https://goodcontent.co.nz/welcome daily 1.0 2023-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1478561154517-0UQ1NI6L4OUOGMSIQKSW/LJIZlzHgQ7WPSh5KVTCB_Typewriter.jpg Welcome https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58210a06c534a568d732161c/t/582a665a15d5db181c970ff2/1478565190684/ Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1478649567990-G0QWCRNJXXJCM0L0721R/pacific-dark.png Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1479173501793-81YJYO90JXUPPIDWMJPC/Gilbert_06_Mid_Res_B%26W.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1479173556156-XFRVK39URTUBAGBZ97JX/image-asset.jpeg Welcome https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog daily 0.75 2020-11-15 https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2018/1/17/going-for-a-walk monthly 0.5 2018-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516185130457-V8GJ85CTGXL9UR5IROQU/trek+grandma.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk A proud grandma outside her house in Pankam village, near Hsipaw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516186647207-A8IF04WE772PKRZGQW6R/trek+scenery.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk Scenery during our Hsipaw trek. The village is where we spent the night, the area is a big tea growing area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516186860857-SEDANQCJ5RUUDJR52LOM/trek+sai.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk Our Hsipaw guide Sai posing with a large stick whose function wasn't totally clear https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516188194606-RYY802XIWM3DI3Q8UNXC/trek+kid.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk These lovely woven panels are typical of houses in this area. The photogenic kid is extra. Below, a small boy eating breakfast in a similar woven house. And below that, the same house again, actually a small shop - zoomed out. I just think they are so pretty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516232729689-ZFCU7NYGS0PXUHWK1DVJ/trek+shop+2.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516232952546-43Z49OFA4K9HR1035FE4/trek+shop.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516187140362-J058DVMJSKALTATOL1KU/trek+coffee.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk Our morning tea stop on day 1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516233274240-VE2QJ9EDV6DQL7E7KQ8J/trek+nat.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk The villages all have these small shrines at the entrance - to the Nats, or spirit Gods. A bad Nat can bring horrible luck - NEVER pee under a tree, for example, or the Nat of that tree will get you for sure. But good Nats can protect you and your family. The little shrines contain food, beds, even a mosquito net for the Nats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516187479242-TJK0IQ9IRN9YC6PFXYX3/trek+kids+2.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk Cheerful village kids. Even before we gave them lollies. We justified it because they didn't ask... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516233582112-922LB8RSSGQM7F8S3BX3/trek+washing+station.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk Washing facilities at one house we passed. Pretty typical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516186990292-XPFAUBG6N3B9FDTXFDXX/trek+buffalo.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk Buffalo in the back yard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516187562312-2RU1R7ZHGEKB1UYZIQ3O/trek+1.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk Early morning in Pankam village. Not bad, huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516187857427-EDXVQX6PQ1BVDV91YA8K/trek+tea.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk Tea growing - a family affair. The little kid at the back is helping dad turn the tea leaves. The younger one hasn't quite got the hang of it yet... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516188036887-HTLG0I4G31GSBUP58365/trek+chatting.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk Geoff chatting up some tea pickers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516188085081-QAES6TFU7ENZMC99FAVG/trek+scenery+2.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk The homeward stretch - nearly back in Hsipaw. I can't resist pictures of rice fields and haystacks... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516187652362-U55Y42XZNWPZQULXJWEW/trek+hot+spring.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk Joining the locals in the hot springs at the end of the trek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516234428712-OJ1IEOQL3RLDS2DN7D6R/trek+lunch+2.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk Our lunch spot on the Inle Lake trek. The food was fabulous! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516235135053-HTM40MYL9U818GCZIACS/trek+arriving.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk Arriving in Koung Soung - the end of a long day, mostly uphill! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516234648647-L70LOFHDBE9JO7RFLGVH/trek+2.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk Washing up facilities in Koung Soung village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516234740509-6U7P8KBELX2GRXXI0ABC/trek+teapot.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk Samuel, Aye Zaw and Michelle making a nice cup of tea after dinner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516235257614-C4PNFKURXHVW114K8Z41/trek+house.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk Where we ended up when we got lost. Yes, even on a guided trek you can get lost... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516234594779-IOQRKV0PMDRDUOMJRMZZ/trek+fake.jpg The Blog - Going for a walk https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2018/1/15/0v4oaohjle56a0qx5pvj4hp5e8gskn monthly 0.5 2018-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516083212686-5MICZDDELU2MYG5GQZJS/aye+1.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516000040800-CHU8P9VBXYKDUQ75N7HX/Delta+main.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516000466818-KFI3U0FM2ZUG27N1SJPU/aye+river+life.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river Locals heading to work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516082741365-LT5P33FCYNSCSWBBCA81/Delta+bamboo+bridge.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river Me and my new hat testing out the bamboo bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516000774676-RJY0UOL167C530J888VY/aye+morning+1.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river Farmer in the early morning mist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516000737934-0QCRZXPKALFTU6RBK5AH/aye+morning+3.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516083086168-GETHD40J85FA8ZBDH6UI/Aye+lunch+2.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river Primary school kids stopping for a lunchtime snack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516083392362-EDY38ONXNLLL7PIGNGCI/aye+pagoda.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river A fine gold pagoda for a tiny village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516083480418-Q3YJ6KBARMJ3U6HF6RYI/aye+bridal.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river Food for the nats, bedding for the newly weds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516083860468-EGAS4AU33GO9IYHL3TMO/aye+wedding.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river Feeling rather under-dressed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516083991173-X70N26USELZ6UF095IAD/aye+wedding+2.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river Looking rather under-whelmed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516084071110-Z4CB8C1XHYMM3B8RSWFQ/aye+cooking.