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| 29th June 2008 anna Syngellakis | just when I was thinking.... - From: Return to Nauru: my own private beach that there has been no entry for a long while!! Very impressive photos! And how adventurous to walk to the edge of the ocean or so it seemed to me! i manoula sou |
| 23rd May 2008 Mr Murin Hazlitt Jeremiah | nauruan - From: Nauru Hi there , I am a 53yr Nauruan male and working in the Nauru Fisheries Department, and am happy to enlighten your views from a native perspective. thank you |
| 27th April 2008 Pauline | - From: Magnificent Samoa I must say reading about your Samoan experience made me a little homesick (actually, VERY homesick). My family and I have not been back to Samoa for almost 20 years now. I think it's about time for a long over-due visit! I'm glad to hear that my country still looks and maintains that clean and pollution free society and environment. From your tales, I remember Samoa exactly the way you described it. I know we're slowly catching up to the western ways of the rest of the world, but I think Samoa is the only country that has managed to sustain and practice it's culture and values or as we say, the "Fa'a Samoa" ways. Thank you so much for sharing. My sentiments for going back for a visit are getting stronger!! =) Pauline |
| 10th February 2008 Psipsina | Somewhere completely different - From: Nauru Hi Tommy. Thanks for your comment, always happy to hear that my writing is of interest to someone! The story of Nauru really is a compelling tale... |
| 10th February 2008 Psipsina | Heaven on earth - From: Magnificent Samoa It is indeed Ben. Glad you enjoyed reading my blog. Sounds like you are far more familiar with Samoa than I am, so thanks for sharing your experience of it. |
| 7th February 2008 tommy gosselin | interest - From: Nauru A great page, thank you, I would love to visit this Republic. It was best said with "beauty and devastation". A sad but fascinating tale. |
| 5th February 2008 Ben Tili | Samoa- indeed a best kept secret - From: Magnificent Samoa I enjoyed reading of your travel to Samoa. My dad was a Congregational pastor.... our family got an assignment to Samoa in 1980. My paretns stayed there until 1995, when Dad passed away. Those days, there wasn't any electricity not running water in our village, but the beauty of Samoa outweighed the lack of these basic needs. Every sunset was different but just a majestic. The sound of rain was soothing and a full moon mesmerizing. My parents have passed on, but I take my kids to Samoa to get back to nature and share with them the God's creation of heaven on earth. We spent the last week of 2007 and the first week of 2008 there and even took my kids to Church. Indeed, Samoa is one of the world's best kept secret! |
| 1st February 2008 Psipsina | Samoa - From: Magnificent Samoa I LOVED Samoa. It was so so beautiful, I hope I will get the chance to go back and spend more time there, like a whole week on the beach! |
| 30th January 2008 bill | kool pics - From: Magnificent Samoa so you seen samoa now.....how did you like it? did u have a paddle while there? |
| 29th January 2008 Psipsina | Colo-i-suva - From: Colo-i-suva: The Raintree Lodge Yes, it's the same place. And yes, the food is pretty good. And it's a beautiful spot. When did you visit there? |
| 19th January 2008 Mathew Beaulieu | Bulldozer in the bottom of the lagoon!? - From: Colo-i-suva: The Raintree Lodge Your picture looks VERY familiar. Do you remember reading somewhere in the lodge (maybe on the menu) that the lagoon next to the lodge used to be a quarry? Further, I seem to remember that for some reason the quarry filled with water with the quarry bulldozer at the bottom. Sound about right? If this is the place I'm thinking of, the rooms are very nice and the food was great, yeah? |
| 5th January 2008 Psipsina | Hallo! - From: The Conquest of Mount Koroyanitu Hey Bill! Thanks for your comment! I miss Fiji sooooo much... |
| 5th January 2008 bill | Conquest of Mount Koroyanitu - From: The Conquest of Mount Koroyanitu great hike KAT.........beautiful pics of the views you took. |
| 2nd January 2008 Anna | after Koroyanitu... - From: The Conquest of Mount Koroyanitu climbing Arthur's Seat on Christmas Day must have felt like a piece of cake! I manoula sou |
| 2nd December 2007 Anna | that's really.... - From: Who's afraid of the big bad jellyfish? exotic, Katerinaki!! Ethixes poly yeneotita! filakia i manoula |
| 12th October 2007 I manoula | Something fishy..... - From: It all gets a bit fishy in the Marshalls What a wonderful account!! And as soon as I read about the fish / moussaka competition for number one place in your culinary affections, I rang your yiayia and she laughed and was ever so pleased!! You made her day and mine!! Se filo poly-poly, i manoula sou |
