Victorians
Interesting point about Victorians scattering their stuff around so many countries. I find that I have little sense of the contemporaneous - I'll need to work on that at some point!

From Blog: Astounding Southern Africa - Johannesburg, Sunday 2015 February 15

20th December 2015

Isabel Gibson
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How wonderful for you to see the country after so many years of being related to it, in absentia. Do you know why they have different capitals for the judiciary, legislators, and administrators?

From Blog: Astounding Southern Africa - Johannesburg, Saturday 2015 February 14

28th December 2015

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Three capitals
My understanding that the three capitals each performed many of the functions already and that they enhanced the ideal of equality.

From Blog: Astounding Southern Africa - Johannesburg, Saturday 2015 February 14

13th December 2015

Isabel Gibson
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Evocative
Thanks for a piece that almost took me along. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

From Blog: Astounding Southern Africa - Johannesburg, Friday 2015 February 13

14th November 2015

Isabel Gibson
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Bird and Frog
Wow. I have no idea what that bird is, and a Google search didn't get close, either. You wouldn't think that a bird with a red facial shield would be so tough to identify. As for the frog - amazing.

From Blog: Panama Land and Water - Saturday 2010 February 13

17th November 2015

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Bird and Frog
The frog was amazing! So was the anonymous bird - someone must know its name.

From Blog: Panama Land and Water - Saturday 2010 February 13

3rd November 2015

Isabel Gibson
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Exercise
Yes, I, too, find that writing and reading spark my appetite. Actually, so does just sitting and thinking. Great to hear about the birds!

From Blog: Panama Land and Water - Friday 2010 February 12

9th November 2015

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Birder
I expect great photos of birds from you. Mine were an orgy of fuzziness, but I enjoyed trying to capture them photographically.

From Blog: Panama Land and Water - Friday 2010 February 12

25th October 2015

Isabel Gibson
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Colourful buses
I laughed when I saw the picture of the bus. It reminded me of those in Guatemala, most of which also had religious sayings on them: "The Lord is my hope" - that sort of thing. Not the sort of thing to inspire confidence in passengers, or not in this passenger, at any rate. But we could learn from their abandoned approach to colour, that's for sure, especially during our dreary winter months.

From Blog: Panama Land and Water - Thursday 2010 February 11

26th October 2015

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Colourful Buses
Yes, in Nigerians decorate their buses and I've seen pictures of other locales with arty buses. Perhaps our version is the wrap-around bus ad -- corporate but often colourful.

From Blog: Panama Land and Water - Thursday 2010 February 11

13th October 2015

Isabel Gibson
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Hah!
Come January, we'll be the folks on that dilatory flight from Miami. Our tour is with Road Scholar, and sounds much the same, down to the reading materials.

From Blog: Panama Land and Water - Monday 2010 February 8

3rd October 2015

Isabel Gibson
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Safety
Shooting and shopping don't mix in my view, either, but maybe "very safe" is a relative term that depends on your baseline: Only one shot today? In Guatemala, I was quite startled to see armed guards outside every bank and jewelry store. I never saw any violence, but heard about a fair bit.

From Blog: Panama Land and Water - Tuesday 2010 February 9

10th October 2015

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Safety
It's not as if there haven't been shopping mall shootings here, although I have never seen one.

From Blog: Panama Land and Water - Tuesday 2010 February 9

27th September 2015

Isabel Gibson
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Aha!
Yes, it works for me now, too. Anyway, I find this super timely because we're going to Panama in January for a 3-day exposure to the canal - a transit, a train ride, and numerous expert lectures. Glad to hear that Panama City is better than it was!

From Blog: Panama Land and Water - Monday 2010 February 8

9th September 2015

Isabel Gibson
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Memories
I remember trailing around London with Dad, in 1970. We did walk-by viewings of Big Ben and Buckingham Palace and I can't remember much more than that, although we walked for a long time. A good day, though. Your account almost entices me to add London to my list. Nicely done. And a lovely photo of the Eye.

From Blog: A Few More Days in England - London

9th September 2015

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Memories
You must add London to your list!

From Blog: A Few More Days in England - London