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river The kitchen - where the real party was going on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516084166510-2M6F66WMFTZ3VZNGR7KR/aye+washing+up.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516084612526-D8MB1K5798C3HJS77EVU/aye+monks+2.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516084652666-ZBD3GI2I9QI16QGH68RY/aye+monks.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516084679063-0HXXGSTUW4B0I1DOI2VZ/aye+friend.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river This lovely woman didn't seem to mind the guide bringing random foreigners in for a cup of tea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516085059428-SO4DJL7T76TO0638HNLA/aye+woman.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516085153043-86HFPZR14D6HPF8Z6ZE2/aye+thanaka.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516084887641-FZFSZ6Q77D5I85VCMLXT/aye+hat.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river Is this not a Most Fine Hat, from a Most Fine village store? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516085722276-3SK4GG6Z1YLJ9T4N61CL/aye+noodle+2.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516085909596-2E41ZYBXPR14UCQS3AFM/aye+noodle+1.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516086531280-Y439U14O3TEGSV5M4PT5/Delta+relax.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river Only a mojito could have made life more perfect... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516086322183-9TV7CHYQRX0JHH49J6N0/aye+village.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1516086474023-AG5QYRX4SI8VMQEBDHH7/aye+kid.jpg The Blog - Having a great day just messin' about on the river https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2018/1/12/seven-photos-that-made-us-me-smile monthly 0.5 2018-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515815405879-SDQE07VA714SOCH8PLE3/Seven+hat+2.JPG The Blog - Six photos that made us smile (and a couple of extras) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515817657090-D5X38IMJM959PU12BLR4/hats+2.JPG The Blog - Six photos that made us smile (and a couple of extras) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515815942896-4GMV9JBG0BI5YXS5W4D0/seven+not+a+road+crash.JPG The Blog - Six photos that made us smile (and a couple of extras) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515817567395-BHNRRZUG1FEKYSDGKZ5K/dogs.JPG The Blog - Six photos that made us smile (and a couple of extras) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515816226663-PUMBRYLDUE0150DQ3GDT/seven+wedding.JPG The Blog - Six photos that made us smile (and a couple of extras) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515816628206-TGYT187G0LT842ZFMN9I/Ministry+1.JPG The Blog - Six photos that made us smile (and a couple of extras) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515816613818-ZB2UYQZBW4WJ3VHMKAP8/ministry+2.JPG The Blog - Six photos that made us smile (and a couple of extras) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515816741201-O8XLR0BD0MT7N0GWMBG1/seven+pig.JPG The Blog - Six photos that made us smile (and a couple of extras) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515816870975-JVPPW55O5CI1X5MRMTN4/spaghetti.JPG The Blog - Six photos that made us smile (and a couple of extras) https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2018/1/12/getting-angry-about-pagodas monthly 0.5 2018-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515746874076-LN22XJMKJT4ANFCADIFL/monastery+grump+3.jpg The Blog - Getting grumpy about pagodas My favourite Myanmar pagoda, at Mawlamyine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515758072964-M0MM8ZS1KFSXG02T16CI/monastery+grump+4.jpg The Blog - Getting grumpy about pagodas There's more electricity in this halo than in many rural areas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515757245562-1QRJS946MWTNEWR4CUYL/monas+gold.jpg The Blog - Getting grumpy about pagodas More gold than Myanmar's official reserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515747566259-NOUP08CKUB8QU4N3XVUR/shwedagon+umbrella.jpg The Blog - Getting grumpy about pagodas The Shwedagon umbrella (image nicked from the interwebs, as it's too high up to protograph) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515745493042-3BOT0J6X96F0JNZLT0N4/IMG_7259.JPG The Blog - Getting grumpy about pagodas A huge reclining Buddha has been added to the already impressive four sitting Buddhas around a tower at Banana Mountain (Ko Yin Lay), outside Ye https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515747924619-LLJ42UN0GNJF9E1SMR0Y/IMG_3077.JPG The Blog - Getting grumpy about pagodas Buddhas turned into amorphous blobs by an excess of gold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515748792260-HTBARI1W6ZINPUH5IYS6/monastery+poor.jpg The Blog - Getting grumpy about pagodas These Mandalay women - four generations, including newborn twins - appeared to be living at the temple. They could have benefitted from a bit of stupa gold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515758177291-1N9J6QJGJBWKC24JKV7A/monastery+grump+2.jpg The Blog - Getting grumpy about pagodas This traditional Buddhist ceremony, carried out before a boy goes to do his stint as a novice monk, can be seriously expensive for families. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515757898455-99B0XAOAUZ2SMOH3JV0T/monast+pathein.jpg The Blog - Getting grumpy about pagodas Just another beautiful pagoda - this one in Pathein https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2018/1/11/the-full-story-of-a-brief-entanglement-with-a-vine-snake monthly 0.5 2018-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515666988591-P61M8UQIA7RVDZ0NGV9F/Kissing+the+snake.jpg The Blog - The full story of a brief entanglement with a vine snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515667143993-1WBUEO4PEN5WBUYGVF9O/snake+1.jpg The Blog - The full story of a brief entanglement with a vine snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515667301219-5WG7JP6HHXKBB9KB0Z7P/snake+Geoff.jpg The Blog - The full story of a brief entanglement with a vine snake Waiting for his chance to get those eyes... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515667465159-QY4FS4ZD0KDTDVUM3MWS/IMG_9036.JPG The Blog - The full story of a brief entanglement with a vine snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515667674869-S9C9B7WNV1XLCCUJ0F6U/snake+bracelet.jpg The Blog - The full story of a brief entanglement with a vine snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515667879512-FYZZ2T6Z1ARXNMDWUX8V/snake+towel.jpg The Blog - The full story of a brief entanglement with a vine snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515668860600-LNLSYT943B0G871NO26I/IMG_3663.JPG The Blog - The full story of a brief entanglement with a vine snake Lots of lovely jungle off there in the haze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515668985849-99IRC8FYFGJN5IHDCEJM/IMG_9047.JPG The Blog - The full story of a brief entanglement with a vine snake The final photo: Snake in a box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515668341133-NEXB2O17O2UA1T2C406J/IMG_3599.JPG The Blog - The full story of a brief entanglement with a vine snake https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2018/1/7/myanmar-independence-day-oh-the-excitement-not monthly 0.5 2018-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515378884587-D2QU9F9CO0B20S9YP9IP/IMG_9135.JPG The Blog - Myanmar Independence Day - oh the excitement. Not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515378629455-A5F9550WG2AB8M1MYUHI/IMG_9136.JPG The Blog - Myanmar Independence Day - oh the excitement. Not. Kids on a greasy pole outside Mahabandoola Park, Yangon. The top photo is of