| 28th September 2007 Ginger nuts | Just found your blog! - From: Honolulu and Waikiki beach Hey! You kept that one quiet. Or I'm just slow :) Welcome to the blogging family :) I bet after all this time on such beautiful islands it will be very hard to please you ;) See you soon! Hugs! Josie |
| 26th July 2007 ines | heat - From: Kiribati Luckily for you your island Kiribati obviously wasn't that hot; you could sit outside and read. Seems to me the heat in Greece is getting worse every summer ( hothouse effect!!) and so we haven't sat outside for about a week ! I enjoy reading your travelblog and especially the wonderful pictures. What about a career as an author........ |
| 26th July 2007 Psipsina | - From: Kiribati Yes definitely a small world...iapart from the palm trees everywhere (which I did not photograph) and the searing heat (which is impossible to photograph), there were a lot of similarities with Greek land(sea)scapes! |
| 25th July 2007 Anna | One Earth - From: Kiribati Sunset photo made me think of Santorini sunsets; Lagoon view reminded me of Elafonissi; table and tree could be almost anywhere in Crete! Small world? filia i manoula sou |
| 9th July 2007 I manoula | - From: Nauru What a sad, sad tale. Beauty and devastation sums it up. Hope you took lots and lots of photos. i manoula sou |
| 6th June 2007 Psipsina | Sydney - From: Sydney: Spit to Manly Yes, and I can show you a whole load more photos! I can't wait either! |
| 6th June 2007 Psipsina | Corrections! - From: Sydney: Spit to Manly Hi Wendy! Yes, that was a funny typo...which I felt compelled to correct. I then spotted a couple more. I will have to proof read my entries more thoroughly...or maybe I should leave that to you? As a source of amusement? |
| 6th June 2007 Despoina | - From: Sydney: Spit to Manly God, we've got so many to to talk about when you come to Crete! Can't wait! Have fun (which you are!). Kisses |
| 5th June 2007 Wendy | Slightly Surreal Moment - From: Sydney: Spit to Manly I'm jealous as hell, but this at least made me smile: "We were really surrounded by pants for a lot of the walk". I wouldn't usually point out typos etc, it's just nice to catch up, but this was a happy mistake. Take care, and watch out for those spiders.... |
| 5th June 2007 Nikos | Holiday? - From: Sydney: Spit to Manly Katerina my dear , are you sure that you are getting payed for this job in the Fidjies , please check it when you are back in the UK and look for unexpected charges ! Have more fun and enjoy everything. Ciao , Nikos |
| 24th May 2007 Psipsina | Hallo! - From: Awesome beaches and spectacular views: a long weekend in Sydney Hi Svana, nice to hear from you...Sydney was lovely and now I am back in Fiji. Here in the southerm hemisphere it is 'winter' which means 'only' 25-30 degrees C! :-) Take care, x |
| 23rd May 2007 Svana | - From: Awesome beaches and spectacular views: a long weekend in Sydney Hi Kat, I see you're doing well. You can't imagine how much I envy you - it was actually snowing here in Iceland the day before yesterday. Enjoy the rest of your stay and take care of yourself. Svana |
| 23rd May 2007 Manoula | Wish.... - From: Awesome beaches and spectacular views: a long weekend in Sydney I could be there too!! Life is definitely a beach. |
| 3rd May 2007 ines | jealous - From: Swimming in the waterfalls at Namosi Well, I would't say Crete is a bad place to stay but to tell you the truth we don't have any waterfalls. So in a way I do have reasons to be jealous of people being able to admire and swim in them!! Nice idea, writing a diary and keeping us up to date. |
| 3rd May 2007 Phil Gould | - From: Swimming in the waterfalls at Namosi I am so jealous! Awesome photographs. Makes me want to get up and go travelling too! (only without the work part ;) |
| 2nd May 2007 Psipsina | vegetables - From: New bike, new vegetables and other stuff No! At the local market...it's a great place. I'll take some photos soon so you can see for yourself. |
| 2nd May 2007 Manoula | shopping.... - From: New bike, new vegetables and other stuff for vegetables.....in Tesco Express? just a horrible thought! |
| 2nd May 2007 Manoula | I am holding my breath.... - From: Swimming in the waterfalls at Namosi as I am reading these adventures and sport activities..... she got it right your aunt Afroula, back in Crete when you were little, when she used to call you the bionic girl! |
