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Historic Relationships

Posted on 23 September, 2012 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

It’s been quiet on the blog post authoring front lately. This is not because there hasn’t been much to talk about, so much as because I’m presently on holiday in the UK and Ireland. Apologies to those people who’ve left … Continue reading →

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Perspectives from Laos, and mining the Conservation Estate

Posted on 20 November, 2009 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

I’ve just returned from a few weeks in South East Asia, much of which was spent in Laos, albeit mostly on the tourist trail, and it’s a wonderful country. Much of what’s recently been in the media, as well as … Continue reading →

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A world of small differences

Posted on 28 January, 2009 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

This isn’t a trampey-related post, but I thought I’d write an update about what’s going on. In short, I made it to the USA without any incidents. After an overnight stop in San Francisco, we flew into JFK in New … Continue reading →

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Outdoors in New York

Posted on 13 January, 2009 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

I was all set up to enjoy a nice trip to the Kahurangis over Wellington Anniversary Weekend, which is this coming weekend. The bad news is that I had to pull out, which I’m quite saddened about because I haven’t … Continue reading →

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An update from Peru

Posted on 5 June, 2007 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

Here’s a quick update. Internet access is a bit trickier during the GAP tour, so unfortunately there’s less detail. We managed to get to Peru and have been here for about 4 days. It turns out that pedestrian crossings in … Continue reading →

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Being a tourist in Puerto Varas

Posted on 31 May, 2007 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

The vast majority of people in Santiago (especially women) wear jeans, at least at this time of year. They’re sold everywhere, and they’re dirt cheap. Further south, I noticed that there seems to be a bit more variety. This might … Continue reading →

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The bus ride death trap

Posted on 23 May, 2007 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

Every time that Stacey or I mentioned we were planning to go to southern Chile, people would tell us that it was too late in the year, and that it would be raining all the time. This didn’t really bother … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Santiago, Hello Castro

Posted on 22 May, 2007 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

There were a couple of words and a couple of phrases that I learned fairly quickly on arriving in Santiago a couple of weeks ago. For instance, Stacey taught me that the two most important words to know on the … Continue reading →

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A weekend at Curico

Posted on 21 May, 2007 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

Curico was interesting. It’s a small town of perhaps 100,000 people, a couple of hours south of Santiago. Whereas every third shop in Santiago is selling Ice Cream (and Nestle has really cornered the market here), every third shop in … Continue reading →

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Another week in Santiago

Posted on 16 May, 2007 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

One thing I’ve noticed about Santiago since arriving has been that the drivers here are much more courteous to pedestrians than what I’m used to. When crossing a road at an intersection, turning drivers will typically give way to pedestrians … Continue reading →

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