Coconut Tess

I do hope you enjoy all these photos that log my journey from Delhi to Jaipur, out to Pushkar and onto Agra then to arrive back in Delhi to chill. It was a long long week with many hours spent on a rickety local bus squashed up against people Id rather not be squashed up against, but seeing as I almost got murdered when I tried to ride the train, or at least seriously screwed by some fake porter trying to rip me off and then most likely the officials for not having a proper ticket, before getting blessedly saved by a sweet young man who firstly declared himself to be a med student so that I would listen to him and not any of the other people who were hassling me, well the bus wasnt ... read more

Sweatin'Stlye in Hong Kong My first time to Asia, and boy I chose the wrong time of year. Fifteen hours by plane with a hussle cross Joberg airport left my heart behind in Cape Town along with my sobriety and journal. The sun rose somewhere over the Indian Ocean and brought me to Hong Kong through clouds mirroring the islands below as they spotted my descent. Everything here is new, nothing is familiar. New faces, new languages, new culture and religion, new foliage, new buildings, new terrain. New heat. The hummidity is oppressive. I optomistically opted to walk from the MTR (tube) station to the building where I would meet my Hong Kong host, only a few blocks away, rather than pay the HK15$ taxi fee, I like to see the city when I first arrive... ... read more

Hello everyone! I know I know and I am very very sorry!! It has been a long hot month in Asia and I have spent the last week and a half just resting and relaxing in Sydney and I havent told you guys anything when there is soooooo much to say and show you! First off, I left my photos behind in Cape Town due to a little mistake I made in the am/pm departure time department which led to a very hungover.... well, drunk actually, rush to pack and make an early plane. And what can I say, a blog entry just isnt a blog entry without the photographs! These ones I have managed to get up arent the half of them and I will hopefully get an entry in the end with all my ... read more

A big THANK YOU is in order!!! And a small celebration for the success of my little endeavor to help a handful of homeless children here in Kenya. Unfortunately, the grave issues of poverty, the AIDS crisis and a shortage of food supply have left many children here without parents or without a home that can support them and in this vast country children can easily go unaccounted for. There is much work being done to help these youth but it is a constant struggle for all who have given themselves fully to this work. It is surprising how far a little help from just a handful of people can go. But what surprised me most, (although I really shouldn’t be so shocked as I know that all of you are amazing people!!) was the ... read more

Yes... this is where I rested up after my long flight over... what a bit of bliss!I have arrived finally in Africa. I have been here in Kenya for two weeks now and so much has happened... but unlike the Western world where the internet is at your fingertips and super speedy as well, it has been quite difficult to get to you all! Even now I have been trying to get going for over two hours after it took me two hours to get to the inernet cafe in the first place! So unfortunately I am not in the poetic mood that I wanted to be when I wrote this first entry from Africa. I also am working on another project (since I am now at the childrens home and it is actually 9.5.07) ... read more