St Julien

france

Paradise Lost

new-zealand, rest-of-world

Paradise Lost (100 % pure New Zealand) A returning Kiwi sees the country as a tourist and is disappointed with the experience…. Once-upon-a time the starry-eyed tourist on the sparkling shores of Aotearoa Ignoring the mechanical Kia Ora Kia Ora chants...

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THE TRIP

china, rest-of-world

They staggered from the plane, blinking in the mid-afternoon sun after a gruelling 12-hour flight from Europe. Stiff from being cooped up in the plane it was impossible to get their legs working again. Steven the Chinese guide was waiting to greet them,...

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Going solo in China

china

- a visit to YUNGANG, HENSHANG and PING YAO For visitors to China why not enjoy the time and freedom of organising your own trip. If you want to discover off-the-beaten-track places away from the usual tourist circuit, this is the way to do it. From Beijing,...

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ROOTS

new-zealand

The Chinese diaspora in Christchurch Sunday at the pictures Christchurch in the 1960’s was a town with only a hundred Chinese- the smallest number of Chinese of all the main New Zealand cities at that time. Lost in an alien society, watching Chinese films...

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Survival

belgium, new-zealand, france

Now part of the "side-parked" generation, there is time to reflect a little on life. It has slowly dawned on me that the most traumatic problems experienced in life are man-made. Nature however, offers an antidote to these man-made stresses. Always active...

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News

belgium

Flying Kiwi August 2015

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What are you worth?

belgium, rest-of-world

Stand up and be counted - not by economists though... Watching the tele last night, where there was rather an intense economic debate (for a change..) on how to deal with France's colossal public debt, got me thinking about the place of the human being...

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Worth

belgium

What are you worth? The new product - or idle thoughts on personal freedom Did you know man has developed a new product on the market? It is called a “person”. The “person” has a market value. Slowly creeping in over the years and now, suddenly, a very...

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Waste not want not

rest-of-world, switzerland

This morning was “bulky waste” collection day. Hearing terrific grinding and crunching noises coming from the streetside of my building, I peeped through the window. A terrifying sight met my eyes. Slowly disappearing into the jaws of the giant rubbish...

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