, his piercing screams burning a permanent memory into my head just as surely as the flames are devouring his flesh. He is flapping his arms trying to extinguish the flames, almost stepping on me as he runs towards the river. Launching himself forward into the cold mountain water, I hear the sizzle as he is extinguished. At the back of the swarm of warplanes are many smaller planes, still displaying the swastika symbol on the tail. With a single propeller and a white nose these planes are flying very low. I train my vision on a solitary pilot flying one of these planes. He is looking out of the small side window, searching for anything that moves. He has spotted some people heading for the Renteria Bridge. They are trying to run from the town. The pilot turns the plane, swoops lower and fires his machine-gun at them. Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta. Everyone falls to the ground. Dead. A herd of goats and sheep are also running for the bridge and the pilot obliterates them too. I don’t know if they are Pedro’s. I don’t know if he is alive or dead. I think I have laid here by the river for hours hidden by the long grass. The planes came many times but now the skies have been quiet for maybe half an hour. “Mama. Papa,” I whisper. I think it may be safe now to search for them and I climb to my feet slowly, afraid that if I move too fast I will be shot. Standing in front of the Church of Santa Maria my eyes are stinging from the dust clinging to my eyeballs. As I blink it scratches the inside of my eyelids. I want to cry but my tears can’t come. I’m screaming inside but the only sound is the crunching stones and rubble beneath my feet. There is nothing left; everything has been destroyed, yet Santa Maria’s Church is still here. To my left and my right are the ruins of our town – Uncle Antonio’s bakery is completely destroyed. Almost every building is demolished. On both sides of the street walls that this morning were white are now scorched and blackened, seared and branded, ready to collapse in a heap on top of the dozens of dead bodies lying amid the debris. How can life change so quickly, so dramatically, in less than four hours? We have become a part of the civil war.
Written by Ann Lorraine Smith
Thisisastoryoffictionbasedonfact. The bombing of Guernica (Gernika) took place on Monday 26th April 1937.
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Making Changes
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MindoverMatter.
Perhaps you are one of the many of us who would dearly love to find a way of overcoming the weaknesses in your personality, and maybe you think it is too far along the road of life and you cannot make any meaningful changes now. YOU CAN DO IT. There need be nothing to stop you. There are no fees or expensive tuition. You can pull it off if you recognise the ability within you and you are determined enough to do it.
All through your life your mind has picked up and remembered good and bad, and experiences. These have taken root in your subconscious, and that is where the building work has taken place all through your life. Don’t be discouraged as you realise what a massive building programme has been going on! It is never too late to start to think differently and to change the whole pattern of your life.
Your life’s result is down to the things you have thought and acted upon. Realising this is very powerful because you can see that what is now required is a change of thinking to achieve a change in the results you are having. You can reconstruct your thinking. It may not be easy, but that doesn’t mean it’s not possible!
Sometimes we are afraid to give outward signs that we are thinking differently and acting differently. There is a wonderful book called “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway” and the message is that as long as you are only concerned about feeling “comfortable” no change is going to take place. Making progress involves a certain amount of fear, but do it anyway! Don’t let “I can’t” hold you back in life. Let “I can” take over, and look forward to the future changes.
You may not be able to move out of your physical circumstances with ease, but you can start by moving mentally to make you feel happier. Learn day by day to appreciate everything you have that is good . . . life itself is a gift, that’s why today is called “the present”! Try smiling as you talk . . . see what a difference that makes. I know someone who smiles at everyone, the biggest and sincerest of smiles, and the results are amazing! I learnt something from that! Don’t be afraid to keep on learning and keep on being prepared to making changes.
There are many dark areas in people’s lives . . . abuse, cruelty, and lack of emotional support, and I do not underestimate these things, but our salvation is to plan the changes we can make each day, and make them.
If I can be of any help to any of you to help you to make these changes please call me, or if you are in the Torrevieja area, perhaps six or eight of you would be interested in sharing in group sessions to help you and to share the things that are controlling your lives? If you are interested call me on either of the numbers in the box on the left.
