FINLAND | Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Photo Gallery
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FINLAND | Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Views [1674]
Christmas Eve in Finland : it is cold, freezing actually, and very, very white. Far from the familiar Australian summer, I am at last experiencing a white Christmas, and it is beautiful. Eager to sample some Finnish culture, as well as a dash of ... Read more >
Tags: christmas, dogs, huskies, lapland, safari, sleighs, snow
FRANCE | Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Views [630]
Learning a foreign language is not easy. In fact, it can be extremely challenging, frustrating and, as I learned during my sojourn in France as an English language assistant, highly amusing. Especially for other people. Having studied French at university, ... Read more >
Tags: false friends, french language, strasbourg
GHANA | Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Views [692]
“Mr Sam! Mr Sam! Would you like to buy some bush fish?” said our guide Richard, taking my husband by the hand and leading him to a small mud and bamboo hut from which a plume of delicious smelling smoke billowed. “Bush fish?” asked Sam, throwing ... Read more >
Tags: cape coast, hike, river, rodent
GHANA | Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Views [524]
There is something menacing about the way the Atlantic Ocean crashes against the murky sand of the Ghanaian coastline, giving it an eerie and treacherous demeanour. Despite the heat, I shiver as we speed along the rubbish strewn shore, the harbour town ... Read more >
Tags: castle, elmina, slave trade
GHANA | Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Views [808]
“Don’t worry,” says my guide Aggie. “It is virtually impossible to fall, unless you are trying to commit suicide.” As I peer out across the treetops at the rope and timber walkway on which I am about to place life and limb, I am not so sure. ... Read more >
Tags: forest, national park, suspension bridge
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MOROCCO | Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Photo Gallery
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MOROCCO | Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Views [850]
Her name is Mustafina. And what a lovely camel she is. As I sit on her hump, with only a crude saddle fashioned from an old carpet to separate us, I marvel at the affection I have come to feel for this creamy-coloured Moroccan dromedary. As we trek ... Read more >
Tags: camel trekking, morocco, oasis, sahara, sunrise
