JAMES Camino Day 14 Buenos Dias Los Amigos, Today’s stage took us the piffling distance of 18 kms from Hospital Orbigo to Astorga. By rights, today should have been an absolute breeze, given that there was barely enough distance to raise a sweat and the fact that, ever since we left Beldorado, I have felt […]
Part 9: El Camino de Santiago
Camino Day 10 Buenos dias los amigos! Today’s stage took us from Beldorado to the last village outside of Burgos, Ages (Pronounced Ajez) (ahh-hace). Today was by far my most enjoyable day on the Camino so far! I know this might come as much of a surprise to you as it has to me, but today […]
Part 5: El Camino de Santiago
The Camino: Part 5 Torres del Rio , Los Arcos and on to Logrono. The road snaked through dry countryside, some parts flat and others rolling, occasionally steeply up and down. On the downhill sections my big toes were starting to get sore. The scene and the trail brought back pictures to my mind, reminding […]
Seven Losing Short-listed Sites in the Choice of the 7 ‘New’ Wonders of the World
The Agence France-Presse (AFP) in Lisbon, Portugal recently reported on the selection of the 7 ‘new’ world wonders during a celebrity-studded ceremony held at Lisbon’s Stadium of Light on July 7, 2007. The AFP-Lisbon report mentions the names of the 7 ‘new’ world wonders, as follows: (1) the Great Wall of China, (2) the Colosseum […]
A Bride In Old China
I have much to tell you. Your brother Chih-peh will soon be married so we will soon have a new daughter-in-law in the household. You know he has long been betrothed to Li-ti, the daughter-in-law in the household. You know he has long been betrothed to Li-ti, the daughter of the Governor of Chih-li, and […]
Teacher faces 40 lashes for calling teddy Muhammad
A British teacher is facing 40 lashes from police in Sudan where she has been accused of insulting Islam after naming a teddy bear Muhammad. Gillian Gibbons (54) was being questioned at a police station in the capital Khartoum yesterday. She had been working at one of the city’s exclusive British schools for the past […]