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Archive for September, 2008

Flickr for Good

Posted in Flickr Excellence, Politics, tagged on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Maybe up for a long time, but not noticed: Flickr Good.
Check it out …

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Making the world a little smaller …

Posted in Travels, tagged , on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

… by learning another language. I am in Bochum now, in the Landesspracheninstitute (Country Language Institute) of the Ruhr University Bochum, studying intensively the Arabian language.
How often have I asked myself, what are others talking on the train. You understand the English part, the German one, I get the Chinese ones, but the Arabic ones, [...]

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Train travels to do in this world …

Posted in Travels, tagged on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Kayak Blog has posted 5 interesting train travels (including booking information) which seem quite interesting.
Check them out.

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Three Cups of Tea

Posted in Authors, tagged , , , on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Just finished reading the amazing story of Greg Mortenson and his mission in Pakistan in the book “Three Cups of Tea”. Failed ascent on K2, Greg was brought to a rural and remote village, promising one day to return and build these villagers a school. Ten Years later more than 50 schools have been built [...]

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