| 2nd May 2007 Manoula | Melitzana - From: New bike, new vegetables and other stuff Well, the vegetable in question is definitely a melitzana, the essential ingredient for Greek mousaka!! So, now you have three names for it: eggplant is American; aubergine is French.; melitzana is Greek (and may be Italian?). What is the local name? |
| 1st May 2007 Wendy | eggplant - From: New bike, new vegetables and other stuff Hi, I think Eggplant is just an alternative name for aubergine, or perhaps aubergine is the alternative? Definitely its eggplant in the states. Can't believe the people I know are so energetic. I'm enjoying reading your entries :-) |
| 30th April 2007 Psipsina | Absolutely enjoying myself - From: New bike, new vegetables and other stuff Fiji is a blast! Wait till I put up my next instalment - you are going to be so jealous... ;-) But then again, I hear it is quite sunny in the UK these days too... |
| 30th April 2007 Ahmed | - From: New bike, new vegetables and other stuff Great B+W's Kat! Hope ur enjoying urself |
| 17th April 2007 Nikos | Paradise - From: WAI TUI International I couldn't I'll have to do all this paddling while staying in paradise . Can't we replace this sport with backgammon . or something like that ? Have fun anyway Katerina ! Ciao Nikos |
| 15th April 2007 Manoula | Beaches.... - From: WAI TUI International how wonderful they look! This looks like paradise! i manoula sou |
| 15th April 2007 Manoula | Swim.... - From: Ocean swimming What? only 1 km?? was that all? no ikosaethlon there? i manoula sou |
| 15th April 2007 Manoula | Ocean swims.... - From: Ocean swimming It all looks and sounds far too nice for my own comfort....if you see what I mean.....! i manoula |
| 10th April 2007 Nida | Well Done!!! - From: Ocean swimming Cant believe you did a 1km swim. Good for you and well done with this blog. The photos you took are good too. |
| 4th April 2007 Psipsina | Who's there? - From: Back in Fiji Why thank you, kind stranger, but not so much a stranger since you've seen my flat in the Stoke, so who are you??!! |
| 4th April 2007 anonymous | - From: Back in Fiji "....its even nicer than your plush flat in Basingstoke!" Enjoy :) |
| 28th March 2007 Bims Ajadi | Hello stranger !! - From: Unexpected building and a Paradise on Earth Chick ! The islands looks awsesome ! Im still incredibly jealous. Twas great to see you albeit briefly back in the Rhoda ( or the "Roger" as Emma calls it !) last week. Hope all is cool where you are, probably fast asleep as we speak. Whats new here in Basingrad...? I still look past your desk almost every time I walk past your office, just in case you're in there and I forgot ( I need to get a life clearly !). I just got back from Venice which was very beautiful but feel like a beach whale and trying to shed the pounds. I ate a lot of crossaint. And I mean a lot. I'm still running and might possibly have a new recruit in the shape of Claire. I know !! The gang and I are going to see 300 tonight and Lee( Pirata) is incredibly excited even more than normal : ) Who am i going to talk to loudly now you arent here any longer ?! Anyway, keep in touch and keep the blog going. Hope youre settling in fine and getting some rest !! Juicy Fruit |
| 14th March 2007 Psipsina | Your welcome - From: Settling in? Hey Ahmed, nice to hear from you...and if you want to live vicariously you are very welcome! |
| 13th March 2007 Ahmed | Looks great - From: Settling in? Hey Kate! You seem to move from one great view to another! I hope your enjoying urself. This blog idea of urs is great..it means i can actually pseudo-experience your wonderful travels! ta leme Ahmed |
| 13th March 2007 Psipsina | Here sharkie sharkie - From: First week in Fiji Hi Cosmo and thanks for writing! I was out swimming the other day and around here there's always a chance of coming across a shark. Don't worry, if it happens I will employ the run-and-hide technique, very safe for both the shark and myself! |
| 8th March 2007 Cosmo | - From: First week in Fiji Hey Kat! Just thought I'd let you know that I've been reading you're blog and I'm glad to hear that you're having such a good time in the Pacific : ) All the best, Cosmo. P.s. if you are ever out swimming and come across a shark, go easy on it, just esquiva, some of them are endangered species you know: ) |
| 4th March 2007 Psipsina | Fiji - From: First week in Fiji Hi! thanks for your comment. It's my first one, so that's quite exciting! I'll be staying in the Pacific region for the next few months, so I certainly hope to find time to explore its beauties extensively. Cheers, Katerina |
| 4th March 2007 random | - From: First week in Fiji Just browsing and came upon your blog. Hope you find time to do some sightseeing and enjoy that lovely part of our gorgeous world! |