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Vince TracyMusic Ramblings
Moments in history are pivotal. In the early 1960s The Beatles were exciting all of us with their music and they were beginning to become very popular in America. The groups were becoming very popular around Merseyside and some were gaining popularity in other parts of the world with Germany and America well to the fore. I listened to the American Forces Network Radio AFN and Radio Luxembourg - the BBC had not yet started Radio 1. Radio Caroline was another huge influence and the DJs were able to share their personalities with various gimmicks used in producing jingles to play on their shows. It’s not always clear who was choosing their music and you might remember the Payola scandal where money was being paid to DJs and producers to give records airtime on popular shows. Like most people I just enjoyed the music and didn’t realise there was so much politics involve. I hadn’t known that the Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, had bought copies of the song Love Me Do to help the Beatles climb the charts. Despite all the hard work of their astute manager the Beatles were to generate their own problems.
In 1966, John Lennon’s statement that The Beatles were ‘more popular than Jesus Christ’ was published in The London Evening Standard. He said, “Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. We’re more popular then Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first, rock ‘n’ roll or Christianity. Jesus was alright, but his disciples were thick and ordinary.”
This was hardly the most diplomatic thing he could have said. There was a terrific backlash and Christian groups in the US were outraged resulting in some states burning Beatles records. Lennon later apologised. I suspect he was ordered to do so by his manager. However, had the Beatles got too big for their boots and did John Lennon really believe what he had told the press?
In 1972, Lennon wrote a letter to American Evangelist Oral Roberts, apparently in which he apologized and further explained his statement about being “bigger” than God. Here’s an excerpt from a letter that Lennon wrote to Roberts:
“The point is this, I want happiness. I don’t want to keep on with drugs. Paul told me once, ‘You made fun of me for taking drugs, but you will regret it in the end.’ Explain to me what Christianity can do for me. Is it phoney? Can He love me? I want out of hell.”
It has been subsequently explained that John wasn’t against Jesus but was against organised religion. Well, John certainly did put his foot in it and Christianity has survived whereas the Beatles are now a memory with only two of the Fab Four still alive. I still love their music and I like to play their songs on my guitar. This, however, was a classic instance of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time and the Beatles certainly suffered through John’s faux pas.
John would seem to have had his heart in a good place with his campaigns for peace and love. Many of us still like to hear his Christmas song and the world certainly still needs to bear his prophetic words in mind . . . all we are saying is give peace a chance.
All we are saying is give peace a chance.
John Lennon
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If you read last month’s magazine you will know I’ve been trying out the new version of Windows which is expected to hit PCs around October. To test it I installed it on two PCs, one an average spec PC, the other an older Asus Eee PC netbook with minimum spec. This way I hoped to find out how most of us will cope when the new system arrives.My first impressions overall have been very positive. My Windows 7 PC upgraded and kept all its installed programs and settings. Because the netbook didn’t already have Windows 7 or later, it had to be treated as a completely new installation with the hard drive being reformatted and programs reinstalled after the installation of Windows 10.Start up time was the one thing Windows 8 had improved on when compared to its predecessors, with the time taken from switch on to being able to do something useful noticeably quicker. Windows 10 has, if anything, improved on this further. It’s still nowhere near the speed of starting a Chrome OS computer, but it’s now far more useable than it was. Every program (now called apps) has worked correctly so far apart from a few small niggles with a couple of the new apps which come with Windows 10. The test process is of course intended to fix these, and they are only niggles not major problems.The netbook is a bit slow as I expected, but then it was slow when it had Windows XP installed. Most of the time the slowness is due to disk access which the small amount of memory (RAM) leads to as it switches program info in and out of memory. But it is useable and some of this article has been written on it in fact.What’sChanged? If you are used to Windows 8.1, then Windows 10 will hold few surprises. If you are more used to Windows 7 or earlier then you will have a steeper learning curve I’m afraid. When you turn the PC on, you are presented with an almost blank screen similar to 8.1 showing a clock and some info re WiFi and battery state. You click on this screen to bring up the login page where you enter your password. Once logged in, your desktop appears, all much like Windows 7 or 8.1, but if you click on the Start Button, the screen that opens is more like