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Date: 25th May 2012
HaHa!
I thought the beer thread was launching a masive attack on my inbox, by reproducing itself indefinately. I sure was relieved to find out, that somebody was in fact making posts on that thread and that was the cause of the email notifications. :)
HaHa!
I thought the beer thread was launching a masive attack on my inbox, by reproducing itself indefinately. I sure was relieved to find out, that somebody was in fact making posts on that thread and that was the cause of the email notifications. :)
I stand corrected! Thanks for stopping by to read my account of my trip to Almaty.
From Blog: Almaty, Kazakhstan - A Weekend in KA3AKCTAH!
I am not sure about horse penis...
Jason, I have never, ever in my life, and I am 36, seen a horse penis being hung out for sale, either in the Green Market or elsewhere in Almaty )) In fact, this particular part of horse body (or any other livestock) is not popular at all, at least as a food )) I can, however, surmise that what you saw was a 'qazy' which is a sausage made of horse's intestine filled in with horse's rib meat. And I must say, it's very delicious, especially as part of besbarmak.
From Blog: Almaty, Kazakhstan - A Weekend in KA3AKCTAH!
It is NOT a bank ))
Hi Jason, I have been living in Almaty since my birth. This building belongs to Khabar National Media Holding and hosts studios etc for TV stuff. The Nurbank on top of it is just an ad for the bank known under this name. Bests, Askhat
From Blog: Almaty, Kazakhstan - A Weekend in KA3AKCTAH!
Date: 26th April 2012
I actually saw Hotel Rwanda a few years back, before I'd even planned visiting Kigali. It was a quite-harrowing film, though according to what I've read since, a quite watered down account of the actual horror. Worth watching though. Since visiting the genocide museum, and reading more about what happened in Rwanda, I've bought a book written by the Canadian UN general in charge, Romeo Dallaire, entiteld 'Shake Hands With the Devil'. Looking forward to reading about his frank account of what happened and how redundant he felt.
From Blog: Eighteen Years since the Rwandan Genocide
I actually saw Hotel Rwanda a few years back, before I'd even planned visiting Kigali. It was a quite-harrowing film, though according to what I've read since, a quite watered down account of the actual horror. Worth watching though. Since visiting the genocide museum, and reading more about what happened in Rwanda, I've bought a book written by the Canadian UN general in charge, Romeo Dallaire, entiteld 'Shake Hands With the Devil'. Looking forward to reading about his frank account of what happened and how redundant he felt.
From Blog: Eighteen Years since the Rwandan Genocide
Date: 26th April 2012
Thanks for the informative blog. :)
I saw some clips about Hotel Rawanda on U Tube, which I am going to watch. There were a lot of parts there, so hopefully the whole movie is available.
From Blog: Eighteen Years since the Rwandan Genocide
Thanks for the informative blog. :)
I saw some clips about Hotel Rawanda on U Tube, which I am going to watch. There were a lot of parts there, so hopefully the whole movie is available.
From Blog: Eighteen Years since the Rwandan Genocide
Date: 22nd April 2012
Yeah, the Kilimanjaro was just what the doctor ordered.
From Blog: The Final Stop: Dar es Salaam
Yeah, the Kilimanjaro was just what the doctor ordered.
From Blog: The Final Stop: Dar es Salaam
Date: 22nd April 2012
Don't berate yourself too much Jason......
...I too have found Lonely Planet's maps to feature high up on the 'Crap Map' list. The problem I think is many of them tend to be misguiding or vastly off scale. How was the Kilimanjaro? Was it worth hunting for? :)
From Blog: The Final Stop: Dar es Salaam
Don't berate yourself too much Jason......
...I too have found Lonely Planet's maps to feature high up on the 'Crap Map' list. The problem I think is many of them tend to be misguiding or vastly off scale. How was the Kilimanjaro? Was it worth hunting for? :)
From Blog: The Final Stop: Dar es Salaam
Date: 21st April 2012
GREAT BLOG...TRES BON
Very interesting blog...history...hotels...the pleasures of travelling...pleased you were not caught in a coup.
From Blog: Cloud Coup Coup Land: The Comoros
GREAT BLOG...TRES BON
Very interesting blog...history...hotels...the pleasures of travelling...pleased you were not caught in a coup.
From Blog: Cloud Coup Coup Land: The Comoros
Date: 18th April 2012
blind men cant see
to say cork is drab and there is not much to see is insulting....... check out lonely planets review... take off your shades and throw away your white stick....
From Blog: Cork, Ireland - Eire's Second City
blind men cant see
to say cork is drab and there is not much to see is insulting....... check out lonely planets review... take off your shades and throw away your white stick....
