There is really too much to write about in this trip, but one place that deserves special attention, in my opinion, is: Lanjak.
We spent three nights here originally. My room consisted of a small rectangular space, with a curtain covering the door and a mattress on the floor. The first night, I fell asleep...
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By “west” I mean Kalimantan Barat (West Kalimantan). The PRCF scoping mission crew consisted of Pak Im (Imanul Huda, Director of PRCF Indonesia), our project coordinator Dedy and myself. The plan was to interview women in 10 villages from Putusibau to Kantuk Asam, in order to assess the current situation of traditional weaving in...
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Funny how it was living abroad that piqued my curiosity about discovering my own country and the sights it had to offer. During my Oxfam internship in Morocco I dedicated at least one weekend a month to visiting a new part of the country. In Canada, I had only visited 4 cities outside of...
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As “Extreme” was the tagline for Morocco and Europe (2005) “Magnifique” will be the new one for the islands of Thailand’s Andaman Coast.
The flight from Singapore to Phuket was effortless and meeting up with Ganit was surprisingly “normal” despite the built...
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I decided to hire a motorbike driver for the day, to see the list of sights I had planned to see in the Cambodian capital. For $ 10 USD, who could complain.
But that’s not what I want to write...
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Talk about EXTREME! Morocco has definitely given me a taste for outdoor adventure, which is what led my roommate and I to visit “Les Gouffres de Friaouto”. This was a really intense experience for me at least, since we...
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