Dam and Skyscraper Construction in the Past Was ahead of its Time Yemen – A brief history North Yemen became independent of the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI and became a republic in 1962. In 1967 the British withdrew from the Aden area, which they had occupied since 1839, and this […]
House Arrest: Judge’s Daughter Tells of Family’s Plight
Pakistan’s youngest political prisoner lives in a house on a hill just a few hundred meters from President Pervez Musharraf’s soaring presidential palace in Islamabad. Little about him is typical. He is physically disabled, spends his days watching cartoons on TV, and is eight years old. Bilaj Chaudhry is the son of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, […]
Part 12: El Camino de Santiago
Buses are quicker but a lot can be missed. JAMES Camino Day 12 Buenos Dias Los Amigos, Today’s stage took us from feeling guilty, to feeling very guilty and then on to I don’t feel quite so guilty anymore! Well I decided today, between bouts of alcohol induced nausea and trying to force headache tablets […]
Part 11: El Camino de Santiago
A hotel, a hot bath and interesting people. (*Note, James doesn’t have an entry here. He spent a little too much time doing what he said he would: “get drunk this eventing.”) LARRY My nose had been running since Logrono and the congestion had gone down into my chest during the night. More than once […]
Meaning of life
Meaning of life Life is of no meaning really unless there will be life after life. Look at the hardest working creature on earth ants. They work non stop the whole of their lives and die leaving no contribution to this world. And look at the birds that live freely without the hardship […]
Part 10: El Camino de Santiago
A new alberque and 2 to Burgos In some of my notes home I found the following: We´re in Ages´ after a good day of discovering who I am. James and I hadn’t walked together but he said it was the same kind of day for him. I´ll tell him to put it in his […]
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