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Date: 6th August 2011
poetic descriptions
what a fabulous trip! Thanks for the poetic descriptions!
From Blog: seasunsand sounds an awful lot like sansomsan
poetic descriptions
what a fabulous trip! Thanks for the poetic descriptions!
From Blog: seasunsand sounds an awful lot like sansomsan
Date: 24th July 2011
thanks
great blog. thanks for posting it on facebook. It's the easiest way for me to be alerted to the blog entry.. You write really well and at the start of a busy day, I was intrigued and laughing and willing to continue even without time on my hands.
From Blog: There are an awful lot of bugs in paradise
thanks
great blog. thanks for posting it on facebook. It's the easiest way for me to be alerted to the blog entry.. You write really well and at the start of a busy day, I was intrigued and laughing and willing to continue even without time on my hands.
From Blog: There are an awful lot of bugs in paradise
Date: 14th July 2011
Meep! At least karmatically you've got all your mishaps out of the way early :p Save travels!
From Blog: Tokyo!!
Meep! At least karmatically you've got all your mishaps out of the way early :p Save travels!
From Blog: Tokyo!!
Date: 17th December 2009
Questions!!!
Hey Andrea! Great blog! I am thinking of travelling around Ethiopia in March, but am not sure what it would be like as a solo woman.... Are you travelling alone?? How have you found that?? It sounds perfectly safe, but I wasn't sure whether the buses/ backpacker hotels would be there to support travelling on your own... I much prefer doing it alone than being on a tour, and I really want to see Ethiopia, so any help/ hints/ tips you can provide would be great! Happy travels! Ali
From Blog: Ethiopia Part 1 (a little late)
Questions!!!
Hey Andrea! Great blog! I am thinking of travelling around Ethiopia in March, but am not sure what it would be like as a solo woman.... Are you travelling alone?? How have you found that?? It sounds perfectly safe, but I wasn't sure whether the buses/ backpacker hotels would be there to support travelling on your own... I much prefer doing it alone than being on a tour, and I really want to see Ethiopia, so any help/ hints/ tips you can provide would be great! Happy travels! Ali
From Blog: Ethiopia Part 1 (a little late)
Date: 8th November 2009
Ethiopian date?
I'm confused; how could the date be so completely different from the rest of the world? What kind of calendar do they have? Or, do they keep two dates, as in Israel?
From Blog: Quickly changing world
Ethiopian date?
I'm confused; how could the date be so completely different from the rest of the world? What kind of calendar do they have? Or, do they keep two dates, as in Israel?
From Blog: Quickly changing world
Date: 27th August 2009
i dunno
you say that people are almost numb to meaningless death there but i feel like living in zambia forces you to feel so much more emotion because even reading about it knots my insides until i cannot recognize my reaction....here there are days when I am actually numb and overall I really can only identify a handful of emotional reactions in myself (my feelings are hurt, i'm ashamed, or i'm ingignant or i'm pleased or i'm lost in ennui or something)....your emtional vocabulary is much more intricate by now, I can tell
From Blog: I don't even know where to begin...(sorry for long-windedness)
i dunno
you say that people are almost numb to meaningless death there but i feel like living in zambia forces you to feel so much more emotion because even reading about it knots my insides until i cannot recognize my reaction....here there are days when I am actually numb and overall I really can only identify a handful of emotional reactions in myself (my feelings are hurt, i'm ashamed, or i'm ingignant or i'm pleased or i'm lost in ennui or something)....your emtional vocabulary is much more intricate by now, I can tell
From Blog: I don't even know where to begin...(sorry for long-windedness)
Date: 18th June 2009
"summer" camp
Sounds like we need more volunteer organizations in the world where the funding isn't tied to religion. The organization you describes sounds counter-productive in the extreme.
From Blog: Recent Activities
"summer" camp
Sounds like we need more volunteer organizations in the world where the funding isn't tied to religion. The organization you describes sounds counter-productive in the extreme.
From Blog: Recent Activities
Date: 18th June 2009
whoooaaa
man that is outrageous to me. I'm losing my cool just reading about this stuff. I promise a long juicy email very soon! -Mikro (haha you win)
From Blog: Recent Activities
whoooaaa
man that is outrageous to me. I'm losing my cool just reading about this stuff. I promise a long juicy email very soon! -Mikro (haha you win)
From Blog: Recent Activities
Date: 18th May 2009
on boredom
i think you have managed to redefine boredom. if you're bored it is because you're not observing or creating enough drama. really, i am never bored probably because i am very self-involved
From Blog: life can be boring, even in Africa
on boredom
i think you have managed to redefine boredom. if you're bored it is because you're not observing or creating enough drama. really, i am never bored probably because i am very self-involved
From Blog: life can be boring, even in Africa
Date: 13th May 2009
That happens all the time here!!
Of course...there aren't sidewalks, so they just go off the road into big ditches or into the other lane...whatever happens to be empty at that moment...its so terrifying sometimes...
From Blog: A less controversial topic...
That happens all the time here!!
Of course...there aren't sidewalks, so they just go off the road into big ditches or into the other lane...whatever happens to be empty at that moment...its so terrifying sometimes...
