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Sights, sounds and smells of Kenya

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Hey everyone,
I just got back from my trip to the Northern Hemisphere! I hadn’t realised when we left Nairobi four days ago that we would be crossing the Equator on our journey to northern Kenya! I should really brush up on my geography…

At the Equator in Nanyuki

As we left Nairobi early on Sunday morning, our [...]

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Working holiday in Kenya

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Hi everyone,
As some of you know, I finally made a decision on where to spend my Eid holidays (Eid being Eid-al-Fitr, the three-day public holiday which occurs at the end of the annual observance of one month of fasting in the Muslim world).   Taking two days of leave from work, I was able to get nine [...]

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Inside a migrant worker camp

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

In a recent post I described my visit to a migrant worker camp located outside the city of Abu Dhabi.
Just to clarify, there are many names used for a place like this, ‘labour camp’, ‘labourer camp’, ‘ migrant worker accommodation’, etc, etc. The camp I visited is not really a ‘labourer’ camp (i.e. construction labourers) [...]

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Parking shortage in Abu Dhabi

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

You might be rich enough to buy a nice car, but all the money in the world won’t get you a parking space in Abu Dhabi…. This is just around the corner from my office.

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Rest in peace, Christine

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

My friend Christine Leibovict passed away earlier this week after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. She was 31 years old.
Christine and I first met during spring of the year 2000, when we took a class together at Concordia University.  I remember her most for her fun-loving and easygoing attitude towards life, her [...]

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photos from Shanghai, Beijing, Montreal and London

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

In August 2008 I went on a travelling spree through China (5 days), Rwanda (3 days), Uganda (1 day), Kenya (2 days), Canada (7 days) and the United Kingdom (1 day).
Am finally sorting through all the photos and have managed to get my China, Canada and UK photos online.
Photos from Africa to come soon, there [...]

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