crowds watching a rather discordant (to our ears) Independence day performance. At first we thought it was some kids fooling about on instruments, but actually it was a sort of Chinese opera, Myanmar style https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1515378536437-SPALHWH6W4Y4YGMNWJ0O/IMG_9143.JPG The Blog - Myanmar Independence Day - oh the excitement. Not. https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/12/31/being-a-tourist-on-inle-lake monthly 0.5 2018-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514780141350-41GW1EGU2V5K2DWM5D6R/inle+not+posing+2.jpg The Blog - Being a tourist on Inle Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514780296334-7GHJX35UK1I32W1XN1I6/Inle+3.jpg The Blog - Being a tourist on Inle Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514780506374-0LT6T76FULMZ2N5OO0GV/inle+gardens+1.jpg The Blog - Being a tourist on Inle Lake Pottering in the garden, Inle-style https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514780713165-6HCB1G0S0JM66D9TW7PA/inle+not+posing.jpg The Blog - Being a tourist on Inle Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514781116387-0OO6X6BTYUMS4QWM7DHB/inle+tourist.jpg The Blog - Being a tourist on Inle Lake Luxury for the tourists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514781215391-4ULFMMF7YWZCRZ6NG3N0/Inle+washing+up.jpg The Blog - Being a tourist on Inle Lake Watching (and photographing) women doing the washing up. Oh, and look at those pretty washing lines! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514784329857-8TUUQNRAGY4YSYM8VMQO/Inle+house.jpg The Blog - Being a tourist on Inle Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514781364920-21YDZQP5C9KROX60WV0G/Inle+school.jpg The Blog - Being a tourist on Inle Lake The morning school run https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514781696718-7DFJ76D8U9O7CRTR6DYR/Inle+petrol.jpg The Blog - Being a tourist on Inle Lake The petrol station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514782136767-BQDESO2P4HQ0L0RIF2Z9/Inle+weaving.jpg The Blog - Being a tourist on Inle Lake Traditionally, women spin and weave cloth from lotus stems - the material they make is used for robes for senior monks or for religious ceremonies. It's a laborious process involving snapping lotus stems and pulling out the tiny fibres inside, twisting them into thread and then spinning them into thicker threat. It takes one woman a day to make 10-15 metres of lotus thread, and you need 4000 lotus stems and 20 days of work for one scarf two metres long and 25cm wide. If you wanted to donate a full set of lotus robes to a favoured monk, it will set you back US$3000. (A scarf is a snip at $45, given the work involved.) These days the "factories" supplement their lotus production by importing raw silk, cotton and polyester from Mandalay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514781922523-34F4T2B43XGAU0E3ASC3/Inle+lunch.jpg The Blog - Being a tourist on Inle Lake Putting money into the local economy. Lunch at a family-owned restaurant at Nan Pan village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514783491877-QK8QPQ1QQHKNU3SNXE4Y/Inle+posing.jpg The Blog - Being a tourist on Inle Lake These guys are definitely posing for tourist photos, but further down the lake, fishermen are using the traditional fishing techniques for real (see photos above). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514782981479-PY7HK7C2VC98GGWWDBFA/inle+cat+2.jpg The Blog - Being a tourist on Inle Lake A relatively guilt-free attraction: The Inle Heritage at In Phaw Khone, where a local business woman is attempting to reintroduce full-bred Burmese cats into their native land. I mention this also as an excuse to put pictures of cats and my older children into this blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514783104586-GYYTRP7X0MF3AD8WHJPX/Inle+cat.jpg The Blog - Being a tourist on Inle Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514784021502-5C6MK506SYLUBNNGRFXK/inle+pagoda+2.jpg The Blog - Being a tourist on Inle Lake Also intrusion-free: the golden stupas at the pagoda at In Thein https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/12/30/ogh7z0aknyywmo0pst6w7t50dfy677 monthly 0.5 2018-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514682643974-05F7J7HC1H4JPKBJGP3Z/walk+children.jpg The Blog - Up a Myanmar mountain: Christmas with a difference Merry Christmas! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514681838127-GKK43ONI1894AMQZQ28L/walk+3.jpg The Blog - Up a Myanmar mountain: Christmas with a difference Our Christmas trek. Note my new handwoven hat, bought no expense spared ($2) in a village store outside Pathein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514680845477-NNSG1XXX1N9M197AUIPJ/Walk+team.jpg The Blog - Up a Myanmar mountain: Christmas with a difference Team shot (with obligatory scruffy dog) outside the Buddha cave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514681033536-254X9N6MVI9VY9ERBN0T/walk+water+stop.jpg The Blog - Up a Myanmar mountain: Christmas with a difference Stopping for water outside a fairly typical rural house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514681291892-90N4PCZOX4DACNT7N59Y/walk+2.jpg The Blog - Up a Myanmar mountain: Christmas with a difference Being enthusiastic about walking. Note Sam's slingshot, acquired from some local teenagers, who use it to supplement food supplies. Below, slingshot bullets made from dried mud are surprisingly effective https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514681655920-IRYNCZP4DKBBX5RLGYNH/walk+bullets.jpg The Blog - Up a Myanmar mountain: Christmas with a difference https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514682110208-FR29BEQ09RPONIXRYTLT/walk+washing.jpg The Blog - Up a Myanmar mountain: Christmas with a difference Not looking at my best, despite an oh so refreshing shower... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514682281033-6ZCTYF8U3OC9TOOMCH04/walk+kitchen.jpg The Blog - Up a Myanmar mountain: Christmas with a difference Taung Yo family members in the kitchen at the house where we stayed. The fire is in the middle of the room, so during the winter you can sleep round it. Afterwards we wished we'd had that option - it gets really cold at night! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514684416390-MFNROT3LFR21KW0M8ZGU/walk+monopoly.jpg The Blog - Up a Myanmar mountain: Christmas with a difference No Christmas is the same without a family game of Monopoly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514682840625-XCU2R7ENUBWI6UCSKJLN/walk+pied+piper+1.jpg The Blog - Up a Myanmar mountain: Christmas with a difference Michelle leads Christmas morning zumba classes in Koung Soung village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514683968308-8Z819XKNS7KN46XR5QNU/walk+pied+piper+2.jpg The Blog - Up a Myanmar mountain: Christmas with a difference PIed Piper or Santa Claus? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514683075613-A88QYAAZ3BS7JQKCT403/walk+daniel.jpg The Blog - Up a Myanmar mountain: Christmas with a difference Daniel is medevacked out of Koung Soung. He survived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514683694666-DOSPCZ90BABN9ZTLBDYW/walk+view.jpg The Blog - Up a Myanmar mountain: Christmas with a difference https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514684589427-KTTG69QITX2272AF0ZE1/walk+hoop.jpg The Blog - Up a Myanmar mountain: Christmas with a difference Not just in museums... