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May 25, 2007
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Africa, Experiences
I’ve had a great opportunity of late, teaching surveying students about mining. My class consists of three students. I’m sure glad I brought scanned notes from all my classes, which I used to create handouts for them. Needless to say, I couldn’t use Powerpoint. To get to my class I must drive into town, a
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May 15, 2007
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Africa, Experiences
I’ve been getting very nostalgic of late, thinking back to my childhood days in elementary school. The reason? I ran out of lead for my imported mechanical pencil. Now I have to sharpen my pencil. How can people work in these conditions?
The weather here is gorgeous. There have only been two days where a cloud
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May 7, 2007
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Africa, Experiences
Zambians are the friendliest and smiliest people in the world. Everyone greets you warmly and is interested in pleasant and open conversation. It helps that English is the official language, and everyone speaks it with a charming, and predominantly comprehensible, African accent. This has made my introduction here
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May 6, 2007
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Africa, Experiences
Hello everyone! After 26 hours of flying, 14 hours of layover, and 4 countries, I have arrived at Solwezi in Zambia. Upon arrival to site, I was dropped off with all my belongings at the office and sat for a half hour, struggling to stay awake as I awaited my boss. He introduced himself, and …
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