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 | Planning for Retirement 2009-03-01, Knoxville, United States. By: roylin | | Linda and I have been planning for our retirement overseas the last few months beginning in March 2009. We went to the International Living Conference, Ultimate Event 2009, in Quito, Ecuador. Going to... |
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 | Fasting 2009-10-31, Kumasi, Ghana, United States. By: jesstarvin | | On Thursday the 29th of October a man brought three children into one of the bedrooms and closed the door.
In that same room I was laying on a bed with a baby.
This man was a Priest. He took ... |
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 | Spider Cave 2009-10-30, Whites City, United States. By: venturade | | Hey Sorry for taking so long on posting up more pictures of my little trip to Carlsbad Caverns. I have to admit that spelunking the Spider cave in New Mexico was one the best experiences I’ve had in ... |
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 | goodness and love and stuff. 2009-10-28, Middlebury, United States. By: kimgolden | | there's seriously not a day that goes by that I don't think to myself, how is it possible that this is MY life? there's a lot of days where i feel like i'm living in a movie or i think there's no way ... |
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 | Did I really take a pencil for granite??? 2009-10-24, Accra, Ghana, United States. By: jesstarvin | | On thursday morning, very early morning at 4:30am I woke up to take a taxi to Accra. I needed to catch my STC bus in Kumasi at 6am. Its about 45 min into Kumasi from home. I arrived at the STC bus sta... |
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 | Ghana VS. Brazil 2009-10-17, Kumasi, Ghana, United States. By: jesstarvin | | This week was a pretty "boring" week, compared to some of the other weeks iv had. Nothing new or big really happened to me. Ecept something did happen to Ghana.
For the past few weeks we have been ... |
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 | sunburned??.. I THINK SO! 2009-10-11, Kumasi, Ghana, United States. By: jesstarvin | | This weekend Me and Hedda went to lake Bosumtwi.
It all started when we worked a half day at the orphanage. We than caught a tro-tro from Aniakwanta to Kumasi. While we were on the tro-tro a man s... |
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 | HI HO HI HO its off to the hospital I go! 2009-10-05, Kumasi, Ghana, United States. By: jesstarvin | | Last week while i was at work a family dropped of a 7 day old baby boy. He was so malnourished. He was only fed water for a week. His head is shaped like an alien and his chest and ribs stick out its... |
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 | HI HO HI HO its off to the hospital I go! 2009-10-05, Kumasi, Ghana, United States. By: jesstarvin | | Last week while i was at work a family dropped of a 7 day old baby boy. He was so malnourished. He was only fed water for a week. His head is shaped like an alien and his chest and ribs stick out its... |
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 | One More Week Left! 2009-09-28, Orange County, United States. By: AnnieCheng | | I can't believe there's only going to be one week left before I'm off to England. How time flies by so quickly.
I have started packing. I think I'm going to keep it simple. One small rolling luggag... |
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 | Leaving China tomorrow 2009-09-27, China, Nanning, United States. By: mynewlife | | I find myself today in Nanning, a city in China close to the border of Vietnam. If Orlando, Florida was Hong Kong then Nanning would be LA,all the way on the other side of China.
Although a great ... |
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 | From Mountains to Beach 2007-06-01, San Diego, United States. By: SteveO4984 | | My last presentation as an architecture student at the University of Colorado was officially over. Now what to do? Get a job? Possibly, but it feels like there's more out there than just finding wo... |
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 | A funeral 2009-09-26, Kumasi, Ghana, United States. By: jesstarvin | | This morning we woke up early as usual. We went down for breakfeast, but it wasnt ready because koffe had been throwing up.(he had the beg. stages of malaria)Jo quickly made us oats. yumm!! Than durin... |
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 | Sasha: Intern Extraordinaire Part II 2009-09-24, Portland, United States. By: sauntering | | Remember those seemingly deep dreams where you show up somewhere without your clothes on? That's how my internship at the newspaper began. It was my first day, I was headed to a staff meeting, and I f... |
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 | breaking point 2009-09-24, Kumasi, Ghana, United States. By: jesstarvin | | TRIP TO KUMASI
Last weekend Me and hedda went to Kumasi to meet some other volunteers from Norway. Of course it took forever to meet up with them and when we did we headed straight to t... |
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 | Tentative Travel Itinerary: 2009-09-22, Orange County, United States. By: anniecheng | | I leave for London on October 5th from LAX at 4:30 pm. When I touch down at London Heathrow Airport, it will be Tuesday, October 6th at 11:00 am (baring no flight delays). I want to be as prepared as ... |
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 | exhaused always!!! 2009-09-19, Kumasi, Ghana, United States. By: jesstarvin | | So i forgot my camera cord at my room that making me unable to post pictures im sorry im sorry! haha i might come during the week to pick up mail so ill try to post pictures than!