From Blog: Cork, Ireland - Eire's Second City
Date: 16th April 2012
Thanks for the comments, guys. Bob, I cannot imagine what it was like in Yugolsavia during the civil war: to read and see photos about something like this is one thing but to be actualy there... And Shane, I completly agree. Syria has non oil and is only worthy of a cursory effoty by the UN. I do wonder when the rhetorical and political spin will start a out Iran... Again, thanks for taking the time to make a comment on this blog.
From Blog: Eighteen Years since the Rwandan Genocide
Thanks for the comments, guys. Bob, I cannot imagine what it was like in Yugolsavia during the civil war: to read and see photos about something like this is one thing but to be actualy there... And Shane, I completly agree. Syria has non oil and is only worthy of a cursory effoty by the UN. I do wonder when the rhetorical and political spin will start a out Iran... Again, thanks for taking the time to make a comment on this blog.
From Blog: Eighteen Years since the Rwandan Genocide
Date: 16th April 2012
It seems unbelievable
That people continue to treat people in this manner. Thank you for the blog and your impressions. Thank you for sharing.
From Blog: Eighteen Years since the Rwandan Genocide
It seems unbelievable
That people continue to treat people in this manner. Thank you for the blog and your impressions. Thank you for sharing.
From Blog: Eighteen Years since the Rwandan Genocide
Date: 15th April 2012
One of your best blogs
Thank you for posting such a thoughtful blog. It brings back memories of my time there, and after visiting the numerous Genocide Memorials, I believe that those UN and world leaders who knew that this carnage was occurring and did not intervene should be convicted of war crimes. If Rwanda had oil reserves, this genocide would never have occurred. It is the same reason why the situation in Syria is allowed to continue, a definite comparison to the decisive intervention in the oil rich countries of Iraq and Libya.
From Blog: Eighteen Years since the Rwandan Genocide
One of your best blogs
Thank you for posting such a thoughtful blog. It brings back memories of my time there, and after visiting the numerous Genocide Memorials, I believe that those UN and world leaders who knew that this carnage was occurring and did not intervene should be convicted of war crimes. If Rwanda had oil reserves, this genocide would never have occurred. It is the same reason why the situation in Syria is allowed to continue, a definite comparison to the decisive intervention in the oil rich countries of Iraq and Libya.
From Blog: Eighteen Years since the Rwandan Genocide
Ahh :)
It's Etlingera elatior or more commonly known as Torch Ginger.
From Blog: Eighteen Years since the Rwandan Genocide
Date: 14th April 2012
A touching blog Jason.
Why does mankind never learn? Why do we allow these senseless killings to go on? We are always hearing the rhetoric 'never again' yet as Bob so eloquently put it, the one organisation that does have the power to do something, The UN, always ends up looking like the proverbial eunuch or a toothless tiger when the shit really does hit the fan. Your description of the museum and your experience on the street brought a tear to my eye. We couldn't even begin to conceive what some of these people have been through.
From Blog: Eighteen Years since the Rwandan Genocide
A touching blog Jason.
Why does mankind never learn? Why do we allow these senseless killings to go on? We are always hearing the rhetoric 'never again' yet as Bob so eloquently put it, the one organisation that does have the power to do something, The UN, always ends up looking like the proverbial eunuch or a toothless tiger when the shit really does hit the fan. Your description of the museum and your experience on the street brought a tear to my eye. We couldn't even begin to conceive what some of these people have been through.
From Blog: Eighteen Years since the Rwandan Genocide
Date: 13th April 2012
I swore off genocide movies after seeing the Killing Fields...
I have refused to watch Hotel Rwanda or Last King of Scotland as it makes me so angry that the world has never intervened to stop genocide. Nothing was learned from the Holocaust! And I particularly blame the UN which stands by and watches the genocide. If you want the problems in Africa to go away, hire some mercenaries for a couple of weeks, and the situation will be resolved. I was at NATO when Yugoslavia was coming apart, and was extremely frustrated with the restrictions placed upon our forces; limiting them to peacekeeping rather than peacemaking. Thusly, the Dutch forces stood by watching the Serb forces round up ~8000 men and boys to be hauled away for execution. If I had been the commander I would have ordered my troops to fire, even if every last one died defending the defenseless. That would have been the honorable thing to do! I was U.S. Mission to NATO's duty officer the week we decided to start bombing Serbia into submission, where it was my job to read the message traffic arriving during the night and decide what was important enough to wake the Ambassador to read. I took some satisfaction that NATO was finally conducting some peacemaking!
From Blog: Eighteen Years since the Rwandan Genocide
I swore off genocide movies after seeing the Killing Fields...
