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Live Where
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Did It! - Part Deux ~ Moving
To New Zealand ~ by Rick Adams - In our case
the challenge is the New Zealand Immigration Service, the NZIS, and the
romance is with a country, New Zealand. Since I’m happily married,
there won’t be any illicit affairs or anything. And in case my wife
is reading this, “Hi honey, I love you!” And when I say “challenge”
with the NZIS, I mean it in the most positive manner. And in case
the NZIS is reading this, “Hi honey, I love you!”
Growing
Healthy In Sardinia ~ Europe's
Healthiest Population ~ by Emma Bird - Sardinians
do indeed look much younger than they are. My boyfriend is 37 and friends
who haven’t yet met him expect him to arrive in prim, conservative clothes.
“Dove Mario? Where’s Mario then?” Valentina asked me in the Cagliari gelateria
where we were celebrating her birthday. “Over there”, I replied, pointing
to a normal-looking bloke that just happened to be my boyfriend. “Oh” she
said, “But I thought he was old. He just looks like one of us.”
Opening
A Business In Rome ~ One
Expatriate’s Observations ~ by Sarah Yeomans - My first impression
of Rome was that it was a lawless land, where you could make up the rules
as you went along, as long as it didn’t attract the attention of the occasionally
alert police officer or government official. Everything around me seemed
to reinforce this impression, from the “creative” parking solutions, such
as parking on a curb, to the seemingly helter-skelter methods of immigration
control.
Swiss
Rental Cows ~ Get
Your Own Cow ~ By Bonnie Burns - In the past decade, more than a quarter
of Switzerland’s family farms have gone out of business. Those that remain
find creative ways to generate extra revenue. One such enterprising
family leases out their cows during the alpine summer grazing. What
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Polo ~ The
Biggest, Weirdest, Slowest, And Most Expensive Game In Thailand ~ by
Antonio Graceffo - The theory by most have-nots, of which I am one, is
that the rich are bored, and that they invent unusual sports to entertain
themselves, such as croquet, yachting, and sailing. Cricket is perhaps
the greatest example of what happens when you have too much money, and
nothing to occupy your free time. A single game could last for three days,
and end in a tie score. Any person of normal means would fall asleep in
the interim.
How
To Prepare For Living And Working In Russia ~ More
On Living In Russia ~ by Jon D. Ayres - Want to come to work as a Native
speaking English teacher in the Russian Federation? Getting a visa,
temporary residence visas, and work permits here in Russia is not easy
if you choose to do it on your own. It is a long, drawn out process
that discourages a lot of people and many end up giving up and leaving.
It is better to come here on the invitation of a school or other business
and let them handle it all. The following is only my experience of
dealing with Russia’s visa process.
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Holding
The Line Down Under ~ More
From New Zealand ~ by Candy Green - Think about the word “line” and
all its applications! This past week, while reading the newspaper
and wandering around Christchurch, these thoughts have amused me. What
was there to see, read and experience in this mountain top nation? A telephone
line, a railway line, a tramline, a beeline, keeping kids in line, that
line on the face, staying to the left of the line and, of course, the fault
line.
Expats
Now Can Call Home For Less ~ Long-Distance
Rates ~ by Dennis Grant - For many people living abroad, the cost of
long-distance service means carefully monitoring how often they call friends
and family. An evolving technology called Broadband Internet Telephony
is changing all that. Calls carried over the Internet, and not a
traditional phone line, avoid many regulatory fees, allowing heavily discounted
prices.
RETURNING
HOME AIN’T EASY BUT IT SURE IS A BLESSING ~ Back
To Ghana ~ by IMAHKÜS - Ahead of us loomed this enormous, foreboding
structure. The sight caused me to tremble; I almost didn't want to
go inside. The outer walls were chipped and a faded and moldy white
exterior. The sea had eaten away some of the mortar. It was
gray and dismal as we climbed the steep steps, following the sign leading
to the reception area. When we entered the reception area of the
Cape Coast Castle Dungeons a smallish man with a bright smiling face met
us.
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How
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Explosive
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Adventures In Surinam ~ Explorations
~ by John Spampinato - I had little success fishing the first several days,
but there was plenty of food, and just about the first time I thought someone
to share my rum with might be nice I had a surprise encounter with Garifuna
bushmen - long removed progeny of nineteenth century slaves who, seeing
the Guiana’s striking similarities to the jungles of their Congo origins,
escaped their captors by simply vanishing into the wilderness where to
this day many thrive unhindered, a feral society. Coming up over the ‘tall
trees’ trail I swore I heard human laughter. Suddenly four sparsely dressed
fellows appeared and froze in their tracks, as did I. Smiling, I
motioned them to the lean-to where I made various unintelligible offerings
and possibly inappropriate inquiries.
El
Salvador Autohotel ~ Salvadoran
Hotel Pleasure ~ by Mark McMahon - I just don't get it! Is this just
a place to park your auto? Where's the freakin' office? I drove around
the circular interior of the drab cement complex several times and all
I could see were small garage spaces with a door inside and a rolling metal
garage door outside. "Where's the office?" I asked the security guard with
a big shotgun and a nasty german shepard. My much improved Spanish was
not enough to comprehend the situation. "Are there rooms here?" "Yes.
Ape
Attacks, Bull Fights And Cities That Never Sleep ~ In
Spain ~ by Dawnelle Salant - I was particularly eager to visit Barcelona
as it is part of Catalonia. Being a Canadian, I’m fascinated by other countries
that also have two “separate” regions, complete with their own languages,
and I wasn’t disappointed. Barcelona definitely has a different feel than
the rest of Spain. It’s not just hearing Catalan spoken, there’s something
a bit more sophisticated about the city. It’s rich with history, culture
and art all its own.
