Physical and Mental Exercises in Saigon
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We've enjoyed and endured a few of the world's greatest train
journeys over the last few months, so when we boarded our final
overnight train of the trip on Sunday night, I couldn't help feeling a
little sad. I guess I have a romantic notion of allowing myself to be
lulled asleep by the...
Knock on Blessed Wood with Your Fingers Crossed
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I go back and forth on whether or not I’m a good teacher pretty much on a daily basis. It’s not that I think I’m a bad
teacher, but when it comes to explaining the past participle preterit
perfect, or any of the other finer points of the English language, I
have found myself ending lectures with,...
Hope and Healing: An Interview with Mark and Peggy Shrime
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One of the most popular trends in modern travel is voluntourism. One part travel, one part volunteering,
voluntourism offers travellers a way to delve deeper into a place while also making it possible to support
the local community in some small (or large) way.
Mark and Peggy's trip is a perfect...
Don George in Africa, Part 3
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On our second bay in the bush, as dawn is just beginning to light
the world outside my tented room, I hear a shuffle of feet and then
“Jambo! Your tea, sir.� One of the Maasai staffers at places a tray
with a pitcher of tea, heated milk, sugar, a china cup and saucer, a
spoon and two biscuits on...
Remember, remember the 9th of November
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It is eighteen years today since the fall of the Berlin Wall. But it seems that memories are fickle. When I was heading there recently a friend, an educated one I might add, said to me, “Berlin, is that the place that had the Wall?” I was incredulous. A walk around Berlin’s city centre...
Georgia - at crossroads in the Caucasus
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Besides beating Namibia and recording their first-ever win in the Rugby World Cup this year, Georgia hasn’t been in the news much since the Rose Revolution of 2003 saw now-President, Mikhail Saakashvili catapulted democratically into the country’s top office.
Now however, Georgia - popular...


