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Resplendent Island - Serendip: May 2006
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Resplendent Island - Serendip. Saturday, May 27, 2006. The lake at Goy. Ola national park to the west of Ampara. Motorbike, I went for a swim in the lake, never thinking about crocodiles, found out later they are in the lake! There are supposed to be lots of elephants here but on the other side of the lake, you can hire a canoe and cross, but it looks a long way in the heat. Posted by Ian Johnson @ 9:09 am. Friday, May 19, 2006. Knuckles range and ride! It took nine and a half hours to get here, Ampara.
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Resplendent Island - Serendip: January 2006
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Resplendent Island - Serendip. Thursday, January 12, 2006. Medical and other stuff. Since being offered and accepting the position in Sri. I have had to have a full medical with my own doctor. I have brought all my vaccinations up to date and had additional ones as recommended by VSO. I will also be getting anti- malarials. I have had a dentist check up and report. I have checked with volunteers in and from Sri. To determine what I need to take. There is a lot to do as I plan to be away for 2 years.
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Resplendent Island - Serendip: April 2005
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Resplendent Island - Serendip. Tuesday, April 12, 2005. I started the VSO process in April 2005 I filled out the paperwork and attended an assessment day in June 2005. The assessment day when I did it was held in the VSO offices in Putney, London. I was part of a group of about 20 people, we were split into two smaller groups and did the usual group thing of introducing ourselves. We then did a couple of group teamwork exercises. It is not like being on holiday. Posted by Ian Johnson @ 2:25 pm. NSSC Sail...
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Resplendent Island - Serendip: February 2006
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Resplendent Island - Serendip. Thursday, February 23, 2006. This photo was taken in a bar in Bad Tolz. Posted by Ian Johnson @ 6:02 pm. Saturday, February 18, 2006. Jobs to be done. Wallpapering in the North East of England at the moment. Not that exciting really but a job my Dad needed doing. Emptied the loft and then found it had been lagged around the boxes, so had to lag the loft, nice job that is! I put my Dad on MSN. I can't seem to get the links bit sorted, soz. Posted by Ian Johnson @ 7:43 pm.
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Resplendent Island - Serendip: March 2006
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Resplendent Island - Serendip. Wednesday, March 22, 2006. Arrived in Sri Lanka. I flew into Colombo, capital of Sri. This afternoon. this is the last job after emailing family and friends. I am staying fairly central next to a really picturesque lake. We have got a full month of VSO. Training in language and cultural background, looking forward to it. There are only four of us volunteers so very personal. Training, for me learning Tamil I am on my own with two teachers, so no excuse for not learning it!
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Resplendent Island - Serendip: September 2005
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Resplendent Island - Serendip. Monday, September 12, 2005. After being accepted by VSO. As a volunteer, I got to know in a week or two after assessment. I attended a weekend course at Harbourne. Hall in Birmingham, from Friday to Sunday, taking part in Preparing for Change and Volunteers and Development during September 2005,. I believe some of the training is now done on line. Details of volunteer training are available on the VSO. Posted by Ian Johnson @ 2:28 pm. Seaford, United Kingdom.
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Resplendent Island - Serendip: December 2005
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Resplendent Island - Serendip. Wednesday, December 07, 2005. I attended VSO Training Skills (TRSK) 7. December 2005 at Harbourne Hall. This course explores all aspects of the training cycle and gives time for practise with fellow volunteers and some returned volunteers. I attended Organisational Development 11. December 2005, this followed straight on from TRSK. This course helps with capacity building and development issues. I believe a lot of this training is now done on line via the VSO website.
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Resplendent Island - Serendip: April 2006
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Resplendent Island - Serendip. Tuesday, April 18, 2006. Kumudhini my Tamil teacher, the patience of a saint! And above just to wind up you vols in less fortunate locations the view from my sunlounger of the pool I had to myself after climbing Sigiriya. Very nice it was too. Posted by Ian Johnson @ 7:37 am. Are world heritage sites, Sigiriya. Must be a hundred feet up the side of rock face. You have to get there early as once the sun and temperature rise climbing gets too difficult. We set off at ...Famil...
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Resplendent Island - Serendip: June 2006
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Resplendent Island - Serendip. Thursday, June 22, 2006. These are views of the beach at Aragum Bay, the best surfing beach in Sri Lanka, the waves are mainly at the point, top left picture end of bay, and weren't that big but bigger waves were expected. You can just see two guys on boards in top right picture. The locals had caught a ray, it took all of those in the picture to land it. Posted by Ian Johnson @ 10:02 am. Posted by Ian Johnson @ 9:33 am. Friday, June 16, 2006. Posted by Ian Johnson @ 9:54 am.
