CAPE TOWN. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE... sadly, the Fairest Cape has become the CAPE of STORMS... Captain Drake, called it the fairest cape in the world... and it still is... i have travelled all over the world... and the cape peninsula is for me one of the most beautiful places in the world....but it is for the very rich and for the very poor... nothing in between... nowadays, the fairest cape has a pollution problem and the CAPE OF GOOD HOPE HAS BECOME THE CAPE OF GOOD DOPE... and , the RAPE CAPITAL of the world ... thanks to [View Full Entry]

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The wild coast... the " transkei" - South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, birthplace of her great leaders such as Nelson Mandela- Oliver Tambo and Govan Mbeki and Steve Biko... The WILD coast, South Africa's last stetch of undiscovered and undeveloped territory... the place that draft dodgers - pirates- bank robbers and the stressed out ... hang right out... thats it... welcome to the REPUBLIC OF PONDOLAND!- THE " TRANCE" KEI or key - But the wild coast is becoming less and less wild these days... english tourists and others escaping european winters and the system are discovering this [View Full Entry]

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Coming to Syria overland from Turkey was something I wanted to do for a long time. Twenty years ago I hitched from South Africa to London via Syria... from South to North. This time I was on a peace caravan to proclaim peace to the Islamic World and to pray for the peace of Jerusalem( see orientalrainbow@yahoogroups.com and christianrainbow@yahoogroups.com). It was a pilgrimage. This time I was driving an old 1988 volvo which I had bought for 600 euros in Belgium. I didnt know what to expect. I had heard so many stories - some good - some bad but with [View Full Entry]

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YES...I know its an unusual title for a travel article but thats exactly how it felt in the desert surrounding the out of this world place called WADI RUM... Our mission in Jordan was to scout for the worlds first ORIENTAL RAINBOW NOMADIC GATHERING which is to take place late January to Late February... (see the link orientalrainbow@yahoogroups.com fr more details) We were four people from different countries travelling in a car I drove earlier in the year from London. Our first night in the desert was filled with bedoin songs and laughter... chicken over the fire and the bitter bedoin [View Full Entry]

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Many years ago when I visited the mountain republic of Athos , I met an ascetic monk who told me that Eden is still on earth in another dimension. He told me it lies somewhere near Mongolia. Part of the interesting point for me coming to the Altai region is that is lies on the border with Mongolia, China, Khazakistan and China. Three of the main religions converge in this region and I was interested by other people I met during the peace caravan in March to Jerusalem... then the opportunity came for me to come to the One World Gathering [View Full Entry]

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Mission Germany - Summer 2005 This is a story of what happened to me in germany... a journey that began 60 years ago... before i was born... a story of an eagle that is rising again... this time ... with dignity.Germany...a rising eagle.. “ So the last shall be the first , and the first last: for many are called , but few chosen. “ Mat.20 16. Introduction: What does this mean? Jesus is saying clearly that the balances on the scales of justice are not what they appear to be… and so it seems with those who are rejected by [View Full Entry]

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The Incidental Mountaineer- A short story by Paul R. Denton-Page One/27.2.05 Mount Kilima Njaro, otherwise known as “ mountain of snow “ or “ shining mountain “or “ my mountain” to some… in travellers circles it is the “ roof of Africa” ;… rises above the Serengeti plain in the Eastern African country of Tanzania or ” Tanganyika” as it was formerly known during its German and English Colonial days;Kilimanjaro, a product of tectonic movement from the Great Rift Valley that extends from Kenya across the lands of the [View Full Entry]

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CYPRUS INTERCESSION & SCOUTING MISSION October 21st 2005 Outside St. Barnabas Tomb with a Sufi Turban. Taking the kingdom by force… “The Kingdom of God suffers Violence, but the violent will take it by force!” “Not by Power, Not by Might , but by My Spirit says the Lord. “ The Lord says to you : “You were created for such a time as this!” Judgement has come upon the world and it is time for Christian believers to establish shelters for the evil days ahead. Prepare the way says the Lord for there will be much shaking … do yo [View Full Entry]

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RAPE IN THE CONGO The real story of Africa’s Forgotten war Introduction: My name is P.R.DENTON, founder of the International Freedom Corps , the Dancing Flower Fund and Amazulu Media. When I read the following story , it touched my heart so much that I became determined to do something constructive about it. What you are about to read will shock and amaze you and I hope that you too will take up this challenge and make a difference to this tragic travesty of justice;this great wrong… If you decide you are not involved and,therefore, not responsible [View Full Entry]

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Although turkey is a Islamic country with about 95% muslims... it is a secular state ...started by a guy whose head is everywhere... “ata turk.”.. which you guessed it means the father of the turks... and his burning eyes and cult like figure beams down at you from everywhere... but despite his cult following... turkey is a secular state ... and as such at least on the surface ... it must promote western values…so at least in Istanbul in 2006 … the veil is coming off ! I was here 20 years ago... and today its one big difference... women wear [View Full Entry]

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