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Reply #1 - Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:19pm

Gordon wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:03pm:

Anyone here done the trek?

If I was going to go on an arduous and exhausting trek I would want it to mean something more than just climbing a mountain slope that had no historic value.

What I would do - (after re-reading the book "Kokoda" by Paul Ham) - is to put myself in for the slog of following the Owen Stanley Mountains trail where Australians went to meet up with the Japs coming the other way.

That would have real meaning for me.

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Reply #2 - Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:26pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:19pm:

Gordon wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:03pm:

Anyone here done the trek?

If I was going to go on an arduous and exhausting trek I would want it to mean something more than just climbing a mountain slope that had no historic value.

What I would do - (after re-reading the book "Kokoda" by Paul Ham) - is to put myself in for the slog of following the Owen Stanley Mountains trail where Australians went to meet up with the Japs coming the other way.

That would have real meaning for me.

Nah, I'm more interested in the Himayalan scenery

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Reply #3 - Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:33pm

Gordon wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:26pm:

Nah, I'm more interested in the Himayalan scenery

I've got photos my sister in law took when she was there and the villages nearby ... whilst the mountain ranges look great from afar, the scenery looks pretty bleak up close. Just dirt and rocks, not a blade of grass or a tree to be seen anywhere.

At least not in any of the photos she took .

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I hope that bitch who was running their brothels for them gets raped with a cactus.

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Reply #4 - Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:45pm

John Smith wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:33pm:

Gordon wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:26pm:

Nah, I'm more interested in the Himayalan scenery

I've got photos my sister in law took when she was there and the villages nearby ... whilst the mountain ranges look great from afar, the scenery looks pretty bleak up close. Just dirt and rocks, not a blade of grass or a tree to be seen anywhere.

At least not in any of the photos she took .

I've been to some very high points of the Indian Himaylaysand I know what you mean, it's more about zooming out for the scale.

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Reply #5 - Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:51pm

John Smith wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:33pm:

Gordon wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:26pm:

Nah, I'm more interested in the Himayalan scenery

I've got photos my sister in law took when she was there and the villages nearby ... whilst the mountain ranges look great from afar, the scenery looks pretty bleak up close. Just dirt and rocks, not a blade of grass or a tree to be seen anywhere.

At least not in any of the photos she took .

Correct.

And not a Portaloo to be seen anywhere.

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Reply #6 - Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:57pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:51pm:

John Smith wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:33pm:

Gordon wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:26pm:

Nah, I'm more interested in the Himayalan scenery

I've got photos my sister in law took when she was there and the villages nearby ... whilst the mountain ranges look great from afar, the scenery looks pretty bleak up close. Just dirt and rocks, not a blade of grass or a tree to be seen anywhere.

At least not in any of the photos she took .

Correct.

And not a Portaloo to be seen anywhere.

Yuck

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Reply #7 - Mar 10^th, 2017 at 8:29pm

Gordon wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:57pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:51pm:

Correct.

And not a Portaloo to be seen anywhere.

Yuck

Turds all the way up to the top of Mount Everest. Those poor bloody Yeti having to step into that muck all the time.

How would you like tourists trekking through your backyard and sh!tting all over the place?

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Reply #8 - Mar 10^th, 2017 at 8:44pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 8:29pm:

Gordon wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:57pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:51pm:

Correct.

And not a Portaloo to be seen anywhere.

Yuck

Turds all the way up to the top of Mount Everest. Those poor bloody Yeti having to step into that muck all the time.

How would you like tourists trekking through your backyard and sh!tting all over the place?

I've actually seen Chinese tourist's kids shhhitting in the park at Nth Bondi

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Reply #9 - Mar 10^th, 2017 at 8:52pm

Gordon wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 8:44pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 8:29pm:

Gordon wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:57pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:51pm:

Correct.

And not a Portaloo to be seen anywhere.

Yuck

Turds all the way up to the top of Mount Everest. Those poor bloody Yeti having to step into that muck all the time.

How would you like tourists trekking through your backyard and sh!tting all over the place?

I've actually seen Chinese tourist's kids shhhitting in the park at Nth Bondi

seen it here at a nearby bike track too. (actually, the track runs around Swan Lake, which we had a thread about last week).

The worse thing was she was staying in the complex where I live. Cheesy

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Reply #10 - Mar 10^th, 2017 at 9:04pm

Gordon wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 8:44pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 8:29pm:

Gordon wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:57pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:51pm:

Correct.

And not a Portaloo to be seen anywhere.

Yuck

Turds all the way up to the top of Mount Everest. Those poor bloody Yeti having to step into that muck all the time.

How would you like tourists trekking through your backyard and sh!tting all over the place?

I've actually seen Chinese tourist's kids shhhitting in the park at Nth Bondi

Gordon hanging around public toilets again?

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Reply #11 - Mar 10^th, 2017 at 9:06pm

Unforgiven wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 9:04pm:

Gordon wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 8:44pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 8:29pm:

Gordon wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:57pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 7:51pm:

Correct.

And not a Portaloo to be seen anywhere.

Yuck

Turds all the way up to the top of Mount Everest. Those poor bloody Yeti having to step into that muck all the time.

How would you like tourists trekking through your backyard and sh!tting all over the place?

I've actually seen Chinese tourist's kids shhhitting in the park at Nth Bondi

Gordon hanging around public toilets again?

Why would they be crapping in my park if there was a dunny nearby?

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Reply #12 - Mar 11^th, 2017 at 5:51am

Gordon wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 8:44pm:

I've actually seen Chinese tourist's kids shhhitting in the park at Nth Bondi

The Chinese don't regard human manure in the same way as we do. For them it fertilizes their vegetable fields, and of course, their public dunnies are a rich source of Toilet Insects which they pack onto kebab sticks and lightly saute to sell at their outdoor evening markets. The cockroaches with dung beetles kebabs dipped in black bean sauce are to die for. Nice and crunchy.

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Reply #13 - Mar 11^th, 2017 at 1:52pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 11^th, 2017 at 5:51am:

Gordon wrote on Mar 10^th, 2017 at 8:44pm:

I've actually seen Chinese tourist's kids shhhitting in the park at Nth Bondi

The Chinese don't regard human manure in the same way as we do. For them it fertilizes their vegetable fields, and of course, their public dunnies are a rich source of Toilet Insects which they pack onto kebab sticks and lightly saute to sell at their outdoor evening markets. The cockroaches with dung beetles kebabs dipped in black bean sauce are to die for. Nice and crunchy.

You lived in China right? I've never been but some of the stories are nearly as confronting as India. Yuck!

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