Archive for July, 2023
Holiday in Caucasus (2): Baku, Azerbaijan
July 8th, 2023 by Roger Darlington
The basic Jules Verne trip to the Caucasus covers simply Georgia and Armenia, but three of us have signed up for the Azerbaijan extension. This starts with a two hour flight from London to Warsaw followed by a flight of approaching four hours from Warsaw to Baku. Since we left Heathrow in early evening and […]
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Holiday in Caucasus (1): introduction
July 7th, 2023 by Roger Darlington
I am about to go on a holiday to the Caucasus with the company Voyages Jules Verne. I will be away two and half weeks and, in that time, I will visit three countries – two of them for the first time – which will bring the total number of countries that I have visited […]
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Ever heard of the Mariko Aoki phenomenon?
July 4th, 2023 by Roger Darlington
As the Wikipedia entry puts it: “The Mariko Aoki phenomenon is a Japanese expression referring to a sudden urge to defecate that is felt upon entering bookstores. The phenomenon is named after Mariko Aoki, a woman who described the effect in a magazine article published in 1985. According to Japanese social psychologist Shōzō Shibuya, the […]
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