Tweets on 2008-05-06

Struck down by hayfever. Eyes, nose, breathing, achey jaw. #
Carefully writing the Greek for Hayfever on a slip of paper and heading to pharmacy. Alleriko thuvaxi #
Sitting in seafront cafe drinking coffee and writing postcards. Stray cat sauntering in nonchalently. #
Spending small bits of my hol reading "Getting Things Done" and sending reminders of things to Sandy. #
Knocking back a can of "Mr Brown" iced coffee. #
@willhowells woss your specialist subject? #
Disturbed by the Greek thing of not flushing toilet paper. #
@po8crg they get you put it in a bin next to the toilet. #

Tweets on 2008-05-05

Setting off on epic road trip round Cyprus #
Heading into the mountains listening to Camp as Tits FM. #
Drinking Greek coffee in Omados. #
Scary moment on single track mountain road when what should come around the hairpin bend but a Somerfield lorry! #
Extremely hairy drive through Cedar Valley, on road that’s only recently had safety barrier and tarmac added. #
Now settled in taverna in remote valley with amazing view and apologetic, generous hostess. #
"This is local wine from my grapes, this is juice from my oranges. This is cake." #
Cocks crowing on either side of road, next to no traffic, fig tree, vines and cherries everywhere. #
At the beach near Aphrodite’s Rock. Throwing stones into sea. #
Teaching P to duck fart. #
Getting back in after about 12hrs on the road. Shaking the sand from my boots. #

Walked to Islam’s 4th most holy site. Got in 10 mins before closing. Taxi home. #

Sitting in the shade in a tabepna watching a local couple get married. Horns, veils, traffic nightmare, #
Early evening sea swim now the worst of the sun has passed. #
Sunset cruise from Larnaca marina round the headland. #
Dios mio, Larnaca’s only gay bar is huge, and heaving. #

In a pottery workshop on Cyprus – where they import clay from Stoke on Trent! #
In internet caff checking election results. Thanks for burglary sympathy. Can’t receive any mnore Twitter messages til Monday on phone. #
Looks like dataflame has crashed – my blog and libdemvoice are down? #
Getting totally confused with Greek. Bill please: Lepidoptera por favor! #

Iced coffee in the shade before strolling down to swim in the sea… Good luck to anyone fighting an election #
So THAT’S what bougainvillia looks like. V pretty. #
Walking on Larnaca’s dried up salt lake. #
Eep! iwantsandy has just sent 60 reminders for the same thing. That’ll wipe out my twitter allowance 😦 #
Shit shit shit! Cat feeder says house burgled. My laptop gone. Twitter messages have run out. #
Getting there with Greek alphabet. Picked out "apocalypse" on news titles, and found in dictionary. Means "revealed" #

Help track #
@willhowells same happens here in certain weather conditions. Have to wait til digi switch for stronger signal #
Weighing suitcases. We’re under our limit between us. "Someone", however has packed too many books and shoes. #

From Joe.My.God quoting the NY Times

The United States has less than 5 percent of the world’s population.

But it has almost a quarter of the world’s prisoners.