Comments on: The Intolerant Traveler http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Andrea-Arria-Devoe/the-intolerant-traveler.html A BootsnAll Travel Blog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:56:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jasper http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Andrea-Arria-Devoe/the-intolerant-traveler.html#comment-10 Jasper Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:56:09 +0000 http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Andrea-Arria-Devoe/the-intolerant-traveler.html#comment-10 And now we are almost a year later again. Wow, I really should have checked for responses.. I was working for a hedge fund in New York from 2001-2005... then decided I wanted to do something different and spent 18 months teaching children in Swaziland...I also taught small business development there...I spent a good 3 months in Mozambique too, and then adventured through most of the other southern African countries. It was exciting and interesting, as well as inspiring and depressing. After my time there, I have little hope for the future in Africa. Swaziland has an effective hiv infection rate that is over 50 %, a king who brooks no dissent and is robbing the country blind...and then there is absense of womens' rights that is an abomination. And the rest of southern africa is no different. The rich get richer and the poor die...and nothing will change that.. I have now been back in France for a few months now, and am deciding what the next step will be. I need to settle down somewhere... and haven't really quite worked out where yet. I also get a real job again. Feeling slightly rudderless...I am strongly tempted to go travelling again. A friend of mine just quit his job and wants to sail around the world and I might join him... but who know as to whether that will actually transpire. Travelling is somewhat of a "quick fix" because even though its stimulating and a rush, you are still eventually forced to deal with what you left behind, and you are better off building that structure sooner rather than later. Let me know what you are up to.. Jaspervansanten@mac.com And now we are almost a year later again. Wow, I really should have checked for responses.. I was working for a hedge fund in New York from 2001-2005… then decided I wanted to do something different and spent 18 months teaching children in Swaziland…I also taught small business development there…I spent a good 3 months in Mozambique too, and then adventured through most of the other southern African countries. It was exciting and interesting, as well as inspiring and depressing. After my time there, I have little hope for the future in Africa. Swaziland has an effective hiv infection rate that is over 50 %, a king who brooks no dissent and is robbing the country blind…and then there is absense of womens’ rights that is an abomination. And the rest of southern africa is no different. The rich get richer and the poor die…and nothing will change that..

I have now been back in France for a few months now, and am deciding what the next step will be. I need to settle down somewhere… and haven’t really quite worked out where yet. I also get a real job again. Feeling slightly rudderless…I am strongly tempted to go travelling again. A friend of mine just quit his job and wants to sail around the world and I might join him… but who know as to whether that will actually transpire.
Travelling is somewhat of a “quick fix” because even though its stimulating and a rush, you are still eventually forced to deal with what you left behind, and you are better off building that structure sooner rather than later.
Let me know what you are up to..

Jaspervansanten@mac.com

]]> By: Administrator http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Andrea-Arria-Devoe/the-intolerant-traveler.html#comment-9 Administrator Tue, 23 May 2006 17:48:48 +0000 http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Andrea-Arria-Devoe/the-intolerant-traveler.html#comment-9 Hi there, I haven't written in this thing for several months it was something that I started when I first moved here about a year ago and I had a lot of free time on my hands. How are you? Seems like you've been traveling quite a bit. What are you doing for work? All best, Andrea Hi there,

I haven’t written in this thing for several months it was something that I started when I first moved here about a year ago and I had a lot of free time on my hands. How are you? Seems like you’ve been traveling quite a bit. What are you doing for work?

All best,

Andrea

]]> By: Jasper van Santen http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Andrea-Arria-Devoe/the-intolerant-traveler.html#comment-8 Jasper van Santen Mon, 08 May 2006 17:29:44 +0000 http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Andrea-Arria-Devoe/the-intolerant-traveler.html#comment-8 Andrea, Just hoping to catch up with you and to see where you're living and what you're doing. It's been much too long and I'm curious. x Jasper Andrea,

Just hoping to catch up with you and to see where you’re living and what you’re doing. It’s been much too long and I’m curious.

x
Jasper

]]> By: MOM http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Andrea-Arria-Devoe/the-intolerant-traveler.html#comment-4 MOM Fri, 19 Aug 2005 01:10:56 +0000 http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Andrea-Arria-Devoe/the-intolerant-traveler.html#comment-4 Mind your own business! Just kidding. we are too much alike>!!!!! Mind your own business! Just kidding. we are too much alike>!!!!!

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