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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Job Opening: Staff Writer
The Seasteading Institute is hiring a staff writer. The writer will be a critical member of our team, crafting highly visible publications that are key to our research and movement-building programs. Most of our organization’s current output is in written … Continue reading
Plum Island, Massachusetts
Plum Island is a barrier island located on the north eastern coast of Massachusetts. It is only about 11 miles in length bordered by the Merrimack River to the north and the Ipswich River to the south. Ron Risman‘s video … Continue reading
Tahiti Travel Notes
Ina Lejins of Coconut Island Travel sent me those notes on the 7th edition of Moon Tahiti.
Snow Goose No Glory
Egg-static – first Shag egg of the season (Ciaran Hatsell) Migrants on the move – Goldcrest (Ciaran Hatsell) Wednesday 23rd March comments: What a day. The best day of the week produced the most talked about events of the season … Continue reading
Pinkies on the move
Skein of Pink-footed Geese over the Pele Tower (Ciaran Hatsell) Early start, pair of Shags on the cliffs (Ciaran Hatsell) Woodcock wings – one full Peregrine nearby Tuesday 22nd March comments: It’s been another cracking day as the sunny weather … Continue reading
Puffins return
Look who’s back… (Ciaran Hatsell) Puffins galore (Ciaran Hatsell) Looking good – Inner Farne courtyard Whooper Swans fly north (Ciaran Hatsell) Monday 21st March comments: It’s been a cracking start as the fine weather continues to prevail and team moral … Continue reading
Underwater Skyscrapers to Clean the Ocean
If there is anything that iritates island dwellers more than privacy intrusions its water pollution! Fortunately new technology is being developed to help clean up the oceans and make the water safer for both islanders and mainlanders! Serbian designers have recently … Continue reading
It’s a Free World: Peter Island
The world famous PeterIsland Resort and Spa in the British Virgin Islands just got a little bit better…if that is even possible! The luxurious private island retreat in the British Virgin Islands, is offering the first night free and full board … Continue reading
Cheap Private Island
Most people get discouraged when they see the prices that some private islands sell for, particularly those promoted in the media. However, not all private islands are out of reach. If you think outside of the tropical private island with … Continue reading
curing wanderlust…
Their grandfather called them the ‘Gold Dust Twins’ when they were younger. Unclear of the meaning then, Evan and Mike (first cousins, by the way) discovered later on that it meant “two people working together productively”. With that definition in … Continue reading
inspiringtravellers.com: Ideas from the road
Both Andrea and John were seasoned travelers when they met, and eventually married. They ‘settled down’, spending four years in one place. Wanderlust struck again and now they have embarked upon a round the world journey. They share their stories … Continue reading
temples feluccas and dodgy hotes
Hello allFinally relaxing in a roasting hot Luxor after a busy few days.On Wednesday we were up at the painful hour of 3am to get the bus toAbu Simbel from Aswan. We had to drive to the nearest police stationand … Continue reading
CPE Certificate of Proficiency in English Seminar British Council
Sunday 27th March 2011.Woke up at 6 am 5 am if we don’t take into account the summer saving time change.Drove myself to Bucharest yyyeeeey Got there in 1 piece yeeeeyTook part in a 6h CPE seminar.Loved every bit of … Continue reading
From Bad to Worse to Worserer
It is always a bad start to a day when you wake up in the morning and the sun is shining. Now this might not conform to most people’s ideas of a bad day but when you purposefully change your … Continue reading
Good afternoon Vietnam
Getting to Hanoi should have been easy. For a while it looked like it wouldn’t be. Then it was thus the first sentence doesn’t really make sense. It does sound good though. A punchy first line don’t you thinkWe’d heard … Continue reading
Hoppity Hoppity goes the Harry and Steph Bobbity
Leaving Kuala Lumpur our plan was to slowly island hop our way into Thailand thus having a great deal of fun going to various different islands and avoid the issues of being blown up in the conflicts around the South … Continue reading
Where the wild things are ..
After all that lazing around on beaches and struggling to walk the few feet from our wooden beach bungalow to the beach we decided it was time to do something different and took off for Khao Yai National Park 120 … Continue reading
Amsterdam 3192011
Drove to PnR from Norwidjt and took the train in. Took a bus tour visited the Van Gogh and Anne Frank museums and the Flower market.
The Spaceship Has Landed
Dear Blog ReadersLast weeks blog sparked some interesting discussions. In particular was the stalkerish nature of the high school girls and specifically the What is your blood type question. Chef Chris told me that people have matched blood type with … Continue reading