I have refused to watch Hotel Rwanda or Last King of Scotland as it makes me so angry that the world has never intervened to stop genocide. Nothing was learned from the Holocaust! And I particularly blame the UN which stands by and watches the genocide. If you want the problems in Africa to go away, hire some mercenaries for a couple of weeks, and the situation will be resolved. I was at NATO when Yugoslavia was coming apart, and was extremely frustrated with the restrictions placed upon our forces; limiting them to peacekeeping rather than peacemaking. Thusly, the Dutch forces stood by watching the Serb forces round up ~8000 men and boys to be hauled away for execution. If I had been the commander I would have ordered my troops to fire, even if every last one died defending the defenseless. That would have been the honorable thing to do! I was U.S. Mission to NATO's duty officer the week we decided to start bombing Serbia into submission, where it was my job to read the message traffic arriving during the night and decide what was important enough to wake the Ambassador to read. I took some satisfaction that NATO was finally conducting some peacemaking!
From Blog: Eighteen Years since the Rwandan Genocide
Date: 13th April 2012
Vatican
I was lucky enough to get a private tour of the Vatican. I didn't have to share the experience with the crowds - but the drawback was not having the cover of a crowd. No photos, and it was so silent I still managed to be shushed by nuns in the Sistine Chapel, just whispering to my companion :-)
From Blog: Vatican City, The Vatican - Museums, Chapels, Basilicas, and Nuns!
Vatican
I was lucky enough to get a private tour of the Vatican. I didn't have to share the experience with the crowds - but the drawback was not having the cover of a crowd. No photos, and it was so silent I still managed to be shushed by nuns in the Sistine Chapel, just whispering to my companion :-)
From Blog: Vatican City, The Vatican - Museums, Chapels, Basilicas, and Nuns!
Wow, the one on the right looks like its face is half-gone. You're not exaggerating by calling them hideous and adding the size, they must be a sight. Great blog. Thanks for sharing.
From Blog: Kampala: Hot and Dusty and Full of Ugly Birds!
Date: 11th April 2012
Kampala looks like a fun place to visit. Those Marabou storks look like some seriously bad-ass mofos, would love to see them in real life. I really laughed at the 'bonkmate' sneaking away to another sugar daddy. Great blog, mate!
From Blog: Kampala: Hot and Dusty and Full of Ugly Birds!
Kampala looks like a fun place to visit. Those Marabou storks look like some seriously bad-ass mofos, would love to see them in real life. I really laughed at the 'bonkmate' sneaking away to another sugar daddy. Great blog, mate!
From Blog: Kampala: Hot and Dusty and Full of Ugly Birds!
Date: 11th April 2012
Never been to southend myself but plenty of similar places!
From Blog: Kampala: Hot and Dusty and Full of Ugly Birds!
Never been to southend myself but plenty of similar places!
From Blog: Kampala: Hot and Dusty and Full of Ugly Birds!
Date: 11th April 2012
Great blog Jason...but cringe.....
The thought of someone slicing away at some poor guy's pride and joy for 3 days has made my eyes water....the mind boggles at how they go about it, well, no actually, I'd rather not think about it!!! Urrgh!!! As for ugly birds, have you ever driven along Southend seafront on a Friday or Saturday night?
From Blog: Kampala: Hot and Dusty and Full of Ugly Birds!
Great blog Jason...but cringe.....
The thought of someone slicing away at some poor guy's pride and joy for 3 days has made my eyes water....the mind boggles at how they go about it, well, no actually, I'd rather not think about it!!! Urrgh!!! As for ugly birds, have you ever driven along Southend seafront on a Friday or Saturday night?
From Blog: Kampala: Hot and Dusty and Full of Ugly Birds!
Thanks for the lovely comment. It's always nice to read that someone has enjoyed one of my stories. And who knows, one day you might just get to go somewhere you've dreamed about...
From Blog: Dubai - Hustle and Bustle in the Middle East
Thank you sharing your photos!
I always wanted to travel, visit all the magical places I've heard and read about. Well, it didn't quite work out the way I thought... Still, I don't mind. Because of people like you, I still get to look at some of the most beautiful places found all over the world. I Enjoy tremendously admiring the beautiful landscapes/scenery shown here - it's almost like being there. So thank you so much for sharing your travels, and photos, with people like me. Sincerely, Penny
From Blog: Dubai - Hustle and Bustle in the Middle East
Date: 27th February 2012
Hi, Yeah, maybe we shouldn't have bought the shark meat.
From Blog: She Sells Seashells in the Seychelles
Hi, Yeah, maybe we shouldn't have bought the shark meat.
From Blog: She Sells Seashells in the Seychelles
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