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514684700909-V0ZAB6VPKKX0JY2B44O6/walk+home.jpg The Blog - Up a Myanmar mountain: Christmas with a difference Getting a ride back into town from the winery. Actually, after this photo was taken, Ben was told he couldn't ride on the roof. It's fine for Burmese New Zealanders to be killed falling off van roofs, but not European New Zealanders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514683442293-19K1QSU1CZ9BH9P6FRS2/walk+christmas.jpg The Blog - Up a Myanmar mountain: Christmas with a difference https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/12/26/avoiding-parasols-at-pathein monthly 0.5 2017-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514278109964-NXWM8L7ARU8P4BGTGZLE/Pathein+night+mkt+1.jpg The Blog - Avoiding parasols at Pathein Exotic nibbles at the night market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514278261178-2M4TTD697TDP1BWAUWE1/Pathein+commute+2.jpg The Blog - Avoiding parasols at Pathein The daily commute at Pathein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514278962316-151XZK13S0K7ACFXWX8U/Pathein+river.jpg The Blog - Avoiding parasols at Pathein A typical inner-city waterway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514279052415-ALFGDMJRVSV8B8ACLUB9/Pathein+restaurant.jpg The Blog - Avoiding parasols at Pathein A high-class waterfront restaurant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514279356047-8L0NUW16A98JR8AJ7D2V/Pathein+curry.jpg The Blog - Avoiding parasols at Pathein This curry shop is in Yangon and rather a smart affair. Very often they are just a stall by the side of the road. We were advised it's better to eat at a curry shop at lunchtime, rather than the evening, as the food's likely to be fresher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514279466596-WNQBAC2Q8GU9QG6F2CWC/Pathein+cyclo.jpg The Blog - Avoiding parasols at Pathein It's not a great photo, but if you look carefully, you'll see this amazing woman is balancing her tray of fried things on her head in a cycle rickshaw. Quite a feat, even without the seriously potholed roads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514279648004-9R9H9N4U3VK42TWCQ17V/Pathein+hotel.jpg The Blog - Avoiding parasols at Pathein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514279911147-0VXPK28BDIWPFBFR095C/Pathein+hotel+2.jpg The Blog - Avoiding parasols at Pathein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514280011675-LUR4X4FNE7H9KH67VZQ6/Pathein+chickens.jpg The Blog - Avoiding parasols at Pathein Once he'd finished tying the unfortunate chickens to the pole, the guy with the helmet picked up the other end, and off they went... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1514280141216-ZWB2I9S48T0M0P695I4T/Pathein+night+mkt2.jpg The Blog - Avoiding parasols at Pathein We also didn't eat any intestines or other innards at the night market. So many missed opportunities! https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/12/18/the-ethics-of-elephant-tourism-and-did-we-do-the-right-thing-going-to-see-the-elephants-who-knows monthly 0.5 2017-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513653213828-ILKRN9WJ4RECJ1LV7715/elephant+1.jpg The Blog - The ethics of elephant tourism. Q: did we do the right thing going to see the elephants? A: Who knows? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513657286523-MJZHE9LKGKGPFBYJYCZY/CM+eleph.jpg The Blog - The ethics of elephant tourism. Q: did we do the right thing going to see the elephants? A: Who knows? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513657917834-FIILEUGBDROTDT71FLH8/elephant+4.jpg The Blog - The ethics of elephant tourism. Q: did we do the right thing going to see the elephants? A: Who knows? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513657967668-8IHQ8JD2E6SMI75CTE3J/elephant+3.jpg The Blog - The ethics of elephant tourism. Q: did we do the right thing going to see the elephants? A: Who knows? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513853556980-FD2FLXZ4MBIE09QNGPRE/elephnt+5.jpg The Blog - The ethics of elephant tourism. Q: did we do the right thing going to see the elephants? A: Who knows? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513853303882-BRJUKU9NE6ET1TIZ7GLD/elephant+6.jpg The Blog - The ethics of elephant tourism. Q: did we do the right thing going to see the elephants? A: Who knows? https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/12/17/chiang-mai-wacrk monthly 0.5 2017-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513651536957-SRNG75D8FQDFO2WIC06U/CM+feet.jpg The Blog - Chiang Mai part one: Being a tourist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513603823764-ES17BFC9MODBEEGEW1SZ/CM+monks.jpg The Blog - Chiang Mai part one: Being a tourist These monk waxworks in a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai are eerily realistic. You can surely see them breathing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513602404073-9LMEACAGZPZW3IULZ3CI/CM+truck.jpg The Blog - Chiang Mai part one: Being a tourist Communal taxis or old-fashioned fire trucks? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513603289846-8PBMK1NETBQOINUGKE9B/CM+ziplining.jpg The Blog - Chiang Mai part one: Being a tourist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513602768126-L2TO069BA3A1CVZDKN2C/CM+temple.jpg The Blog - Chiang Mai part one: Being a tourist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513651180232-7UX6RZ17EZ02IFFG0WLB/CM+buddha.jpg The Blog - Chiang Mai part one: Being a tourist No Buddha lampshades, dog pillows or plant pots acceptable https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513651977872-WC1HGNLRPQTR1HY5BFES/CM+food+1.jpg The Blog - Chiang Mai part one: Being a tourist Sticky rice - another addition to the breakfast repetoire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513652036703-RUPUZG521EXFA70K26RS/CM+food+2.jpg The Blog - Chiang Mai part one: Being a tourist These pink eggs are actually a version of Chinese "100-year-old eggs" - preserved over a number of days/weeks, and then painted pink (can't find out why they choose pink). Inside the white has turned black and jelly-like and the yolk is a sort of greeny colour. I did try them, but think I'll stick to the pink sticky rice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513653080762-M4H29A8QOUBTQOF4YOEW/CM+stimulants.jpg The Blog - Chiang Mai part one: Being a tourist All your stimulants for the day in one beautifully-presented package https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513651768932-6MCQB76ULABV32S2UQT8/CM+feet+2.jpg The Blog - Chiang Mai part one: Being a tourist Geoff's feet - fish favourites https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/12/13/four-fascinating-things-in-myanmar monthly 0.5 2017-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513514878318-CVJLVOR2V0NBYK92N0SP/longyi+2.jpg The Blog - Four fascinating things in Myanmar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513514989878-E6CFTV8WKOCZFWQ32ZR7/longyi+3.jpg The Blog - Four fascinating things in Myanmar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513513794347-9861HFCLP7B3P4SVCEEL/longyi+geoff.jpg The Blog - Four fascinating things in Myanmar Geoff gets a lesson in tying his longyi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513513875573-HIPH9SC4FPEEG3PSB1L8/thanaka+1.jpg The Blog - Four fascinating things in Myanmar Getting my thanaka done - and my eyebrows highlighted with betel nut. Thanaka does feel a bit odd - like having a face pack on in the street, but is stangely cooling too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513514326026-GDELY01JEPV867U27MGJ/betel.jpg The Blog - Four fascinating things in Myanmar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513513353212-13Z01ICERMKA095VQWK3/paan+stall.jpg The Blog - Four fascinating things in Myanmar A street stall selling paan - and a stupid tourist taking a photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513514115529-UV9GE5RS8NE9IQICBKGS/paan+leaves.jpg The Blog - Four fascinating things in Myanmar Betel leaves for sale in the