Archive: February 2008
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Bangladesh
Settling in to Life in Rayenda
I’ve been here in Rayenda for a week and a bit now and I’m starting to settle in and get comfortable. I was originally a bit scared that the program would be full of super serious save the world types and I’d have to adapt to a life without silliness. Fortunately there are some very [...]
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Bangladesh
My Construction Career Takes Off
I’m happy that the prime requirement for working with Hands On Disaster Response is a sense of humour because I think my construction skills leave much to be desired. So far I’ve acted as a diversion to keep a massive group of teenage girls away from the other volunteers who were attempting to build a [...]
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Bangladesh
First Impressions of Rayenda, Bangladesh
First off let me give you a piece of important advice for the next time you find yourself in Bangladesh: Do not, I repeat, do not give your phone number out to Bangladeshi men. I now have three semi-stalkers and have around 10 missed calls per day. The one that keeps calling me the most [...]
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Bangladesh
This is Why I Love Travelling
Things started out on track this morning with Jewel putting me on a 10am bus destined for who knows where and arranging for the driver to help me transfer to get to my final destination of Rayenda. He even gave me a crash course in Bengali and wrote down some phrases. For the record, ’toilet’ [...]
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Bangladesh
So What Am I Doing in Bangladesh?
I’m here and I have no idea what I was ever worried about. I was met at the airport by a guy called Jewel who runs a beautiful place called Greenhouse B&B. He picked me up, got me settled and then this morning he pretty much became my personal assistant. He sorted me out with [...]
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh Visa Guy Decides My Destination
Talk about cutting things close. After three weeks of attempting to get my tourist visa for Bangladesh, it pretty much came down to the wire. I rocked up at the office at 11am this morning not knowing whether this phantom visa would ever be issued to me or not. I had my luggage in tow [...]
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Philippines
Getting Comfortable in Manila
I love hostels. I love hanging out, meeting interesting people from all over the world and when I find a place I really like and have nowhere else I need to be I have a real hard time leaving. I could always say I like to stick around in places because I want to get [...]
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Philippines
Swimming with Whale Sharks
The one thing I knew I for sure wanted to do in The Philippines was swim with whale sharks. It was also, for some bizarre reason, the only thing I really didn’t put any effort at all into planning. I knew that the town was near a place called Legaspi so I flew there. That’s [...]
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Philippines
The Not So Fun Side of Travelling
I arrived in the small city of Legaspi after a 45 minute flight and a four hour delay. Four hours! I only had a few hours sleep due to more late night poker playing in Manila (I lost) so it was all pretty torturous. I’m here because I’m going looking for whale sharks to snorkel [...]
What's My Story?
I've been living abroad since leaving Canada in 2001 and the only plan I have at the moment is to keep wandering. I've got a portable job, a to-do list, and a pair of seriously itchy feet. I should probably get some cream for that. More...
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