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¡Finalmente embajadores!

AUSTRALIA | Monday, 7 Apr 2008 | Views [300] | Comments [3]

¡Bueno pues! Aquí estamos. Hemos pasado este último par de meses hablando excitadamente con todo el mundo, creando timings alrededor y preparándonos para este momento, y de golpe, el momento ya está a punto de llegar. En dos dormidas, agarraremos ... Read more >

Tags: español, castellano, spanish, ambassador van, the planning phase, t a j


The Sunshine Coast?

AUSTRALIA | Monday, 7 Apr 2008 | Views [445]

It rained for 24 hours! It was a good test for out tent. It leaked a little down one of the seams, but it says on the ‘problems and solutions’ tag attached to the tent (I love modern stuff) that we just have to spray tent sealer on it (available at ... Read more >

Tags: beaches, rain, driving tour


In Love with Lofoten

NORWAY | Sunday, 6 Apr 2008 | Views [405]

What a magical place! We were lucky enough to book a trip during the summer solstice and sat out on deck of our ferry, in the sun, at midnight. Hilarious. Of course, time does not indicate   light hours in northern Norway.   ... Read more >

Tags: highlights, hiking, boats


Training Tips for Traveling

WORLDWIDE | Saturday, 5 Apr 2008 | Views [402]

(This is a preview of a soon to be updated post about training  for my  training blog .   All feedback is useful! Thanks) We live on the road. We’re constantly going on trips and I need to find ways to maintain my training.  ... Read more >

Tags: exercise, meditation, qigong, hiking


Conversations on the road

WORLDWIDE | Friday, 4 Apr 2008 | Views [429]

March 08 (On the way to Noosa) or otherwise entitles 'How to generate hate mail/male' Tiffany - All cars should have a little digital sign on them, saying what they are doing. Albert - Most of them would say 'I'm going to the shops, my husband earns ... Read more >

Tags: planes, humour, on the road, relationships


The centre of the city

LUXEMBOURG | Friday, 4 Apr 2008 | Views [290]

Expectations Every new place we go to seems to have to be seen through the eyes of our expectations. We go carrying the idea that it’ll be the best part of our trip, or something a friend said about the great cocktails in the bar on the ... Read more >

Tags: castle, autumn


The Heart of the Golden City

INDIA | Thursday, 3 Apr 2008 | Views [738] | Comments [2]

Jaisalmer The Vision I was sitting in meditation. I was practicing a technique whereby one paints the symbols that they see in their minds eye. One of the visions I saw, and painted, was of a city, ablaze with gold. A desert ... Read more >

Tags: jains, religions, meditation


Qigong at Mapleton Falls

AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 1 Apr 2008 | Views [381]

I love to do yoga and qigong outside. Its not just the fresh air that’s so beneficial, it’s the play of the environment on your senses. Last week we were visiting Mapleton Falls National Park . Its inland, between the Sunshine Coast ... Read more >

Tags: qigong, yin and yang, rainforests


Decaying Venice

ITALY | Monday, 31 Mar 2008 | Views [320] | Comments [5]

Of course, it didn’t help that I saw a rat on the first evening. We were drinking wine out side a local bar and I saw the thing trying to get into any doorway that let him in. It was only one, and nothing like India, but iiiiik. You probably ... Read more >

Tags: rats, water


"Mum, is she black or coloured?"

SOUTH AFRICA | Wednesday, 26 Mar 2008 | Views [453]

I was 17. I used to sing ‘freeeeee Nelson Mandela’ in night clubs in Melbourne. I had dreadlocks. I used to graffiti ‘Stop Apartheid’ on what ever material came my way. I kept a scrap book of mostly unread South African articles. I watch Shaka Zulu ... Read more >

Tags: growth, friends


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