market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513515410431-YH596D2A4XV7KRIKYPH6/bike2.jpg The Blog - Four fascinating things in Myanmar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513515325998-N0F5I01ZYEGQVP82O9DZ/bike+shop.jpg The Blog - Four fascinating things in Myanmar A bike shop, Myanmar-style. Below, if you look carefully, you'll see this guy has two dogs, totally unrestrained, on the back of his motorbike. Apologies, it's a terrible photo, as by the time I got my phone out, the motorbike was heading away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513515742159-R9B0PXK8H18TI1B6O024/bike+dog.jpg The Blog - Four fascinating things in Myanmar https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/12/12/monks-in-myanmar monthly 0.5 2017-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513082889994-SMNET9J7KK02M2300NP0/monks+3.jpg The Blog - Monks in Myanmar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513084427243-QV6922AXBT5GZXM05DXA/monks+8.jpg The Blog - Monks in Myanmar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513215534629-FSPHQ4Y6FWCJ9JGXSOZ5/monks+again.jpg The Blog - Monks in Myanmar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513083367614-4IJX8DGUYLQ3I9TK56PD/monks+6.jpg The Blog - Monks in Myanmar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513068803006-W1IMXYAJIG6KMNAFPMCI/monks+nuns.jpg The Blog - Monks in Myanmar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513082684827-85PAUY9QUJMMMULN4B6G/monks+2.jpg The Blog - Monks in Myanmar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513214228424-71TPJMWSS6012K0SBYE8/monks+7.jpg The Blog - Monks in Myanmar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513214693508-1O9ZZENP51H12BUZ10R7/monks+nuns+2.jpg The Blog - Monks in Myanmar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513214817895-NRBYGO6L1SXZSLVGKQ6R/monks+5.jpg The Blog - Monks in Myanmar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513083177704-5V2I6QGTNMRKTSHY77U4/monks+4.jpg The Blog - Monks in Myanmar Travelling light: monks often get to travel for free, but that doesn't mean luxury transport... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513213853371-XR0GKIWMCX401JBP92MA/monks+9.jpg The Blog - Monks in Myanmar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513214051763-F1JWHUJC8C4Z7YOPHMKI/monks+game.jpg The Blog - Monks in Myanmar Novice monks at a teak monastery in Hsipaw playing chin lone, a game where you kick or head a cane ball between players https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1513215058619-QAPCY4Q0DO71HU2P4ZRS/monks+not+much+stuff.jpg The Blog - Monks in Myanmar The only teenagers without a cellphone... As always, many thanks to Geoff for his fabulous photos https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/12/4/gy7x51dqrl9ulft3fa6zfag70hl46a monthly 0.5 2017-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512373026947-J8AVW6SGHK5VDYY1J6XA/train+viaduct.jpg The Blog - Taking the train - with rice and mice and green tea salad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512373132089-SPNAGZY7KZBU0N2SV9XT/train+washing.jpg The Blog - Taking the train - with rice and mice and green tea salad Look carefully and you can see this is part of the Hsipaw to Pyin Oo Lwin train track https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512373240747-IA0MJVLRYMLA1ORZ2C5T/train+track.jpg The Blog - Taking the train - with rice and mice and green tea salad Another stretch of track. You can see why the trains don't go very fast. In other places, the vegetation on either side is so close to the train it comes in through the windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512373504780-DC85O974TFXJ9H3KXJTD/train+outside.jpg The Blog - Taking the train - with rice and mice and green tea salad A view of the outside of the train. Has seen better days... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512373658720-RC7QQFOZ68AGWEVFE711/train+hay.jpg The Blog - Taking the train - with rice and mice and green tea salad The scenery around Hsipaw, where the rice harvest is in full swing. Once the rice is harvested, the villagers (mostly women) gather up the stalks into bundles and then make them into stacks (men's work, making haystacks). The stacks store and protect the harvested rice until the winnowing machine comes around (see images below). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512373711381-DBW3JK98FGL40P8DTO4Z/train+rice.jpg The Blog - Taking the train - with rice and mice and green tea salad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512374644743-YN182A8F06AGGUGUHWBN/train+stack.jpg The Blog - Taking the train - with rice and mice and green tea salad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512374495746-2J9S3SFWPBVESE2AV42Z/train+winnow.jpg The Blog - Taking the train - with rice and mice and green tea salad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512374732237-7TAP21RUYKSZ2908OO3P/train+viaduct+2.jpg The Blog - Taking the train - with rice and mice and green tea salad The viaduct and gorge (top photo, here and below) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512374781776-HTIOWHV64GHQBEQ1P08Z/train+scenery.jpg The Blog - Taking the train - with rice and mice and green tea salad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512374871595-WFRVHA1K8MXTWEI9KPYA/train+restocking.jpg The Blog - Taking the train - with rice and mice and green tea salad A successful haul of snacks from Kyaukme station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512374987004-JEF6DJ0U4U6481B106X7/train+sellers.jpg The Blog - Taking the train - with rice and mice and green tea salad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512375073576-XBVKD0QYUVX8DA9J02AN/train+tea.jpg The Blog - Taking the train - with rice and mice and green tea salad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512375165263-WBH9AYLN9CT0KPZJ1MDM/train+horse.jpg The Blog - Taking the train - with rice and mice and green tea salad Our carriage driver at Pyin Oo Lwin station proudly informed us that his conveyance dated from 1885, when the British took over central Burma and moved in a lot of infrastructure from their neighbouring colony in India. This included the driver's family and British/Indian-style carriages. Note: it's not just tourists that use them to get around town, but I suspect foreigners have given these carriages a stay of execution. Locals prefer the tuk tuk communal taxis, like the one at the back of the picture. And unlike the sprightly Cuban horses, Burmese ones go at a stately walk, so it's not a speedy means of transport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512375949935-Y71D7L96OUKJQAUUQBCL/train+hotel.jpg The Blog - Taking the train - with rice and mice and green tea salad This isn't actually where we stayed, but instead is another former British colonial officer family residence, Candacraig. It's where Geoff stayed when he visited Burma in 1982, back when you could only get a one-week visa and visit a very limited number of towns. These days the Candacraig Hotel is closed for renovation, and has been for four years, without any signs of renovation taking place. Which is a shame as it's a beautiful place. https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/12/2/mandalay monthly 0.5 2018-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512370409281-V8NUK1F2LSG1R2871NBF/poverty+main.jpg The Blog - Unbearable poverty in Mandalay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512369029652-ONIX8P2YJW5HCC9ERRSC/poverty+2.jpg The Blog - Unbearable poverty in Mandalay It's hard to tell from a photo, but these are seriously heavy sacks of rice. The guy below is carrying two! