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| François, a courier in Brussels Photo by John Weaver |
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Bird’s eye view
Pic of the week
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| A view of my neighborhood from atop the Sint-Romboutstoren Photo by John Weaver |
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Elephant camp
Scrapbook
This is out of my scrapbook from the 2010 trip my wife and I took to Thailand and Cambodia.
We spend 3 days at an elephant camp in the north of Thailand near Chiang Mai, where we helped take care of the elephants. We went with the mahouts in the morning to get the elephants from the forest, brushed off their dusty backs, climbed clumsily onto their necks and rode them off to their bathing hole.
We were with our elephants the whole day. We bathed them, fed them, paraded them and played with them. They were extremely gentle - not once were we scared of being trampled by their enormous size.
Their giant feet stepped softly through the forest, one foot very carefully in front of the other, hardly making any sound. In fact, that's why in Thailand it's a complement to tell a woman, "You walk like an elephant."
Not a recommended pick up line anywhere else though!
Here are some more pick up lines that may (or may not!) help you on your travels:
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| By John Weaver |
We spend 3 days at an elephant camp in the north of Thailand near Chiang Mai, where we helped take care of the elephants. We went with the mahouts in the morning to get the elephants from the forest, brushed off their dusty backs, climbed clumsily onto their necks and rode them off to their bathing hole.
We were with our elephants the whole day. We bathed them, fed them, paraded them and played with them. They were extremely gentle - not once were we scared of being trampled by their enormous size.
Their giant feet stepped softly through the forest, one foot very carefully in front of the other, hardly making any sound. In fact, that's why in Thailand it's a complement to tell a woman, "You walk like an elephant."
Not a recommended pick up line anywhere else though!
Here are some more pick up lines that may (or may not!) help you on your travels:
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Sunday, September 14, 2014
The story of the Moon Extinguishers
Quirky Belgium
Did the Man In The Moon seem like he was a little bit closer this week?
If so, that’s because this week’s full moon was the last of three “supermoons” to light up this summer’s sky.
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| The perigee moon, or "supermoon," can seem as much as 12 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than the average full moon. Photo by John Weaver |
Did the Man In The Moon seem like he was a little bit closer this week?
If so, that’s because this week’s full moon was the last of three “supermoons” to light up this summer’s sky.
Sunday, September 7, 2014
The invisible hand
Wanderings
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| Yarnbombing along the Melaan in Mechelen Photos by John Weaver |
When we moved to Mechelen two years ago, one of the first things I noticed was a thriving street art scene. Not the stuff we were used to in Brussels – graffiti, posters, stickers, stencils – there’s hardly any of that in Mechelen. What I found instead was lots of yarn. It was everywhere, yards and yards of it in colorful patterns and cheeky scenes stitched around trees, lampposts, bike racks, bridges, railings…
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Golden lands
Pic of the week
“But why think about that when all the golden lands ahead of you and all kinds of unforseen events wait lurking to surprise you and make you glad you're alive to see?”
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| A gold-lit street in Mechelen, Belgium Photo by John Weaver |
“But why think about that when all the golden lands ahead of you and all kinds of unforseen events wait lurking to surprise you and make you glad you're alive to see?”
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Let's dance
Pic of the week
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| Pass the hat! Cuban folk dancers at the International Folk Dance Festival in Bonheiden Photos by John Weaver |
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