Articles Tagged ‘tropics’
Saturday, August 22nd, 2015
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2015
I spent the weekend in Sendang Biru(supposedly
translates as Blue Lagoon)
It’s a area near Malang … about five hours drive
from Surabaya, a 20 minute boat ride,
and then a fairly
rough one hour walk.
I hadn’t carried a water bottle within easy reach and after a good start I was soon winded and de-hydrated.
The jungle is a humid hell-hole if you aren’t prepared. I all but crawled the last few 100 metres down to the beach. I quickly re-hydrated and gobbled a couple of aspirin.
The lagoon was beautiful. Blue-green water, surrounded
by lushly overgrown coral walls. A large opening
allowed a steady surf to enter and replenish the
lagoon.
Oddly the lagoon is subject to tides; and the
high level we arrived at became a shallow wading pool
just before dusk.
Emily didn’t make the trip.
Once she found out we’d be camping without prepared
toilet facilities she begged off.
So it was myself and four other teachers, later joined
by a slightly larger group of teachers from other
schools.
Drinking, small talk and late-night swimming ensued.
Generally a pretty good time.
Sunday afternoon we hiked out again. Minus much of
the weight we had brought in. We packed out five bags
of garbage – two of which were beer cans, coke and two
vodka bottles.
I had been to the area in `99, but never to the lagoon.
It’s worth the trip.
All the best,Wayne
(originally posted in 2007)
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2015
Site of the Majapahit Empire in Trowulan,East Java
Surabaya, East Java
Posted in Alumni, At the office, Certification, ESL, Family, gap-year, Indonesia, Java, Living the dream, overseas living, Politics, Rating, Surabaya, tefl, tesol, Tesol certification, Top Ten list, Travel, tropics, vacation | No Comments »
Saturday, March 14th, 2015
Please read the summary. We have to accept that there are many differing opinions on the merits of this case. Indisputably the accusations, and the handling of this, have lacked both transparency and evidence. Comments will be moderated.
Tom Way is ...
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Saturday, March 7th, 2015
Big Water is sucking the life out of a precious natural resource for a pittance, and government is only too happy to allow the
Greedy Gulp to continue.
This isn't necessary, and the situation can be made to work ...
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Monday, January 12th, 2015
Canadian English Course (CEC), one of the biggest English courses in Surabaya, has teaching job openings for those interested in teaching English with the following qualifications:
1. University students majoring in English Education ... [Continue reading this entry]
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Friday, January 2nd, 2015
Each of us experiences grief, and each and every one of us has tears. No one can say when, or when not, to cry. Nor how long the tears should fall.
Hold fast to your memories of smiles and laughter. ...
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Thursday, January 1st, 2015
Happy New Year everyone.
Please make it a good year. Be kind for the sake of kindness.
Be good for the sake of goodness.
Be honest, be careful, be fair, and be prepared to say sorry.
Be unafraid to make mistakes, ...
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Thursday, December 25th, 2014
As we allow individuals and private entities to control resources, we bring forward the day we will have little or no access.
This is an obscenity.
The misuse of public trust and resources by individuals and corporations is a world-wide and ongoing ...
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2014
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Wayne