Take yourself back to 29 October 2004... Where were you What were you doing I was at the Sheraton drinking screw drivers teaching Mary my host sister how to swim and getting caught up in an Ethiopian wedding. Oh that39s right that was yesterday Yes folks Ethiopia is quite literally 7 years behind. I39m sitting here with a beer feeling quite illegal the drinking age here is

When we left Phuket we really didnt know what to expect. We had heard a town called Kanchanaburi was fun inexpensive and most importantly not underwater. We left as a group of eight lost two and as of today Saturday our group has swelled to thirteen of the original thirtytwo ATI students. It is really tragic to see the devastation that has hit our new homeawayfromhome as more th

The tribe I decided to study was called Moche this tribe originated in northern Peru from the years 100AD800. The government for the tribe Moche was not lead by one leader this tribe was lead by a whole group. The tribe had no political beliefs. They belief a lot in rituals in these rituals human sacrifice played a role. The people that were sacrifice were the people that lost with them in

So Another 2.40am start to the weekend and missioning it to Gatwick airport The most nightmarish airport to get to and from but made it with screeeeds of time as I had already checked in online and didnt realise that meant i only needed to be there an hour before So had something to eat lost my only warm jacket found it again about 30mins later had a sleep and then boarded the plane to Zuri

We are finally in the UK. The trip over was painless. Must say the A380 and Emirates did make it easier. We had a lovely 24hrs in Sydney with Shane Clare and the girls. We had the morning on South Cronulla beach. Had forgotten how busy Sydney beaches get especially on a beautiful Sydney spring day. The first flight to Dubai started with excitement and the kids all got into the movies. Oliver sle

In early October there were a number of local firework festivals. I stumbled across one in my own village of Tomida and joined in a procession up to the local temple to watch some crazy men dressed in festival costumes dancing under a pole whilst carrying some kind of float. The pole had a handmade firework that gives off a shower of golden sparks for about 10 minutes during which time the men

Good morning from sunny HOT DubaiSaw the news last night and couldn39t believe my eyes the major snow storm in New York City Wow So I couldn39t resist posting a picture of us at the beach on Facebook for all my 39friends39 I know it was cruel The internet just about drove me crazy last night and early this morning because I couldn39t get the blog post up or the photos

I had the pleasure of having my two good friends come to visit me while I have been in Hawaii. They stayed with me and we also took a trip for the weekend to Kaua39i one of the other islands of Hawai39i. We had booked a snorkeling boat ride that went around the Napali Coast side of the island. Unfortunately the water was not very good for snorkeling that day too turbulent and cloudy alth

Bangkok is exactly how Eddie and I remembered it very dirty smells like something died constantly and you still have to squat over a scary looking hole to pee and although we knew this nothing quite prepared us for the huge culture shock that is south east Asia especially when we had just come from sitting on a beach in the Mediterranean drinking cocktails. On the flight over Ed watched 6 rub

Today the inventions developed in the electronics industry evolve and adapt like living species. Information is shared across cultures languages and nationalities in order for businesses to thrive in a connected web of concept development. However for some reason we still try to hold on to the belief that new inventions are created in isolation and award patents to whatever company or individual

For three people we produce a mountain of washing. I know my little twin tub only does small loads 2 kg but I39ve done 8 loads in the last two days and I39m still not finished I39m going to have to consider wearing shorts more than once before washing them and Noah is going to have to eat food in just a nappy to save on clothing changes. Ryan goes through a surprisingly small amount

USUK mix up of the week When I asked my coursemates what paracetamol a medicine I39ve seen in drugstores is one girl replied Do you know Novocaine After a few seconds of ...WHAT I realized no that was not right and we had a laugh about it. Apparently she got the word Novocaine from a Green Day song and didn39t know what it was except some kind of medicine for not feeling pa

Up and dressed before any alarms go off. Breakfast pancakes while Natalie waits for the water to come back on. walk our bags to the edge of town and wait for a bemo local bus. We get harassed by lots of locals trying to sell us expensive lifts and telling us there are no bemos.I walk back to the GH and it turns out I miss heard owner when he said wait at the junction. I find a bus to Praya 800

The Khmer written language does not use the Roman alphabet Aw Kohn means thank you but the spelling in the title is only phonetic. It39s really amazing how crossing the border into Cambodia has changed our trip. The differences seem subtle yet very apparent all at the same time. I tried to articulate the differences from the cuisine and I couldn39t even form the right words Khmer food is

Queue for the bathroom and order breakfast to the room it39s included pancakes and teacoffee. At the same time the local in the red and white tshirt that wanted to sell us bikestoursrooms yesterday reappears still wearing his red and white tshirt. I rent an automatic bike from him for the price of a manual because he doesn39t have a manual and I wont pay the automatic price.Nata

The Choral Festival here has booked us in outreach concerts all around the area. Sadly two of these are somewhat far flung. Last afternoon we boarded the bus for a 2.5 hour ride to Polanco a little hillside town population 5500 almost directly west of here. On arrival we had a quick rehearsal. In the church where we were to perform originally a Roman temple now restored after a fire during

Natalie39s in the shower and I39m checking my email when the alarm goes off. Kai and Netta knock while I39m checking the room for anything we39ve forgotten and we head to the ferry port. 10000R each for a ticket on the feryy to that39ll leave as soon as there39s 25 passengers. We wait two minutes.At Bangsal port we get jumped by taxi drivers and we have no idea where we are go

Last night we saw a huge colony of bats in the botanic gardens. They are the size of large cats with a 3 foot wingspan....Paul says they are really the size of rats with a 1 foot wingspan......don39t listen to him. This morning we took the ferry to Taronga zoo. We were up close and personal with wallabies and wombats after this we went on a walkabout along the coast of the bay. The day was gorg

I took a minibus from Vang Viang to Luang Prabang 6hrs through the mountains and valleys the scenery absolutely stunning. We stopped at the top of the mountains for lunch. Getting out of the minibus everyone was saying toilet toilet and showing you where. Then you go and they all say 2000 2000 Have to laugh. When we arrived in Luang Prabang the driver then said more money more money because h

A quelques heures de la baie dHalong surpeuple de touristes chinois et occidentaux la baie de Lan Ha est tout aussi fabuleuse et nous y sommes pratiquement seuls Incroyable le spectacle qui soffre a nous Plongs dans une lgre brume des lots en forme de pain de sucre recouverts de vgtation mergent au hasard des flots vert meraude. Le dcor est splendide et la jonque en