From Blog: A less controversial topic...
Date: 12th May 2009
i miss buses
most of my traveling life has been spent on buses, but no more, I haven't used the baltimore public transportation system once, its sad, not that the buses here are at all as lively as your zambian buses, but when I was in petersburg last, I took the mini-buses, which were crazy, I remember one bus driver didn't want to stop with the regular auto traffic so he just jumped a curb and sped past until he was forced to swerve back on the road to avoid a magazine stand, good times
From Blog: A less controversial topic...
i miss buses
most of my traveling life has been spent on buses, but no more, I haven't used the baltimore public transportation system once, its sad, not that the buses here are at all as lively as your zambian buses, but when I was in petersburg last, I took the mini-buses, which were crazy, I remember one bus driver didn't want to stop with the regular auto traffic so he just jumped a curb and sped past until he was forced to swerve back on the road to avoid a magazine stand, good times
From Blog: A less controversial topic...
Date: 10th May 2009
the scrunched ones
I hope you are never the one who gets to ride scrunched up by the door! Did he end up giving you the correct change? Oh, and are you actually understanding Nyanga? What does it sound like? Who speaks it?
From Blog: A less controversial topic...
the scrunched ones
I hope you are never the one who gets to ride scrunched up by the door! Did he end up giving you the correct change? Oh, and are you actually understanding Nyanga? What does it sound like? Who speaks it?
From Blog: A less controversial topic...
Date: 7th May 2009
H1N1
Its been on the news a lot...even on the local channels...I don't think it really effects the Zambians too much...they're constantly being bombarded with news channels saying, "EVERYONE IN AFRICA IS DYING OF THIS!!" So...it gets a little old after a while. People here don't worry about getting sick the way Americans do. They simply accept that either they will or won't get sick...and that's life.
From Blog: Global Warming or Voodoo?
H1N1
Its been on the news a lot...even on the local channels...I don't think it really effects the Zambians too much...they're constantly being bombarded with news channels saying, "EVERYONE IN AFRICA IS DYING OF THIS!!" So...it gets a little old after a while. People here don't worry about getting sick the way Americans do. They simply accept that either they will or won't get sick...and that's life.
From Blog: Global Warming or Voodoo?
Date: 6th May 2009
deffinitely voodoo
This was my favorite blog so far, good story. Very intesting observation about the culture. It never really occurred to me that way. I guess true change in a culture takes a long time. Are people aware of the H1N1 virus? Is it in the news, is there "news"?
From Blog: Global Warming or Voodoo?
deffinitely voodoo
This was my favorite blog so far, good story. Very intesting observation about the culture. It never really occurred to me that way. I guess true change in a culture takes a long time. Are people aware of the H1N1 virus? Is it in the news, is there "news"?
From Blog: Global Warming or Voodoo?
Date: 30th April 2009
photo success!
Your photos are all uploaded and beautiful! Congrats!
From Blog: Another day another blog...hopefully some photos included
photo success!
Your photos are all uploaded and beautiful! Congrats!
From Blog: Another day another blog...hopefully some photos included
Date: 29th April 2009
vacationing in Africa
So much gets back to public policy. Governments could be taxing the tourists and putting the tourist tax to work for the people. Absent such a tax, the socially-conscious tourist can try to "self-tax," and spend a portion of their travel monies on direct services to the poor of the countries in which they travel.
From Blog: Vacationing in Africa
vacationing in Africa
So much gets back to public policy. Governments could be taxing the tourists and putting the tourist tax to work for the people. Absent such a tax, the socially-conscious tourist can try to "self-tax," and spend a portion of their travel monies on direct services to the poor of the countries in which they travel.
From Blog: Vacationing in Africa
Date: 23rd April 2009
I am still living with Erin but will hopefully be moving to the boarding school within a couple weeks...cross my fingers. The kitchen is fairly modern...it requires lots of changing of plugs and careful maintenance of outlets...but everything we need except a toaster....I have to walk to a bus and then take a bus and then walk from the bus to get to TTAF...about an hour commute...but thats just because the buses are weird and flaky...maybe a fifteen minute drive if I had a car. For the school I get picked up. Its outside of the town but they're building a road to it...so soon hopefully buses will go there. Still just volunteer work....but its okay...hopefully room and board work out.
From Blog: Guess what? Two days in a row!
I am still living with Erin but will hopefully be moving to the boarding school within a couple weeks...cross my fingers. The kitchen is fairly modern...it requires lots of changing of plugs and careful maintenance of outlets...but everything we need except a toaster....I have to walk to a bus and then take a bus and then walk from the bus to get to TTAF...about an hour commute...but thats just because the buses are weird and flaky...maybe a fifteen minute drive if I had a car. For the school I get picked up. Its outside of the town but they're building a road to it...so soon hopefully buses will go there. Still just volunteer work....but its okay...hopefully room and board work out.
From Blog: Guess what? Two days in a row!
Date: 20th April 2009
great!
