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Page 8 of the archive.

  1. October 14, 2009

    A Journey to Golden Beach

    I had decided to do something adventurous, something that I had always planned on doing, something that I had not done… it was time, so today I was heading out to:

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  2. October 13, 2009

    Crash, Bang, Down and Out!

    It was almost 1.30am in the morning and I was still on my last processes of getting to bed and asleep when there was an almighty crash. At first I did not react to it as it was likely something falling out of a cupboard or something like…

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  3. September 13, 2009

    Starving Yourself Can Be Healthy

    It started from a feeling that God was asking me to fast… after all, fasting is talked about all through the Bible. Then it continued with a realisation that most of the food I was eating was not really good for me. Finally, it all came to…

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  4. August 31, 2009

    Correcting Your Mistakes – on Camera

    The successes, and failures, of trying to fix an expensive video camera with the wrong tools.

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  5. August 30, 2009

    Old Mr. Rios

    Only a few blocks from my destination, I notice an old man hobbling along the footpath. His slow speed and awkwardness creates an obstacle for the handful of people who are out today, and they all detour around him so as to continue on…

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  6. August 4, 2009

    Back to Base – Corrientes

    It was a long-standing promise that I had made to my friends that one day I would return to my old original YWAM base in the north of Argentina. Even though it was my first contact with YWAM and a place where I still have many friends,…

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  7. July 31, 2009

    Missing the Date

    Heading to Buenos Aires, convinced that I was arriving only two days before my provisional visa expired, the first thing I did after dropping my bags off in the place I was staying was head back to the Migrations office in the city. The…

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  8. July 28, 2009

    Getting Higher on Internet

    To get internet out where we are, we needed to set up a wifi connection between us and town that allowed us to access a broadband internet connection there. This was first done with a 6m pole that we mounted at both ends of the connection.…

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  9. July 28, 2009

    Busted Bike and Rogue Programs

    Looking for illegal software, riding a broken bike, and racing against time. Things did not start out looking so great, but I was very surprised at what I discovered.

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  10. July 26, 2009

    Snow in Puerto Madryn

    They say that it never snows here in Puerto Madryn, mainly because we are so close to the sea. However, in the three years that I have been here, this is the second and by far the largest snowfall that I have experienced. Of course the…

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