WE packed and left by 930am this appears to becoming our regular move out timeThe road way taken was easy going and long straight stretches of highway.No trouble to our rig and we made good time. We came alongside some more tennis balls growing in the paddocks and being an hour on the road we decided to pull over for morning tea and check it out. After our long discussion on the co
ons symbool als herinnering in elke gemeente
Het logo waar we reeds jaren mee werken werd omgezet door een kunstenaar in Dakar tot een schilderijtje gemaakt met verschillende soorten natuurlijk zand. We hebben deze techniek gedemonstreerd gezien in Gore.Met de hulp van Ibrahima Ciss Bieke's gastheer vonden we iemand die voor ons 7 dergelijke schilderijtjes wou maken. Donderdag rond 12u leverde Ibrahima de 7 exemplaren af in ons verblijf
Fsten
Tijdens ons verblijf konden we genieten van enkele feesten. Op straat uiteraard waarbij de gehele gemeenschap betrokken is. Wat een ritme spontaneteit en sierlijkheid Daar kunnen we nog wat van leren...
Het memorandum
En dan de laatste dag vrijdag 11 maart. De kers op de taart ht memorandum. Werken werken ... tot op het laatste moment werd het document gepolijst onder meer door onze fantastische secretaris Walter. De samenwerking tussen KeMoPoDi en LoWaZoNe is nu een feit Ons logo werd in de vorm van een zandschilderij cadeau gegeven aan alle betrokken gemeenten van Senegal en Vlaanderen.
Thursday 3 March Uncle Ho says Victory Means Victory Hanoi
The morning is spent with last minute shopping for Mary before putting her on the plane back to Australia. That done we checked out of the Thanh Thuong guesthouse. The guesthouse gets pretty good reviews from Tripadvisor but despite the newness of the hotel I got a smelly room. The family who run the guesthouse were not overly friendly. That done we head out to Tan Son Nhat Airport with plenty of
Here we goooo
We have been extremely busy planning all of the fun stuff like hostels on the beach Nile Cruises Abseiling Skydiving Bungy Jumping shopping in London etc. We have been so busy that we have forgotten to organise the important things like finances something to sleep onin for a month on the safari and some warm clothes for camping in sub zero temps in Germany during Oktoberfest. I don't think
Friday 4 March Hanoi
Before leaving Australia I had booked a guide for my first day in Hanoi. I met up with the guide Rosie at the Hanoi Guesthouse. Rosie Huong is her Viet name is a member of Hanoi Kids. HK is a free guide service run as a club of university undergraduates who are keen to practise their English language. Rosie is 21 in her 3rd year of a four year degree at Hanoi University of Business Com
De straat
Het leven is vooral een gebeuren op straat. Je ontmoet er mens en dier.
Saturday 5 March Tam Coc
I choose to do a tour out to Tam Coc the collection of Karst outcrop that shares similarities with Ha Long bay but on land. A trip to Ha Long bay is the usual tour out of town but given the weather I am inclined to give it a miss. I later find that Ha Long is so touristy that I am glad for my choice.The tour is with the Sinh Tourist and involves a 3 hour bus trip down to the town of Ninh Binh.
Beach bound… Sihanoukville Kampot and Kep
HelloWe currently have viruses on both our USB and memory cards so we havn't been able to update the blog. Two weeks ago we travelled from Chi Phat to the southern coastline of Cambodia. Our first stop was sihanoukville for some much needed relaxation and sun to burn off our leechbitten ridden bodies We loved it here and spent 4 amazing chilled out days lying on the beach and drinking 50cent b
Day 36 Honolulu
Heute stand auf meiner Liste ein Besuch des Pearl Harbour Memorials der Gedenksttte des Angriffs der Japaner auf die amerikanische Flotte am 7. Dezember 1941 an. Die Busfahrt dorthin dauerte ber eine Stunde. Der Eintritt zum Denkmal ist kostenfrei nur wenn man ein UBoot oder Kriegsschiff anschauen wollte mute man Eintritt zahlen. Ich wollte aber nur das Denkmal besichtigen. Der nchste
Day 7 Bath
A nice early start today we departed for Bath planning to camp at a site some 5 miles away. We headed into Bath and on the advice from some other campers we met looked for a Park and Ride as taking the camper into Bath may have been tricky. Well no park and Ride was to be found on our route we found out later that the way we came in was the only road NOT to have a park and Ride and we ended up i
Two days in the Country
Quick Note When traveling half way across the world don't end blogs mid sentence. It worries people. Mostly mothers.Since I last wrote we went on a journey through the country side of Georgia many things happened some funny some educational all memorable. Below I will do my best to summarize the events in an exciting and hopefully entertaining manner.After posting we headed out to play some p
ecuador 2011
After the 2 day milk run through Seattle Dallas FortWorth and Miami we finally arrived in Quito. Immediately we felt the altitude. We arrived in the dark and rain thankfully a driver waiting for us at the airport with a sign. On the way to the hostal the streets were EMPTY in the Old Town everything sealed up for the night. Hostal Quito Cultural is only 2 blocks from Plaza Grande right on th
Half way to home
It's that time again. Sunday is almost over in fact so it's time for another update.This week was mercilessly short thanks to the Labour Day long weekend and my class for whatever reason were on their best behaviour. We had lots to keep us occupied in class this week including making pancakes for Shrove Tuesday Ash Wednesday Mass our Senior Swimming Carnival on Thursday and all of a sudden it
Stuck in Pushkar
Nachdem ich mich schon von Jaipur so schwer losreissen konnte gehts mir jetzt hier in Pushkar nicht besser. War jetzt eine Woche hier und habs heute endlich geschafft ein Ticket nach Jaisalmer zu kaufen. Also muss ich heut Abend wohl oder uebel weiter...Pushkar ist ein kleiner Pilgerort mit heiligem See suedwestlich von Jaipur. Ein sehr touristischer Ort aber einfach soooo entspannt und ruhig. Ei
Life is a Beach and I’m Just Playing in the Sand
The sky is blue and pure in every direction. The sun is total and burning and just right there and today is a beautiful day. This bottle of beer and I are reclining on one of the many sandy beaches of Koh Chang. Its some day between Thursday and Sunday. Its some time between 9am and 9pm. Thats all I know and thats all I care to know right now. In places like this the only time that
Seven month anniversary with Korea Lessons learned
A dull gray sky hung over rust encrusted fences where dusty brown dogs with fur that had been born white strained at their chains to bark at our car. The streets were small with seemingly no order and half the place seemed to be alleys. The spidery black lines of Hangul decorated every store front and made my head swim. Korean men and women whose age looked to be in the triple digits milled ab
Portland Trailblazers Meet Greet
As season ticket holders for the Portland Trailblazers one of the perks they offer is an evening of games food and meeting players. Ticket holders are invited for one of two evenings with half of the players coming each night. There was a hamburgerhot dog buffet free video games and bowling and players there to meet and get a photo with. Pretty neat perk for ticket holders that just about m
A dead body short indian men and an elephant with painted toenails
So i am sat about 500m from a strip of pristine coastline surrounded by palm trees and coconuts apologises if you are reading this sat in the office this is south india and i love it possibly more than the north. Here i have been rejoicing at the fact i can walk around for at least half and hour and sometimes no one talks to me. Yes i still seem to have ended up with 3 dinner date options a