This one one of a series of travel emails I sent to friends and family who wished to follow my travels through Latin America in the first half of 2007 “Do you want a bigger pole?” “Uh, yes… thanks” “Ideally, you want it to come up to about hip-height” “Actually, I’d like mine to...
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Tags: argentina, death, letters, odyssey2007, travel
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This one one of a series of travel emails I sent to friends and family who wished to follow my travels through Latin America in the first half of 2007 Nothing really prepares you for the Iguazu falls. They’re big. Very big. They are the second most voluminous waterfalls in the world after Victoria...
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This one one of a series of travel emails I sent to friends and family who wished to follow my travels through Latin America in the first half of 2007 Climate change. Those two words seem to be the words-of-the-moment at the moment. But what I’m talking about isn’t the climate change that almost-president...
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This one one of a series of travel emails I sent to friends and family who wished to follow my travels through Latin America in the first half of 2007 “So you´re from the other side of the dutch?” What in the world… oh, New Zealand! It all clicked – he was referring to...
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This one one of a series of travel emails I sent to friends and family who wished to follow my travels through Latin America in the first half of 2007 We stepped carefully on the smooth slippery stones, being sure to ensure that each stone was not loose before committing our full bodyweight to...
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This one one of a series of travel emails I sent to friends and family who wished to follow my travels through Latin America in the first half of 2007 The window was a dirty dark porthole to the hot humid air above the Caribbean Sea. It had not been cleaned for some time...
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The Age newspaper’s online edition has a fairly regular “your say” section in which people can write in with their opinions. I have posted once or twice in this section on subjects that I feel strongly about. The latest topic has to do with the relationship between Singapore and Australia and how it has/hasn’t...
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This was one of many letters published in the Melbourne University Student Magazine – Farrago. It was part of a series on the various things people did during their summer break. I had done a summer semester course working on an archaeological dig in Malta. Hey Guys, We’ve just about finished up here in...
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Tags: archaeology, farrago, letters, malta, melbourne university
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