Rwanda, Safari, yes please! $100 down, it’s 6am and we’re in a jeep. It’s Tammy our American friend living in Ethiopia, Sam our tour guide and driver, Pat and I.…
Over new years we flew to Cape Town to celebrate the wedding of our great friends Nathan And Julie. Cape Town is a geographical wonder. The colossal Table Mountain soars…
Lauryn Hill. There’s a beautiful picture of her on the mirror next to me as I prepare to get my hair put in to dreadlocks in a little salon…
Puppy says “Rwanda is the place of a thousand hills and a thousand problems”. Puppy is our suave dressing taxi driver and today he is wearing a lavender collared business…
It’s been a while. This post is a short update on the last 8 months that provides some context and scene setting for the recommencement of the isthistoospicy blog. In…
One of the best things about Sri Lanka was all the tropical fresh fruit and vegetables. Going to the market on the way home from work was always a…
In Mullativu we helped set up a community run poultry farm with our local partner ADT. ADT had been undertaking a community development project in the village and one…
In Killinochichi we set up a community farm for 20 families with our local partner LEADS. This project provides land and equipment for families to farm fruit and vegetables…
One the projects we set up for Palmera during our time in Sri Lanka was the establishment of two women’s groups to sell products made from the leaves of the…
Tuk Tuks are as ubiquitous in Sri Lanka as trams are in Melbourne. All colours of the rainbow these three wheel tin-pots are the transportation powerhouse of the country. They…
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