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Africa » Botswana » South-East » Gaborone March 8th 2007

Hi All, Well we have made it - and are sitting here at the WUSC offices in Gaborone in the morning of our third day, the sun is shining and we are starting to get our bearings, a bit. Where to start - well, I think I will spare you all the details of the journey over here - lets just say it was long, generally uncomfortable and I have pretty much caught up on all the movies I was just "dying" to see - luckily, I was not forced to watch any romantic comedies including Russel Crowe, Diane lLane or that annoying Winona Ryder. The highlight of the trip though, needs to be mentioned. Our last leg of our journey saw us taking a bus ride at the Johannesburg airport along the tarmac to our ... read more
Over Botswana
Official passport photos
Cute kid

Africa » Botswana » South-East » Gaborone January 7th 2007

As we rushed down from Gaborone to celebrate New Years Eve in Cape Town, we had been arrested by Karma police a mere hours drive before the big city in the small town of Worcester - and sentenced to a 10-day meditation course. Therefore I sat in silence on my small meditation cushion, contemplating, focusing. Around me were 35 other meditators, all doing their best trying not to move, not to look, not to plan for the future, and not to drift into the past but to follow the teacher’s instructions and be in the present moment. Often I would catch my mind wandering far away from the meditation technique and I would then patiently try to bring my mind back on track - observing - not reacting - realising. At times I would allow my ... read more
Raindrops
merging
Three Wildebeests




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