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512369318523-ZUGKDHGTKD1FWY1PNOO3/poverty6.jpg The Blog - Unbearable poverty in Mandalay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512369868827-MFV1C1UKUEY44QT7AV32/poverty7.jpg The Blog - Unbearable poverty in Mandalay This cycle rickshaw guy had already loaded up with two sacks of rice and was off getting another when I took this shot. Surely he can't pedal with more? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512368277891-0TEINQLRROEHX40ELVSR/poverty+1.jpg The Blog - Unbearable poverty in Mandalay I have a horrible suspicion that these children and their mum live in this "house". It's good to see they have a mosquito net, but what do they do when it rains? The shack in the photo below definitely houses a family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512368377228-A4JYOSYMXHOICKLM0RZ4/poverty+5.jpg The Blog - Unbearable poverty in Mandalay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512368444260-598QBVCTWOH945ETTDXR/poverty+4.jpg The Blog - Unbearable poverty in Mandalay Why is it that children living in the worst slum conditions are often the most cheerful and friendly? Certainly the case here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512369714170-NX8W93HRBM9RJWR11SWX/poverty+3.jpg The Blog - Unbearable poverty in Mandalay You'd have thought almost anything was better than this, but maybe not... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512370073544-2EZMY2WA62ZS6FWWJDIU/poverty+monks+1.jpg The Blog - Unbearable poverty in Mandalay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512370480187-YPZRDXA0X5TUENBB40UX/poverty+9.jpg The Blog - Unbearable poverty in Mandalay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512370604173-ARYTICI31DQCLNWHKWU1/poverty+11.jpg The Blog - Unbearable poverty in Mandalay Having someone's (dry) car parked next to your unbearable hovel must make it even worse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512370742830-POXBX325KCB3ODHS77Z3/poverty+rickshaw.jpg The Blog - Unbearable poverty in Mandalay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512370821175-RHCIZM1CHFZND2HZ9FDI/poverty+10.jpg The Blog - Unbearable poverty in Mandalay https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/12/2/breakfast-in-burma monthly 0.5 2017-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512306764427-VTV0TS9HW9HO9RKQVBZV/breakfast+6.jpg The Blog - Breakfast in Burma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512306837945-UR5U10UD7Y7YDMTKBESM/breakfast5.jpg The Blog - Breakfast in Burma A typical Burmese tea shop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512307273563-TJYB0EPEIAV1801AKQ3X/breakfast+2.jpg The Blog - Breakfast in Burma The pancake/egg breakfast from a little shop in Mandalay - particularly yummy. Below, Geoff is enjoying his, with a cup of tea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512307386307-Y7AUESGAS7F6GI1NTIZ4/breakfast+4.jpg The Blog - Breakfast in Burma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512306952850-EZR17XBAWXRQW8TVDTMU/breakfast+1.jpg The Blog - Breakfast in Burma I ate noodle soup here one morning in Yangon. Not sure where Geoff was. They absolutely wouldn't let me pay for it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512307722035-L6U043HM21WU79726PTR/breakfast+banana.jpg The Blog - Breakfast in Burma Banana-flavoured sticky rice from the market - another awesome breakfast dish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512361779238-ZH9HJVUDITT8KB5OJ4LT/breakfast+takeaway.jpg The Blog - Breakfast in Burma Drive through breakfast. The man on the bike and his son were waiting for their pancakes. The stall-holder put them in a plastic bag; another bag contained his cup of tea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512364178956-DRFEMKCVHLHNHSZ4L2NP/breakfast+monktv.jpg The Blog - Breakfast in Burma The larger words underneath are what the monk is saying, in an old religious language that even most Burmese speakers can't read. Below that in smaller print is (if I understood correctly) religious news. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512361957778-GV32C40S7RS09NOPTQXI/breakfast+mawlamyine.jpg The Blog - Breakfast in Burma One morning in Mawlamyine we stumbled across this community breakfast and were literally dragged in to eat with everyone from the street. Organisers collect money from local individuals, shops and businesses and when they have enough, they put on a free street breakfast. We had noodle soup (chicken? fish?, I can't remember...) with chopped coriander and chilli. It was delicious. We sat on the ground on a sack. The photos below are the organisers cooking and serving up, and some school kids enjoying their food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512362246537-0FKSQOR5JJQUH1AS73WL/breakfast+mawlamyine2.jpg The Blog - Breakfast in Burma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512362347769-9ZGJ9HNKKQ42RXUMXQY4/breakfast+mawlamyine3.jpg The Blog - Breakfast in Burma The school uniform in Myanmar seems to be the same everywhere in the country - green longyi for older children (boys and girls) and green shorts for younger kids, with a white shirt https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/12/2/thoughts-on-returningto-yangon monthly 0.5 2017-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512263362812-PW7MF1M1AYQ5MTUKYPB6/yangon1.jpg The Blog - Early thoughts on Yangon - and how my views had changed by the time we came back... Both this little guy's parents are fruit-sellers, working the streets with their wares in baskets on a bamboo pole. That would be a hard life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512264781456-FIQXSOA6J67PAKK4A9ZH/yangon+7.jpg The Blog - Early thoughts on Yangon - and how my views had changed by the time we came back... Street or shop? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512268063632-JBKYZVEUYRCH3OMJR4QG/yangon+3.jpg The Blog - Early thoughts on Yangon - and how my views had changed by the time we came back... Pavement or market? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512266203003-YV354OEB2B835X588GGA/yangon+road+or+market.jpg The Blog - Early thoughts on Yangon - and how my views had changed by the time we came back... The vegetables in the middle of this market street are strategically placed so that when a vehicle comes along, it passes over the top without damaging them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512266390230-B5JB0KBZMOIASKBLL7BJ/yangon+4.jpg The Blog - Early thoughts on Yangon - and how my views had changed by the time we came back... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512266488259-SIUZSD7OO4FQDXUT3H2Z/working+kids+1.jpg The Blog - Early thoughts on Yangon - and how my views had changed by the time we came back... In some ways, city streets in Cuba and Myanmar are similar in terms of the poverty and the dirt. But in some ways they are very different. While Myanmar trumps Cuba in terms of the wonderful range of food (raw and cooked) available, Fidel Castro in Cuba achieved a socialist ideal the Burmese could only dream of. All kids go to school and healthcare is plentiful and free. Not so in Myanmar, where impoverished village families often send young children to work in the town - anything from tea shops to factories to massage parlours. In June last year, the Burmese government promised to clamp down on child labour, but I suspect nothing much has happened - certainly working kids are highly visible, so who knows what's happening behind the scenes. According to human rights groups, children can work 12 hours a day, seven days a week and may only get back to see their families once a year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512263593658-0AXZY79D7FYS9QF8WWI7/yangon+2.jpg The Blog - Early thoughts on Yangon - and how my views had changed by the time we came back... Putting a whole new meaning on living behind the