a cross between 7 and 8.1 with a vertical list of apps (programs) on the left and a collection of tiles. At the bottom of the program list is an ‘All apps’ option which if clicked produces a tall scrolling list of the apps that are installed. You can also expand the tiles part to fill the screen. If you have more tiles than can fit, they also scroll vertically.On the task bar there are two new items. A search option which allows you to search on the PC as well as on the internet via Microsoft’s Bing, and a ‘Task Manager’ tool to allow multiple desktops, this latter only when the desktop is showing. The multiple desktops option is something that Mac users have had for a while and allows you to create several desktops with different apps open on each. You can switch between the desktops as wished using the task manager. I’m personally not sure how useful this will be but I’m sure time will tell.But to me the best part of the new operating system is that for users of Windows 7 (with service pack 1) and 8.1, the upgrade will be free if taken in the first year from Windows 10’s release. And then future upgrades will remain free for the life of the PC. Microsoft apparently make very little money from upgrades and it costs them a fortune to continue to support multiple operating systems, so it makes financial sense for them if we are all using the same system.Will I upgrade when the time comes? Well I was one of the many who didn’t like Windows 8 when it came out. I still think that Windows 8.1 tries too hard to do things for me and hide away the things I need to find, but I’m getting to like it, so yes I will upgrade. The new system is better than 8.1 and will be even better once the feedback from the thousands of beta testers has been assimilated. Also, the offer of continuing free upgrades should mean a reduction in potential security hazards as well.
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I had arrived in Asia at last, well in Bangkok to be precise. It was around mid-morning when my flight from Amsterdam arrived, I think about 9am when the doors to the plane finally opened and I could breathe some fresh air after the 11hrs of recycled people’s breath! How disappointed I felt when the rush of air was anything but fresh, kind of more humid and heavy. Still I breathed it in as a welcome friend after the intimacy of so many hundred strangers personally breathing over me, on me and in me! I remember feeling refreshed, but with hindsight this could have been early on-set jet-lag from my two flights, but it was ok as I fought my way through crowds of bustling people oblivious to the messages contained in the overhead tannoy calls, clearly in a new language to me. All I wanted was to get my bag from the luggage area and escape into my long awaited freedom.My first escape from the dream I had built in my head was as I queued with everyone else at Thai Immigration. It was here they handed me a form to complete, you know the type which allows you free entry, a visa stamp and a request for more personal information. At that point the dream began to turn to reality with a slow but impending awareness that nothing is as it seems inside our head. No matter how sensible or stupid we can be, when that sledgehammer of reality hits home the brain goes into ‘panic mode’. Mine happened here! I had dreamt of a wondrous adventure starting in Thailand and yet with less than 30 minutes on the clock the basic schoolboy error had literally smashed me in the face! What was I doing in Bangkok?Yes I know I was travelling in South East Asia, and Bangkok is the main arrival and departure point for most people, but WHAT WAS I DOING IN BANGKOK? I had not even considered my
first day. I failed to comprehend the complexity of arriving in a foreign capital city with no agenda, no hotel, no expectation or thought for what I was actually going to do! My visa form wanted to know where I was staying. Nothing else mattered to my brain now except how the hell do I complete this form? “Can you imagine being refused entry because you don’t know what you’re doing?” These were the words my brain was speaking over and over to me. So I did what every honest traveller would do when completing the form for the scary looking uniformed official. I LIED! I made up a name of a guest house in Bangkok and scribbled it down hoping it would be ok and they wouldn’t ask me to show a booking or something.The next thing I recall my brain saying was ‘”John, you’re stupid. Why did you worry?” this was after the official glanced at my passport and stamped the page before scribbling a signature on the visa form and adding it to a pile. I just smiled and walked on through.Outside the airport my dream was further shattered when the reality of having no map or idea where to go stopped me like a brick wall! Taxi men were yelling at me, “City. City. One thousand baht.” Or they would shout, “Cow Son. Cow Son. 800 baht.” In truth, this was meant to be Khao San Road, the place where all back-packers headed but in reality a place I never wanted to see. I ignored all of them and headed to the sky train, a monorail/urban transit train system which took me to the city for I think 50 baht, maybe less. ‘Superb’ I thought, ‘I’ve just saved a fortune on a taxi.’Next time read about my very close encounter with a rat, the delights of Bangkok Central and a potential insult to the Thai Royal Family!
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