Author Archives: I am a wreck. This has been my worst trip home. (with the exception of the time that I flew home from Kathmandu to Toronto with a fever/flu and had to wait for 21 hours in the transit lounge of Delhi). It started off last Monday with yet another Air Zimbabwe cancellation. I seriously don’t […] Well, I leave for the airport in an hour to head back to Zimbabwe. I’m not quite sure how I feel. I mean, my body and mind are absolutely exhausted from a month of more-or-less constant discovery, so in that sense I’m quite ready to go “home” and “chill”. Furthermore, I leave with the satisfaction […]  This past Saturday, I went to France again to visit an old friend. Richard and I met over four years ago during the trek I did in Nepal to bring a volunteer to her placement in Mude (see “Finding Mude” October 4th, 2007 blog entry). There is actually a picture of Richard, the tall blonde […] I learned about two very interesting tourist scams that, once you know about them, are noticeably rampant all over Paris. Besides the obvious interest-factor, I am blogging about this for those who may happen on my blog before a trip to Paris. Tourists beware! 1) A person pretending to be blind or deaf will walk […]  This past Sunday, I had the opportunity to go to Paris for 3 nights. It was a quick trip, but I decided to take advantage of it because I wanted to visit a few friends and see the sights of a city that I’m embarassed not to have seen yet! And boy did I see […] |
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