Hi Andrea, This is great. I'm so excited for you. Here are a couple more questions you could respond to next time...What does the scenery look like? How big is the town you live in? Pop.? Do you ever sleep all day and stay up late? I'm glad you found a buddie to pal around with. Is it safe to be out at night? I have been thinking about sunglasses lately and I always wonder if you ever got those beautiful gaudy ones back in C-Springs? I wish you had. Sorry if I talked you out of it, they were fantastic! Thanks for the stories.
From Blog: Guess what? Two days in a row!
great!
Hi Andrea, This is great. I'm so excited for you. Here are a couple more questions you could respond to next time...What does the scenery look like? How big is the town you live in? Pop.? Do you ever sleep all day and stay up late? I'm glad you found a buddie to pal around with. Is it safe to be out at night? I have been thinking about sunglasses lately and I always wonder if you ever got those beautiful gaudy ones back in C-Springs? I wish you had. Sorry if I talked you out of it, they were fantastic! Thanks for the stories.
From Blog: Guess what? Two days in a row!
Date: 18th April 2009
Lazy day
Hey, you are getting better at this. Yesterday's photos required that you do a "right click" then select "view image." Today, the photo was just sitting right there looking real good next to the text, and if you wanted to make it bigger you just clicked on it. Anyway, I assume by your Blog that you are actually not living at the boarding school, but have retained your apartment with Erin, complete with kitchen. Is is a modern kitchen? How far away are you from where you work? Do you walk everywhere to get to work? Do you get paid anything, since room and board appear not to be happening?
From Blog: Guess what? Two days in a row!
Lazy day
Hey, you are getting better at this. Yesterday's photos required that you do a "right click" then select "view image." Today, the photo was just sitting right there looking real good next to the text, and if you wanted to make it bigger you just clicked on it. Anyway, I assume by your Blog that you are actually not living at the boarding school, but have retained your apartment with Erin, complete with kitchen. Is is a modern kitchen? How far away are you from where you work? Do you walk everywhere to get to work? Do you get paid anything, since room and board appear not to be happening?
From Blog: Guess what? Two days in a row!
Date: 18th April 2009
Photos
Am I mistaken or were the children in the orphanage all wearing clothes that had recently been yours? I especially loved the photo of the two children, whose big eyes were looking through the hole of the sharp-edged metal.
From Blog: Photos!!
Photos
Am I mistaken or were the children in the orphanage all wearing clothes that had recently been yours? I especially loved the photo of the two children, whose big eyes were looking through the hole of the sharp-edged metal.
From Blog: Photos!!
Date: 17th April 2009
your mom's right
you should write more, like we don't really know anything about your friends, its just harder to think of what to write if you're reflecting on two weeks instead of one day
From Blog: Photos!!
your mom's right
you should write more, like we don't really know anything about your friends, its just harder to think of what to write if you're reflecting on two weeks instead of one day
From Blog: Photos!!
Date: 17th April 2009
Daily life
Andrea - Your life sounds very full and varied! I thought people with TB must be isolated; how can the lady with skin presentation be walking around? And, I look forward to seeing the photos, which I dont' seem to be able to access at work!
From Blog: Photos!!
Daily life
Andrea - Your life sounds very full and varied! I thought people with TB must be isolated; how can the lady with skin presentation be walking around? And, I look forward to seeing the photos, which I dont' seem to be able to access at work!
From Blog: Photos!!
Date: 14th April 2009
Slog blog
I believe that your blog is moving forward as quickly as the folks on the street of Lusaka.
From Blog: The Pieces Fall Together
Slog blog
I believe that your blog is moving forward as quickly as the folks on the street of Lusaka.
From Blog: The Pieces Fall Together
Date: 1st April 2009
Pieces coming together
So, why "Tiny Tim?" I guess I will have to explore the site to find out; and how did you become an "Auntie" so quickly? Will your full-time teaching include math, or just money-making schemes, or both? I'd like to hear about the new living arrangement... I've been shopping for clothes that I don't need, including tight-legged pants, which are comfortable, but I'm afraid my butt may stick out without wearing really long shirts. I'm sort of making up for your lack of frivolous shopping. D.C. is so gloomy-looking that it hardly matters that the trees are all in bloom; supposedly it will be sunny this weekend, and the world will revel in the cherry blossom festivities.
From Blog: The Pieces Fall Together
Pieces coming together
So, why "Tiny Tim?" I guess I will have to explore the site to find out; and how did you become an "Auntie" so quickly? Will your full-time teaching include math, or just money-making schemes, or both? I'd like to hear about the new living arrangement... I've been shopping for clothes that I don't need, including tight-legged pants, which are comfortable, but I'm afraid my butt may stick out without wearing really long shirts. I'm sort of making up for your lack of frivolous shopping. D.C. is so gloomy-looking that it hardly matters that the trees are all in bloom; supposedly it will be sunny this weekend, and the world will revel in the cherry blossom festivities.
From Blog: The Pieces Fall Together
kari
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Ooooohh
I can hardly believe you're actually experiencing the adventures you describe, everyday. Good for you! I enjoy reading.
From Blog: seasunsand sounds an awful lot like sansomsan