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Working hardLovely Planet, not Lonely at all!
As I have already mentioned, I am an extremely lucky person.
Lucky to have met so many marvellous people, been to so many places, even to have seen it rain in paradise.
Paradise in the rain remains...
Paradise! People have made the world my oyster!
My non-clusion (avoiding any conclusions...) is that paradise is any place where you connect with the people and vice-versa
The weather does help! If any place is paradise when the people are connecting with you, then...
Welcome to paradise!
Thanks for connecting!
In the village of Viseisei
Where all stop to say
Bula! Where do you stay
With Finao and Api, all the way
Fiji for more than a day
Vinaka Vakalevu, Hey!
In the rain outside Raintree (!) lodge near Suva, Fiji nation
Waiting for the bus, without a clue when due
A pick-up truck stops, may they give us a lift to town, before we drown
Paradise
in the clouds Fijian family with three boys and a daughter, rugby players
Returning from the farm caked with mud layers
Accept gratefully, they deposit us with much good cheer at the station
Thank you!
In the Christchurch evening drizzle , when the cafe's have shut for the day
Walking in the cold, looking for warmth, a hearth or tea
We enter a Thai take-away
Wanting curry to mix with left-overs in our faithful van, named
Joan Camper, aptly
During the wait, I get Joan, park in front of the place
When our curry comes, instead of to go, it is to stay
Of course we explain, say nay
We offer to take out into our open van, returning plate
Absolutely not, we are to bring our food in, have more tea
And with the daughters play!
Kop Kun Kap!
When Surfing, couches, naturally
Everything weird, really
Yet, all so extraordinary
The world full of people out of the imaginary
From South Africa, to Fiji, via Thailand and Auckland
Welcome to all-mans-land!
If your face is
Bula!
No worries at the beach in my book
Then, we will know where to look
I am honoured to thank you for every cranny, every nook
that you have shared with this fan of a great cook
Family
Fabulously Freaky
Funnily Fuzzy
Phenomenally Free
Frankly fun
Familia
Thank you!
Again...
Some photos from New Zealand and Australia.... just for fun!
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Ramon
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Ben me regalo esta poesía en mi diario cuando dejé Goa en 1996. Recuerdas aquella Navidad, verdad? Ahora yo te regalo su poesía a ti..... "We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams wandering by lone sea breakers and sitting by desolate streams world losers and world Forsakers Upon who the pale moon gleams Yet... we are the movers and shakers of the world Forever..... it seems !! Ben Que sigas teniendo un muy buen viaje, amic !