Planning Your Trip Through Uruguay – Part 2
March 4, 2006 Last night we had our first real taste of customer service in a semi-emergency. It was pouring rain when the main circuit breaker shut off – and…
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Planning Your Trip Through Uruguay – Part 3
March 16, 2006 Well, now I’m really annoyed! It is becoming increasingly hard to remain skeptical when everything is working properly. Both ADSL lines are working (all we did to…
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The Many Advantages Of Living In The Philippines
The Many Advantages Of Living In The Philippines Tired of the rat-race that America has become? Then try something different, there is a place where things move at a slow…
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A New Life in Kabul: Living In Afghanistan
It’s just past midnight on a Thursday evening, and the party is going strong. A generator pumps artificial light into the green-walled restaurant, where about 50 people sit smoking and…
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A New Life in Kabul: Living In Afghanistan – Part 2
Please make sure you’ve read Part 1: A New Life in Kabul: Living in Afghanistan Probably the biggest misconception of Afghanistan is that it is a nation of fundamentalists, angry…
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Colombiatex Colombiamoda – The Colombian Fashion Industry
Some might say that Fashion is king in Colombia but perhaps it would be better said that Colombia is the reigning Fashion Queen in Latin America and Colombiatex is one…
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Living in Thailand, Teaching English at the University
Living in Thailand, Teaching English at the University What kind of job do you have? I teach English at Chiang Mai University, known in northern Thailand as maw-chaw. (Maw-chaw is…
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Living and Working in Fiji
Living and Working in Fiji Suva, The Capital Bula! (hello). Living in Fiji can be just about what you make it. It can be cheap or expensive depending on the…
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Living In Paradise Without Working
Living In Paradise Without Working So, you’ve decided to move to “paradise”… but how are you going to survive financially? As Cecil Lewis says in The Trumpet is Mine, the…
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Living In Paris And Adjusting To The French Way
Living In Paris And Adjusting To The French Way My trusty American Heritage Dictionary says that an “intricacy” is something having many complexly arranged elements, elaborate, and even solvable or…
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