shop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512267242713-IO6D8MVIP4R6UJSHEITD/yangon+or+breakfast.jpg The Blog - Early thoughts on Yangon - and how my views had changed by the time we came back... Two women selling breakfast have an early morning chat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512267548761-8O67BDHALS0YXK8DAA3H/yangon+6.jpg The Blog - Early thoughts on Yangon - and how my views had changed by the time we came back... These strange (and relatively unpleasant-tasting) fruits cost less than 50 cents a piece. Even if this woman sold them all (and it's hard to imagine why you would buy one - perhaps they are medicinal?), she was hardly going to be able to feed herself or her family. Yet she was so lovely, so chatty and smiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512267778122-F0SHDFCIINQX07MK2G3G/yangon+5.jpg The Blog - Early thoughts on Yangon - and how my views had changed by the time we came back... Look at the flowers in this street seller's hair. Just fabulous https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1512305803407-JIRW0J8OIT747DVGLIY8/yangon+new.jpg The Blog - Early thoughts on Yangon - and how my views had changed by the time we came back... Cycle rickshaw drivers are always skinny and poor, and it must be a shit job, particularly in Myanmar's heat. And feeding his two children on what this guy earns must be a nightmare. But look how smiley he is, showing off his kids. https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/11/22/the-shwedagon-pagoda monthly 0.5 2017-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511498533592-NQJJFGY6V481G86EHQW1/shwe+2.jpg The Blog - The Shwedagon Pagoda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511498600234-MLG13F9E596338KWGQO5/Shwedagon+1.jpg The Blog - The Shwedagon Pagoda Very early in the morning there are candles all around the main zedi - later they all get cleared away. Health and safety? Probably not! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511498792048-4VRV0ETJRPFU560NSHL4/shwe+7.jpg The Blog - The Shwedagon Pagoda Young nuns eating rice and veges before starting on their day's chanting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511498866384-5B03TXNSOUK7YC81BPAL/shwe+5.jpg The Blog - The Shwedagon Pagoda Just one of hundreds of Buddha images. I love the psychedelic lights on the halo. There are all sorts of permutations of colours and patterns around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511499041089-DM23KMSWCW0HIW4S53TR/shwe+4.jpg The Blog - The Shwedagon Pagoda Starting young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511499118956-4OEA5GXVRBLZD76X10SU/shwe+6.jpg The Blog - The Shwedagon Pagoda In one corner there was a large group of what looked like local business people whose prayers were led by a monk. Perhaps a business deal successfully completed, or in need of divine assistance? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511499199316-55HIHUY2U3EF7OYA3RAL/shwe+3.jpg The Blog - The Shwedagon Pagoda You pull a cord and it fans the top of the Buddha's head. The fan is the curtain-looking thing. https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/11/22/pathetic-attempts-at-speaking-burmese monthly 0.5 2017-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511331691999-294MS6A1K19LO5MCN91O/Burmese+3.jpg The Blog - Pathetic attempts at speaking Burmese https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511331853919-VU6N3OWT1YN34DB9G6HZ/Burmese+market+Ye.jpg The Blog - Pathetic attempts at speaking Burmese There aren't many photos that go with this blog topic, so I've used it as an excuse to put in some of Geoff's market and other random food-related shots that won't necessarily fit in anywhere else... There is a vague link - markets are where I do most of my talking - and a bit of asking directions elsewhere. BTW, don't miss the monk in this shot, buying some extra food at the market in Ye, south of Yangon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511332206648-9O8YOF3HL3I7RIM6ACSR/burmese+1.jpg The Blog - Pathetic attempts at speaking Burmese Dried fish seller in Dawei market. Still haven't tried any of that. Can't imagine why... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511334497433-OL281BPRF7046JDFFS1H/Burmese+ice+where.jpg The Blog - Pathetic attempts at speaking Burmese I also don't put ice in drinks. You never know when it has been cut up with a chainsaw in a not very clean riverside area! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511332349923-2HGZZH08FXQUA98CL14C/Burmese+2.jpg The Blog - Pathetic attempts at speaking Burmese Buying sugar cane juice from a roadside stall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511332492167-CMJTW7PW5VA4NW2BY90E/burmese+best+gormless+look.jpg The Blog - Pathetic attempts at speaking Burmese Putting on my best "I can't find my wallet" gormless look buying some yummy fried things at a lakeside stall in Ye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511332618631-XJ98V22U5BMHEHYMGY8E/burmese+fish+nr+Ye.jpg The Blog - Pathetic attempts at speaking Burmese A rather classy drying fish shot taken at a small fishing village near Ye. https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/11/22/dawei-blog-part-5-code-red monthly 0.5 2017-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511329270947-E0LU8OWL4KOLCF0ENGGO/Dawei+5.jpg The Blog - Dawei blog part 5: Code red https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/11/15/dawei-part-4-the-beach monthly 0.5 2017-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511177541261-8A9NJPF6KPSB2271URFY/beach+me.jpg The Blog - Dawei Part 4: at The beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511177620658-D176I7YFXWSCS3YXMN4J/beach+crab.jpg The Blog - Dawei Part 4: at The beach One of the more entertaining parts of our time on the beach was watching Geoff endlessly chasing crabs trying to corner one to get a photo. They move fast! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511177849516-NCZ75NZLZEPPKIMKQ7Y6/beach+boat.jpg The Blog - Dawei Part 4: at The beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511178311987-DJLSNT6MXEEFIP1FWCQ0/beach+monk.jpg The Blog - Dawei Part 4: at The beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511178242453-O98SVCTGXZP5FX2T9BL8/beach+kids.jpg The Blog - Dawei Part 4: at The beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511178571198-AXJJSLIX68QRYPZ5DOY8/beach+sunset.jpg The Blog - Dawei Part 4: at The beach Another beautiful sunset https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/11/15/part-3-an-unexpectedly-difficult-journey monthly 0.5 2017-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511098823283-4AEQC5FZ99WXYUXQY54Q/dawei+3+main.jpg The Blog - Part 3: An unexpectedly tortuous journey to the beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511081029003-HL8VMKYKBF7WYDFBGN1P/dawei+3-2.jpg The Blog - Part 3: An unexpectedly tortuous journey to the beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511066230571-KBX3NKSW2M2H7XELDEKI/Dawei+3-1.jpg The Blog - Part 3: An unexpectedly tortuous journey to the beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511098125597-VK84YCZ7LS76V13EF8XP/dawei+3+3.jpg The Blog - Part 3: An unexpectedly tortuous journey to the beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511098247804-1N352HZJVYTUNRXEX09Q/dawei+3+5.jpg The Blog - Part 3: An unexpectedly tortuous journey to the beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511098394577-QMNCBGZY5JI4SFER86CD/dawei+3+4.jpg The Blog - Part 3: An unexpectedly tortuous journey to the beach Didn't we have a lovely time the day we went to the beach https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/11/15/our-dawei-adventure-part-2 monthly 0.5 2017-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511048106260-NZUXGKC7FXS6Z9X889C1/Dawei+2+7.jpg The Blog - Our Dawei adventure, part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511046631732-CI1HRGTF2TO365EJLJLN/dawei+2+1.jpg The Blog - Our Dawei adventure, part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511046718983-P3MBI5E0UHI33RT7TDQX/Dawei+2+2.jpg The Blog - Our Dawei adventure, part 2 You get some idea of the size if you look at me standing in front... