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Round the Bend: January 2008
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Yarns, Fables and Anecdotes from Beyond the Borders of Canada. And Normality. Wednesday, January 30, 2008. I've always had a face fit for radio. Hey, don't go blaming my parents. It's not a genetic thing. In fact, I used to be quite dashing. In therefore regret to announce that, due to a terminal case of not being excruciatingly attractive, my childhood ambition of becoming a handsome Hollywood superstar will never come to fruition. On the other hand, my. Once in costume, we went to the set. They're real...
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Round the Bend: Beyond The Penultimate
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Yarns, Fables and Anecdotes from Beyond the Borders of Canada. And Normality. Monday, May 26, 2008. Dear Distinguished Reader,. Allow me to be the first to congratulate you for making it this far. I know, I know. Right now you're saying: what is he talking about? How far have I made it? Why am I due to be praised for having checked this website today? What makes this day stand out from any other? All I did was navigate here to avoid working for a few minutes! But Mike, why oh why? Well, it seems I've one...
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Round the Bend: August 2007
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Yarns, Fables and Anecdotes from Beyond the Borders of Canada. And Normality. Tuesday, August 28, 2007. My two months’ time in South Africa is nearly at an end. Before I continue along the road to Swaziland, I would like to share with you a few things I have learned about this country. Wow, haven’t I really made this place sound irresistible? The truth is that South Africa has not captured my heart like Brazil and Iceland did. But do I recommend a visit here? Saturday, August 25, 2007. 8220;Forgetting...
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Round the Bend: November 2007
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Yarns, Fables and Anecdotes from Beyond the Borders of Canada. And Normality. Friday, November 30, 2007. TZ from R to L. There are two possible routes you can take to cross Tanzania from Dar Es Salaam to the border with Rwanda: the North Road and the South Road. Get out your maps. Some points to consider:. 2) Arusha is the getting-off point for Kilimanjaro treks, the Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park. As such, buses on the North Road are full of package tourists. I saw no reason to be ambival...
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Round the Bend: October 2007
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Yarns, Fables and Anecdotes from Beyond the Borders of Canada. And Normality. Wednesday, October 31, 2007. It's 1:30AM and the air is crisp. I'm roused by my Dutch friend. Time to go. My eyelids are heavy and my back full of kinks after two hours of sleeping on the ferry's wooden deck. We push off. Absolute silence save for the soft sweeping of a paddle through the still water. All eyes point to the sky and its conflagration of stars. Has no cars, so if you'd care to move about, you have to walk. I s...
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Round the Bend: February 2008
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Yarns, Fables and Anecdotes from Beyond the Borders of Canada. And Normality. Friday, February 29, 2008. Some people are just plain stupid. Others, only part of the time. I like to think that I fall into the latter category, although I've certainly committed my fair share of tactical and academic blunders. How does one account for this occasional display of ineptitude, this infrequent but nevertheless inevitable tendency to abandon one's better judgment? For finally having rid myself of the bugger. Now D...
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Round the Bend: Bodyrock Now
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Yarns, Fables and Anecdotes from Beyond the Borders of Canada. And Normality. Monday, May 5, 2008. What do you get when you combine a few hundred Brazilian expats, a huge indoor location, some live accordion and zabumba music, thousands of liters of Cachaca, a pungent smell of sweat and cologne, and the city of London? Night at the Guanabara Restaurant and Nightclub. Nobody really knows where the name forró. Came from. The most likely explanation is that the word derives from the term forrobodó. Can be a...
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Round the Bend: March 2008
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Yarns, Fables and Anecdotes from Beyond the Borders of Canada. And Normality. Wednesday, March 26, 2008. If this backpacking trip was a career, or, perhaps more metaphorically, a life, then I have reached the twilight years. Since the birthday of my adventures on January 12th of last year, I've seen quite a lot. We'll be paddling right back out there, and soon after that you'll see us, gliding down the slope of a 10ft wall of surging water, our faces fixed in a look of intense determination. It's fun...
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Round the Bend: May 2008
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Yarns, Fables and Anecdotes from Beyond the Borders of Canada. And Normality. Monday, May 26, 2008. Dear Distinguished Reader,. Allow me to be the first to congratulate you for making it this far. I know, I know. Right now you're saying: what is he talking about? How far have I made it? Why am I due to be praised for having checked this website today? What makes this day stand out from any other? All I did was navigate here to avoid working for a few minutes! But Mike, why oh why? Well, it seems I've one...
