LAOS VOCABULARY: BEER LAO (local brew) SABADEE (hello) KOP CHAI LAI LAI (thank you very much) Friday Left Thailand for Laos on boat trip down the Mekong River. Now as most of you know, ...
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I have so much to tell! January has been a busy month. School is up and running at full speed now. We have a visiting professor at JNU from the University of Alabama on a Fulbright that is teaching a ...
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Brazil 2, Australia 0 !!!  (Jun 18 '06)
"Aside from all the average folk, there were also plenty of elaborately dressed drag queens."
Today was our last day in São Paulo (sad!). We were supposed to leave this morning, but last night... ...
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Day 22 - Rest and Relaxation  (May 28 '06)
I woke up in Algeciras on the bench. The sun was too bright and the birds were too loud. I didn't want to wake Nick up because I know he probably got as bad a sleep as I did. He looked cold, so I ...
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Sun, sea and music  (Jul 16 '06)
"- If you’ve ever seen the fast show (late 90’s British skit comedy show), know that the way they portray the Spanish is 100% accurate. I’m not kidding."
Our holiday started off with a bit of a bang, as ...
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Moroccean Memories  (Dec 25 '05)
"It smelled awful, but it looked like something right out of National Geographic magazine."
Morocco was much different that I had expected. For starters it was green, really really green! I expected lots ...
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Gong Xi Fa Cai! A happy and prosperous new year! Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year, and I've already broken one of the traditions. I'm such an American... This afternoon I was helping ...
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Mexico City  (Nov 01 '05)
Mexico City is the start point of what I hope will be the journey of a lifetime over the next 9 months. A chance to experience different cultures, countires and lifestyles. To visit the sites of ...
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Guy Fawkes Jamboree  (Nov 01 '06)
"I was really impressed by seeing the subway drive out in the open and made a big deal of it, only to be thoroughly teased by the Brits and Frenchies around me. No fair."
November 1, 2006 Admittedly, ...
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Friday 13 April I arrived in Bangkok just as Songkran (Thai New Year) was beginning. The main passtime during this festival is good-natured street water-fights and the daubing oif water & ...
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