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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Andrew Brown

This blog is on holiday

I am in southern China, on a family visit. The internet is flaky out here, and in any case this is holiday time. All that I have learned of relevance to this blog is that Hell really exists, and it has an airport, which is modelled on the Venetian casino in Macao, apparently the fourth biggest building in the world.

There is nothing you could want that you cannot buy inside the big casinos here, and probably nothing that anyone actually needs, which is also what Hell is supposed to be like if prolonged to eternity. The pollution is tremendous, and makes for some of the most beautiful sunsets I have ever seen. I came here straight from the Swedish backwoods, which are pretty much my idea of heaven. It is difficult to know which place has been more delightful.

There will be no further updates for the rest of this week. Enjoy yourselves. Discuss whether hell is more like a burning fiery furnace or a very large airport.

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