Dresden,
Germany ~ The
Capital Of Saxony ~ by Jörg M. Unger - If you are interested in
German history, architecture, and art, you should decide for a journey
to Dresden, Saxony - a gem among the big towns in former East Germany.
The advantage of Dresden’s historic center is that all the well-known and
famous buildings and squares are in walking distance, thus giving you plenty
of time to visit the places of your personal interest.
Overlanding
~ Traveling
Through Africa ~ by Jacqueline Perry-Strickland - “We were sent out
into the bush to fend for ourselves for nine months. Seventy-six
boys in four groups. Ages 15 to 20. In my group one boy died.
The lion killed him. Four boys were injured and had to return.
Another boy was killed for being a coward.”
A
Costa Rican Adventure ~ Caravan
Style ~ by Josh Eyestone - My wife and I flew in a day early so we
could see another part of Costa Rica and to be able to walk around unhurried
for a day in San Jose before our 10 day all inclusive tour that took us
to 4 different hotels in different parts of the country. Costa Rica
is in the southern part of Central America, between Nicaragua and Panama.
The country is known for its diverse natural beauty; the country has volcanoes,
rain forests, cloud forests, and both Caribbean and Pacific coasts.
We live in San Antonio, so like always we have to fly into Dallas to go
anywhere, but even from Dallas Costa Rica is just 3.5 hours away.
Then
He Put His Foot On My Stomach ~ Thai
Boxing ~ by Daniel Wallace - Travelling and losing weight don't always
go together, I discovered. Ten months into my round the world trip, about
to head south from Bangkok, I looked in the mirror to notice I was somewhat
more out of shape than I had planned. Exact details are perhaps unnecessary
- a chin fractionally more podgy than I remembered, a stomach... The end
result is that I postponed my exit from Bangkok, and later that day enrolled
in a Thai Boxing class.
Red
Or Blue ~ A
Folk Festival In The Amazon ~ by Rita Shannon Koeser - It was
a rainy, humid April night in the Brazilian Amazon when I stepped off my
ship in Parintins and entered the world of Caprichoso and Garantido, a
world of red and blue. A world where red and blue are competing against
each other in a fantastic performance of music, dance, chanting,
fireworks, singing, beautiful young people in dazzling costumes,
and beating of drums.
Getting
Around Antsiranana ~ In
The Extreme North Of Madagascar ~ by Rabenilaina Harinia Cyrille -
As I mentioned, Madagascar is a wonderful, tumbledown Indian Ocean island
where people laugh at hardship. Diego Suarez, situated in the extreme north
of Madagascar, considered one of world’s most beautiful and widest bays,
is a county town but also the third port of the continent island. Diego
Suarez harbor, named after the two Portuguese explorers who “discovered
Madagascar, is on the island’s northeastern end. Their names are: Diego
Diaz, who discovered it in 1500 and a sailor, Fernando Suarez that visited
it in 1506.
Discovering
The Past In Portobello ~ Pirates
And Forts ~ by Matthew Atlee - Portobello is a city that is as important
as New York City or Washington D.C. to the history of the Western Hemisphere.
You are probably saying to yourself that he can’t be right. I’ve never
heard of the place and if it’s so important why haven’t I heard about it.
Well, this article is an attempt to uncover some of the little known history
of a town that on its surface looks to be nothing more than a dot on the
Panamanian map, a town on the Caribbean coast of Panama that most people
only pass through on their way to the popular island of Isla Grande.
In
The Land Of UK ~ Adventures
In The United Kingdom ~ by Jurgen Klemann - When I was a student at
university about twenty years ago, I took my first little baby steps to
gain international experience. These first little baby steps led me to
the turf of the POMs. POM stands for Prisoners of Her Majesty. The British
are called POMs in the English speaking world in the southern hemisphere
– primarily in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. They are called
POMs in that part of the world because the first settlers in Australia
were British convicts.
Escape
To Sundarbans…. Indian
Flexabiltiy ~ by Rajdeep Bhattacharjee - Journey to India is not complete
if you do not travel to the northeastern part of India .And as you travel
to the Eastern part of this unique land, you should take out some time
to visit the 1330.10 sq.kms swampy delta of the two mighty Indian rivers,
Brahmaputra and the Ganges known as Sundarbans, famous across the world
for being the home of the Royal Bengal Tiger. The name Sundarban is derived
from Sundari Trees, once found in abundance in this swampy delta island.
Travel
To Vietnam ~Looking
Out For SARS ~ by Sheila D'Souza - It’s 9AM, and we have just left
Nha Trang after stopping at every bus stop/tourist cafe that exists in
town. In between stops, we have also re-fuelled, broken down and
crossed a bridge that was still under construction. After over an
hour of circling and zigzagging, I had became fearful that I would never
reach Saigon by 7PM. But fortunately, it seems that we are now well
under way. My attention is currently focused on the fact that the bus driver
is seated across from me; he started taking the air-conditioning unit apart
while we were re-fuelling, and another man nonchalantly replaced him.
An
Aussie View Of The Philippines Part 2 ~ Land
Of The Beautiful ~ by Graig Beasy - G'day. Continuing on from last
month, how on earth did I end up stranded in Cebu during my six weeks there;
well let me begin with my departure from Tullamarine International Airport
at Melbourne, Victoria. I was due to fly out at 11:45pm on Tuesday
June 2nd 1998. I had arrived in Victoria’s State Capital a few days before
and was staying with my sister Merryn in the eastern suburbs. A day later
I received a call from Philippines Airlines informing me of a 2-hr departure
delay, which I didn’t find to bothersome.
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