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Victoria Cook

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Explorer, runner, language learner, 包子 lover.

Thanks to Ahamed, Sophy and Megha at TRVTeam @airvistara for the smooth check in!


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Stole this line from my friend Simon.

Started reading this by @Draylien, as background for #NorthKorea chapter of my book on #CCP #China "North Korea is a 'no' society. Unless something is explicitly permitted, it's best to act as if it's forbidden" amazon.co.uk/dp/1931368562/… via @AmazonUK

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Being in North Korea

Being in North Korea



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🚨拡散希望🚨 京都の病院で、O型マイナスの血液を今日必要としている方がいらっしゃいます。交通費の負担も可能だそうです。

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“When will it be safe to send my staff down to the boat to prepare the presidential suite?” “It may be some time.”

Love this photo. Andrei looks like a special forces commander staring down the enemy. Chad looks like his yacht is waiting for him. Looking forward to listening!



Really difficult to read the chapters on Nikolai's gambling debacle, but grateful the real Nikolai wasn't lost with the 43,000. His reunion with the extended Rostov family was a comforting remedy to the earlier growing pains #tolstoytogether


Tolstoy elegantly captures the eternal battle of youth vs. experience #TolstoyTogether

TorECook's tweet image. Tolstoy elegantly captures the eternal battle of youth vs. experience #TolstoyTogether

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Arriving in Seoul during a pandemic is a little like arriving in Pyongyang normally. Not many flights at the airport, lots of forms, serious but helpful Koreans, feeling of nervousness like maybe you've accidentally brought in porn or a bible (North) or a deadly virus (South)...


“In Bagration’s division, nothing was known about the general course of affairs; they talked of peace, but did not believe in its possibility. They talked of battle and also did not believe in the nearness of battle.” #TolstoyTogether


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Happy @womensday! #GreenClimateFund presses for gender parity: some 50% staff are now women. Thank you, female Board members + advisors! #TimeIsNow to #PressforProgress in #ClimateFinance + #ClimateAction. #GCFund for #IWD2018

theGCF's tweet image. Happy @womensday! #GreenClimateFund presses for gender parity: some 50% staff are now women. Thank you, female Board members + advisors! #TimeIsNow to #PressforProgress in #ClimateFinance + #ClimateAction. #GCFund for #IWD2018
theGCF's tweet image. Happy @womensday! #GreenClimateFund presses for gender parity: some 50% staff are now women. Thank you, female Board members + advisors! #TimeIsNow to #PressforProgress in #ClimateFinance + #ClimateAction. #GCFund for #IWD2018
theGCF's tweet image. Happy @womensday! #GreenClimateFund presses for gender parity: some 50% staff are now women. Thank you, female Board members + advisors! #TimeIsNow to #PressforProgress in #ClimateFinance + #ClimateAction. #GCFund for #IWD2018

Things are gonna be OK. @pearswick

TorECook's tweet image. Things are gonna be OK. @pearswick

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Happy International Women's Day! #IWD2016 We are in Nay Pyi Taw presenting the #iWomenapp w #MayDoeKabar

UNDP_Myanmar's tweet image. Happy International Women's Day! #IWD2016 We are in Nay Pyi Taw presenting the #iWomenapp w #MayDoeKabar

Dusty, golden landscapes with explosions of magenta bougainvillea.… instagram.com/p/BCXsSZxsc1ES…


On an overcast day, durians may appear spikier than usual #latergraminstagram.com/p/-wWlHHMc_-mg…


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