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  1. December 20, 2008

    Find a Wife by Sending Team

    Having created over half a dozen websites throughout the year, I have always tried to present them in a very formal and yet accessible way. Each site is carefully written, normally in Spanish first and then translated to English, and much…

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  2. December 6, 2008

    A Week in Buenos Aires

    Before leaving Argentina I headed to Buenos Aires for a week. There was still one YWAM base in Argentina that did not have a website yet. My goal was to give them one by the end of the week. It worked.

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  3. November 24, 2008

    Good Customer Service

    One of our door-locks was broken and it looked like we would need to replace it with another complete lock. But on a whim I pulled it out and raced down town to see if there was any chance of paying for a repair. In Argentina there are…

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  4. November 23, 2008

    The Difference that Goals Make

    Sunday was my first free day for the weekend, which normally occurs on Sunday and Monday. There was nothing planned and nothing really essential for the day. Somewhere in my head I had considered that it would be good to do a number of…

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  5. November 21, 2008

    When Stopping is Wiser than Going

    I crashed my bike today.

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  6. November 3, 2008

    Internet for a Coffee

    Where we live in the outskirts of town there is no internet available. A dial-up connection with a modem gives us some basic internet access but it is so slow and troublesome that we tend to only use it for emergency situations. Most times…

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  7. September 13, 2008

    Three Days in Miami

    “They were three intense days in Miami,” I thought to myself as my plane taxied to the runway at Miami airport. Recapping over the events I realise that in retrospect it would have been wiser to have arranged more days here in the United…

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  8. August 25, 2008

    Life in the Aires

    Today I was supposed to be on a bus heading back to Puerto Madryn. But today I remain here in Buenos Aires. My visit of 10 days has just been extended for another week. The reason? Too much to do in just 10 days.

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  9. August 10, 2008

    Travels and More Travels

    This year has been an unsettled year, with one journey following another . Since the beginning of this year the time I have spent in my home base between travels has been less than 8 weeks, and it does not look like slowing down for the…

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  10. June 9, 2008

    Conquering the Snow

    A Day of Small Beginnings It was a bleak day when I set out towards town, ducking down to follow alongside a burbling stream with the aim of walking along the rocky beaches facing Lake Nahuel Huapi. This was a more preferable route…

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