Bringing books alive

I'm reading a book at the moment, My Colombian death, by Matthew Thompson,
the book takes you to Bogota, Colombia's capital ( a place not on my itinerary )
then on to Barranquilla on Colombia's Caribbean coast, the book is average, but
it comes to life when I google the hotel the main craracter stays in the first
night in Bogota, a 5 star hotel called de la Opera, and then check out the sleazy
parts of town he stays in after that.

Then I you-tube the carnival that he nearly gets his nuts cut off in Barranquilla,
talk about getting lost inside a book. :)

Sounds good mate ,, did you know you can download the entire works of Charlie Dickens on your Kindle for 75p !

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on your Kindle

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Hey Nigel, sounds good, but I like the
feel of a real book.

Prolly the thing I miss most. My eyes are too fucked up to tackle a book, even if I had the time.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. What utter crap. That is a great part of the dumbing down of the society we now live in.

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Originally Posted by FlyFree

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.

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A picture enhances a thousand words.

I disagree. A picture inevitably draws the attention of the observer to the piece that validates a held preconception - this can always be found - and thereby moves the attention away from the message/argument/point the writer wishes to convey.

Witness the 'art' of discussion these days. It is simply a war of clips and pictures, and nobody ever gets the other side's point.

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Witness the 'art' of discussion these days. It is simply a war of clips and pictures, and nobody ever gets the other side's point.

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I agree F.F , but I like to visit the places the author of the novel describes
in their books , via google or u tube

Of course. Not trying to be pedantic. Just arguing a point that doesn't relate directly to that, but that I brought up.

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Originally Posted by peaches

I'm reading a book at the moment, My Colombian death, by Matthew Thompson,
the book takes you to Bogota, Colombia's capital ( a place not on my itinerary )
then on to Barranquilla on Colombia's Caribbean coast, the book is average, but
it comes to life when I google the hotel the main craracter stays in the first
night in Bogota, a 5 star hotel called de la Opera, and then check out the sleazy
parts of town he stays in after that.

Then I you-tube the carnival that he nearly gets his nuts cut off in Barranquilla,
talk about getting lost inside a book. :)

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Mr Earl did a travel thread and has some excellent street level everyday pics of colombia you might find interesting.

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Mr Earl did a travel thread and has some excellent street level everyday pics of colombia you might find interesting

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WOW !!! Just had a quick look at Mr Earl's travel thread, what great pics,
I will have to set a day aside and read the whole thread.

The closest I got to Colombia, was Peru, Machu Picchu twice.

Youre an Aussie aint you peaches. Someone to download a torrent about Aussie gangsters. I forgot the name of it though, he said it was really good and hes into the 3rd season, every season shows you a different era.

Sorry i know it has nothing to do with your thread, it just came to mind

^ Underbelly Badness, A bloody brilliant show.

I think 7 or 8 seasons now.

Underbelly a true story and a new chapter being played out in real life as we speak.
Carl Williams was murdered in prison Last year.

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#11 (permalink) Dillinger Sadao Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 716 Youre an Aussie aint you peaches. Someone to download a torrent about Aussie gangsters.

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Yeah I'm from the land down under, but I wouldn't have a clue what they show
on Oz tv nowdays, I heard underbelly was good, if they ever do a series on
Chopper I would try and download that, ( Chopper was a great movie ).

Underbelly was a great series. I liked the earlier ones better, but they were all good.

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Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Sounds good mate ,, did you know you can download the entire works of Charlie Dickens on your Kindle for 75p !

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All free at gutenberg.org

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Underbelly was a great series. I liked the earlier ones better, but they were all good.

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G'day D K, did they show underbelly on Philippine t.v. ?

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Underbelly was a great series. I liked the earlier ones better, but they were all good.

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G'day D K, did they show underbelly on Philippine t.v. ?

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Ha ha. Nope, Flipper TV is worse than Thai. But, I have a good source for counterfeit DVD's.

Get it here >

Underbelly Season 1 & 2

Underbelly Season 3

Underbelly Season 4

I was wrong above (post #12), only looks like 5 seasons. Currently airing season 5 I believe.

Books, I miss books and access to good selections. I miss Bangkok's book stores. I'll have to make a road trip soon.