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November 23, 2007
Felling Trees by Hand and Its Dangers
Nope I am not talking about using an axe to fell the trees although we did use one afterwards to chop it up. What I am talking about is getting a bunch of guys on the end of a rope that we have tied to a tree and then by brute force…
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November 22, 2007
Light the Fire Conference
It was a great day full of sun and a gentle breeze. Perfect for the long walk to town to get to the bus terminal. There were 24 of us altogether but before long we were pretty spread out along the road according to walking speeds and…
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November 19, 2007
Indecision and Thornbushes
It was quite an unstable situation to have a huge bag of washing on my back and my backpack hung around my neck as I tried to ride down a narrow track hedged in on both sides by gnarly thorn bushes. I had been down this track many times…
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November 18, 2007
Fiambre Man
Fiambre is the Spanish name for everything to do with sandwiches such as salamis and cheeses. One of the more favoured snacks here in Argentina is salami and cheese on bread and it is one that I too have grown to really enjoy.
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October 29, 2007
My Dad is the Ex-President and my mum is the New President
Well, this was one of the articles in the local paper after Cristina Kirchner won a clear victory as the new president of Argentina yesterday. The article spoke from the perspective of her daughter, as Cristina has just taken the…
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October 22, 2007
Lazy Day at the Beach
Today was a lazy day at the beach. Nothing much to do except watch the little sailing boats in their regatta and find dead soccerballs in the sand.
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October 21, 2007
Soccer Tournament
In the YWAM base we have a need for new musical instruments in the worship ministry team. The gear that they have is mostly broken and repaired and broken again and repaired again. It has gotten to the point that they cannot depend upon…
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October 20, 2007
Plastic Everywhere
Having lived in Argentina now for almost four years, one of the things that still strikes me is the amount of plastic rubbish that covers the landscape. Seeing people throw their rubbish onto the ground when it is no longer wanted is still…
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October 15, 2007
Russians and Boat Wrecks
Now that I have my bike, there are places to go that I have not yet been. This means jumping on the bike and picking a new place just to see what it is like. Today I headed out to find the old boat wrecks that lay somewhere along the beach…
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September 28, 2007
Watching Whales Play
One of the biggest reasons that the tourists come to Puerto Madryn in the winter is because our bay is the home to dozens of whales that come to give birth to their young. The whole process of finding a mate and then hanging about together…
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