Graydon and Maree @stanleystravels

Canadian-Kiwi travelling couple. Graydon is the author of the book Pedalling to Kailash: Cycling Adventures and Misadventures Across the Roof of the World. graydonstravels.blogspot.com Lipah, Bali Joined April 2016

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Graydon and Maree @stanleystravels

a week ago

Lots of Georgian, EU and Ukrainian flags on display at the Tbilisi protests on Wednesday. Fabulous energy in the crowd.

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a week ago

theguardian.com/world/2024/apr… Given the delirium a few weeks ago when Georgia qualified for the Euros, the players of the national soccer team might well have a lot of influence on public opinion. Fingers crossed!l

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a week ago

Some video from a local TV channel of the electric atmosphere outside the Georgian Parliament last night. I hope that the protests continue until the government backs down on their odious "Russian law"!

Mtavari TV @MtavariChannel

a week ago

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a week ago

Amazing electric atmosphere at the protests yesterday in downtown Tbilisi against the government's proposed "Russian law" which would crack down on independent civil society groups in the style of Putin's Russia. I really hope the protests, which attracted 100,000 folks, work!

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Brian Klaas @brianklaas

2 weeks ago

I recommend posting his speech transcripts in their entirety in newspapers. When you write this down it is even more apparent that it’s utterly insane rambling.

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2 weeks ago

strava.app.link/zthj0gTSNIb Fun afternoon ride yesterday up into the hills south of Tbilisi. My first real ride of the year, and my legs are feeling it this morning!

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3 weeks ago

oc-media.org/georgias-forei… The ruling Georgian Dream are trying to pass the same legislation that they were forced to abandon (and which they promised not to reintroduce!). It's modelled on laws in Russia designed to stifle NGOs who don't tow the government line. Disappointing.

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3 weeks ago

oc-media.org/russian-spies-… I was in Tbilisi in 2020. I taught kids of US diplomats then, including somebody working for the US DOJ; I wonder if I ever met "Joy", the victim of an apparent sonic "Havana Syndrome" attack here. Bloody Russian government.

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4 weeks ago

Back in Tbilisi after a magical week of crawling over ruins in Cambodia. Feeling refreshed for the last quarter of the academic year.

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4 weeks ago

A few photos from our first day at Angkor, from Angkor Wat itself. What a magical place! The artistry and richness of the stone carvings is unparalleled.

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a month ago

Reviving myself after a hot morning of crawling over ruins here in the Angkor area with some passion fruit soda.

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a month ago

bbc.com/news/world-us-…. A giant in his field. Thinking, Fast And Slow is one of the most thought-provoking books I have ever read. He will be missed.

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a month ago

aa.com.tr/en/sports/geor…. My adopted hom country of Georgia is heading to their first-ever major soccer tournament!

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a month ago

Fabulous first afternoon zipping around Angkor on a scoote. We crawled along the hundreds of metres of bas reliefs adorning the outer walls of Angkor Wat, ogled thé dramatic city gate of Angkor Thom, and caught our first glimpses of the enigmatic Bayon smiles.

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a month ago

bbc.com/news/world-asi…. Having spent three happy years teaching high school in Burma, it's heartbreaking to see the dreams of young Burmese crushed under the jackbooted heels of the Tatmadaw's thugs. I feel as though it's back to 2006, with all the progress since then erased

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a month ago

The toughest stretch of the school year, from Christmas to spring break, is now behind me. I am on a Qatar Airways flight, bound (ultimately) for Cambodia and the temples of Angkor, a place I haven't visited in 23 years. Can't wait!

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a month ago

Off to Cambodia for spring break!!

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a month ago

Dutch anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders abandons PM bid bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur… Dutch pragmatism scuttles Wilders' bid for the prime ministership. A rare bit of good news in the battle for sanity against the snowballing populist right in Europe.

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2 months ago

Amazing upset. Statistically one of the biggest shock results of Djoko's long and illustrious career, at least in GS and Masters 1000 tournaments. In the highlights I saw, Nardi played some pretty amazing tennis. Is this the beginning of the end for Djoko's time at the top?

We Are Tennis @WeAreTennis

2 months ago

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2 months ago

jam-news.net/stalin-and-geo… Such a depressing article. " ...since the “Georgian Dream” party came to power in 2012, 12 new monuments to Stalin have been erected in various villages and cities of Georgia."