Archive for 'People'
the surprising generosity of strangers
Day 79: As a psychology student, I remember hearing about an experiment performed some decades ago in which researchers attempted to measure altruistic behaviour and some of the factors which drive it. They did this by “losing” hundreds of addressed envelopes under various circumstances; for example, some envelopes had stamps and others did not; some […]
Posted: September 12th, 2007 under People.
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and the winner is…
After more than two weeks of unplanned co-travel, today’s the day our paths diverge from that of our Canadian colleagues, Jerome and Caroline. Because they’ve been so tolerant of our foibles, we’ve decided to bestow on them the coveted Poundster Award for Excellence in the Field of Travel Companionship.
Good luck in your travels guys!
Posted: September 10th, 2007 under People.
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official handover ceremony (lonely planet middle east)
Handing on your hand-me-down Lonely Planet is always a moment to be treasured. So, after seeing us through Turkey, Syria and Jordan, we gave our Book to two happy-go-lucky scuba divers from South Africa. The official handover ceremony was conducted in the Aqaba International Ferry Passenger Terminal. Johan and Mauritza, good luck!
Posted: August 29th, 2007 under Jordan, People, Photos.
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our canadian dopplegangers
Weird. We met some people in the Jordanian desert that are Canadian travel dopplegangers of us.
Seriously. Of the catalogue of similarities:
Jerome and Caroline started their trip in Europe, came through Turkey, Syria and Jordan (so did we)
They’re now in Egypt and are en route to India with a stopover in the Gulf […]
Posted: August 28th, 2007 under Jordan, People, Photos.
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separated at birth?
Eagle-eyed correspondents have rushed to point out a remarkable physical similarity between two of the recent subjects of this blog. Is the figure on the right a distant relative from ancient Roman times of the figure on the left? Readers, you be the judge.
Posted: August 22nd, 2007 under People, Photos.
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the heat is killing me!
Day 31: Pictured here are our friends Anthea Long and Andrew Benoy, fresh from their travels through China, Iran, Syria, Jordan and Eastern Turkey. It’s such a relief they have their own blog.
Don’t they both look hot!
Andrew: Professional human rights advocate. Currently reading The Economist. Favourite movie: Anchorman.
Anthea: Treasury-trained economist now saving the […]
Posted: July 30th, 2007 under Syria, Jordan, Iran, China, People, Pakistan.
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harry potter crisis averted (no spoilers)
The final instalment in the Harry Potter series was located, hours after its official release, in Rhodes’ only English-language bookstore.
Posted: July 22nd, 2007 under Greece, Rhodes, People, Photos, Harry Potter.
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the people that you meet on top of mt olympus
Klaas and Jose run their own website, www.greekmountainflora.info, and run small-group mountain tours for alpine flora enthusiasts.
Posted: July 14th, 2007 under Greece, People, Mount olympus.
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