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 | Hiking around Taos in the Rio Grande Valley 2009-09-12, Taos, United States. By: rmalone | | Birthday week, always a fun time! We decided to skip Zozobra and head to Taos for a long weekend beginning with Thursday evening. We were already going to Taos for a Sierra Club hike on Wednesday an... |
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 | Day 1 - Arrival and Resort 2009-09-04, Lahaina, United States. By: kevingindy | | We left Portland for Maui on Friday in the morning and had a great direct flight on Hawaiian Airlines. When we arrived we didn't have anyone waiting at the airport with a Lei for us but there was a s... |
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 | Detailing My Trip to London 2009-09-15, Orange County, United States. By: AnnieCheng | | As a graduation gift to myself, I decided to treat myself to a long and overdue overseas vacation. I had meant to travel abroad throughout my four years in college, whether as a travel study student o... |
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 | New Gallery Placement in Silver City 2009-09-04, Silver City, United States. By: sbirch | | I started the morning checking out the galleries downtown Silver City, NM in hopes of finding a good gallery to place my stone jewelry line in. My second gallery was a hit. I have a new placement in a... |
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 | Gila Cliff Dwellings 2009-09-03, Gila, United States. By: sbirch | | Sharifa made fresh zuchini bread for breakfast and offered to drive me the two hours to the Gila Cliff Dwellings and to show me some cool hot springs that are off the beaten path. This was very cool a... |
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 | Exploring the Gila National Wilderness 2009-09-02, Hillsboro, United States. By: sbirch | | I left Truth or Consequences and headed into the Gila National Wilderness. It was a slow and winding trip that first brought me to a small town called Hillsboro. I saw someone selling some fresh veget... |
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 | If your cold in Africa somethings wrong! 2009-09-13, Kumasi, Ghana, United States. By: JessTarvin | | I just tried uploading 1 picture and its taken 15 minutes. sooo i dont think you will get pictures this time sorry!
So the morning of our departure to our host families we had to be up by 3:00am. ... |
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 | Sasha: Intern Extraordinaire Part I 2009-09-12, Portland, United States. By: sauntering | | Can a person have stellar work experience without earning income? I can't answer that question. But I can assure you that a person can have a shitload of work without earning any income. And incidenta... |
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 | getting ready 2009-09-13, denver, United States. By: kcashon | | Well, tomorrow is day one. Wondering if I packed right, guess I can always buy it. I had to give a talk earlier, but up at 4:30 for 7am flight. |
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 | crash and lessons 2009-09-10, Accra, Ghana, United States. By: JessTarvin | | soo the australians finally left to day so now me and the girl from sweeden are alone in a 7 bedroom room. its nice and peaceful. there rather annoying i must say oops! haha well today the but came an... |
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 | Tour and markets of Accra 2009-09-09, Accra, Ghana, United States. By: JessTarvin | | ok first the pictures i uploaded are not mine there of someone elses that used the computer before me.i went to upload my pictures and my camera died! haha so tomw perhaps??
Anywaysss! today we wen... |
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 | Drumming and Dancing 2009-09-08, Accra, Ghana, United States. By: JessTarvin | | So today they taught us african drumming and african dancing. it was really fun. the first thing i did was dancing. we learned umm fuman fuman dance i think? cant remember lol but it was really easy t... |
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 | first days in Ghana! 2009-09-07, Lacey, Washington, United States. By: JessTarvin | | Hey friends, family, and those that are curious!
I arrived in Ghana yesterday and i was pooped. The plane ride was soo long. When i got off the plane a gust of humitity air hit me like a wall and i... |
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 | heading out 2009-09-07, home, United States. By: jpacelli | | flying from SFO to Heathrow (london) tomorrow at 4:55 pm and then taking a connector a few hours later to Madrid. miles to be traveled: 6143. a little bit nervous, but also excited! |
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 | Day 4-Marty has 90 days 2009-09-07, Bellingham, United States. By: chefdante | | Woke up to a beautiful morning. The kind of morning that puts hope for all mankind in your heart! The air was salty, and a nice cool breeze welcomed us at 7 am. What would today hold? We got up and... |
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 | Day 3-Post Point set up 2009-09-07, Bellingham, United States. By: chefdante | | Well here we are at day 3. The going away party last night was awesome! Thank you all that showed up!
Today I feel like I'm going to die! That's to be expected tho. Drinking will do that to you. We... |
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 | Not for the faint of heart 2009-09-07, Bellingham, United States. By: chefdante | | Searching yourself from the inside out is scary. You may find things that you really don't want to see. The mold and decay of things that you thought you once threw away still linger, on the bottom of... |
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 | Not for the faint of heart 2009-09-07, Bellingham, United States. By: chefdante | | Searching yourself from the inside out is scary. You may find things that you really don't want to see. The mold and decay of things that you thought you once threw away still linger, on the bottom ... |
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