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511046975730-NE0I5EKNXGED5ZA472OB/dawei+2+3.jpg The Blog - Our Dawei adventure, part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511047868464-LI9GJ6C5XNPLALDLWFPP/Dawei+2+5.jpg The Blog - Our Dawei adventure, part 2 Spot the Myanmar version of hand protection from the boiling water. And the plastic washing basket... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511048001257-018NZ63V6DPAJ9624ZIP/dawei+2+6.jpg The Blog - Our Dawei adventure, part 2 It must be pretty grim work, but these women were just so incredibly cheerful https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/11/15/dawei-a-five-part-story-starting-with-indecision-and-ending-up-with-us-hiding-in-the-jungle-from-the-police monthly 0.5 2017-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1510912968941-Y0JBJQNZ40DZIFAT80SN/Dawei+1+4.jpg The Blog - Dawei: A five-part Burmese adventure starting with indecision and ending up with us hiding in the jungle from the police. Part 1 Kids fishing for mudskippers in a creek off the Dawei river. I'm not sure what the bamboo rafts are for - a holding place for bamboo before it's sold, or do they use them for transport? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1511047260345-AATWID2F6GX7CNQSR2PJ/dawei+2+4.jpg The Blog - Dawei: A five-part Burmese adventure starting with indecision and ending up with us hiding in the jungle from the police. Part 1 A traditional house - in this part of the world at least. On stilts, with animals, washing, cooking bikes etc underneath, and living quarters above. In the countryside it's similar, minus the satellite dish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1510919034382-DUVATSAG2DV52ZYODUNL/Dawei+1+2.jpg The Blog - Dawei: A five-part Burmese adventure starting with indecision and ending up with us hiding in the jungle from the police. Part 1 Stocking up on fruit and testing out my Burmese. Each stall is clean, with its beautiful piles of fruit, fish etc. But the mess outside the market is horrendous. All waste, including plastic bags etc is just dumped in the river, or in rotting heaps on the banks. Makes Greece look pristine! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1510969752912-CXSN6P8RQP23506ODYBT/Dawei+1+3.jpg The Blog - Dawei: A five-part Burmese adventure starting with indecision and ending up with us hiding in the jungle from the police. Part 1 Fabulous fish sellers. The "mud" on their cheeks is called thanakha and is used by women, children and to a lesser extent men - even teenage boys - as a sunscreen and also for cosmetic purposes - ie to look beautiful. https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/11/17/sams-blog-on-getting-merit-in-yangon monthly 0.5 2017-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1510908514630-8OIGGOBV41L9KGK8BVGO/sam+birds+2.jpg The Blog - Sam's blog on getting merit in Yangon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1510908628469-GRF7C5BQC05MYBRAMVK4/sule+paya.jpg The Blog - Sam's blog on getting merit in Yangon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1510909195828-75L49TBIVJKGE7BYOZYK/Sam+birds.jpg The Blog - Sam's blog on getting merit in Yangon A young monk gets a bit of merit too https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/11/7/i-wish-to-go-to-the-festival monthly 0.5 2017-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1510107190534-QJZ02DMZRVDP7S3IX3OR/festival1.jpg The Blog - I wish to go to the festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1510107323124-EN5A979B0DAFSZJX6L50/festival+3.jpg The Blog - I wish to go to the festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1510107461384-OX2RZ28EV4Q2V9646G71/festival2.jpg The Blog - I wish to go to the festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1510107584547-1G6C0Q5RYJNDRX21OC4G/festival4.jpg The Blog - I wish to go to the festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1510107772096-V98KRV1X3F4F79N89IPM/festival5.jpg The Blog - I wish to go to the festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1510107945108-H9FUQ1Y5RM9VVVLN5J76/festival7.jpg The Blog - I wish to go to the festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1510108225859-TFGDWS51AUDFIUGAP7N7/festival6.jpg The Blog - I wish to go to the festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1510108431304-06H3M4G7E2QQO4Y1RJVY/festival8.jpg The Blog - I wish to go to the festival https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/11/4/go1krrqnijrkwc5fqve2lgrjehy22g monthly 0.5 2017-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509814854236-U47BVX3VLY2DXQFQ16I1/priests.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509810363454-C122KX34Q4GLBE3AHLR0/monastery1.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground Prodromou Monastery, seemingly impenetrable in the Lousios gorge. Still, the Turks managed to reach it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509812810847-ZWLTVHDL5NKP53BO3RYL/Ayios+Panteleimon+2.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground We struggled to find the abandoned, half-ruined Ayios Panteleimon church in the middle of an olive grove near Gerolimenas in the south of the Mani. It was built in 991AD, making it one of the oldest in Greece, but amazingly you can still see the frescoes inside (see below) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509813066574-WY8G961N4QT1UT6QJHFN/Ayios+Panteleimon+3.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509813087834-RCD1HZNYM7SR95UCVES4/Ayios+Panteleimon+4.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509817266177-L2JFIRBUJCXPSMKQ8TQ5/church+monemvasia.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509809885396-H07ZM4E11FHO6SAX4AIE/church+leonidio.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground Leonidio church, tucked at the end of the impressive Dafnon gorge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509811146881-PAC34XLONKRW57UO7APE/church+avia+1.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground A typical tiny Maniot stone church - this one's Ayios Nikolaos, near Avia in the north of the Mani. You can still see remnants of Byzantine frescoes inside (below) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509811306733-KRTN93LJMSSZAVBBEMFQ/church+avia+2.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509809962823-7R7VQ6N101LWMWKITA1Q/wayside+shrine.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509809122335-9UBKC3GOUHCWRRCNBOOB/church+kardymyli+walk+24+sept.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground Until we heard the priest chanting and the bell ringing it was hard to believe this church, in the abandoned village of Mavrinistsa, was still consecrated, let alone thriving. Below: the woman in red and I listen to the service from the steps outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509809304327-8ZMG9O9LRE9RRYZDRSWP/church+kardymyli+walk+24+sept+2.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509816058961-G7A6FVO3YD84XQR2B90C/methoni+3.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509816069181-Y1JFVJKRE0PYC3B6B6RP/Methoni+1.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509816104270-LOMD6YLSP9IOQH45A83G/methoni+2.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509816120756-WIILE4DELYN59IGPX8VJ/churches+george2.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509814299007-66EHIUARNQBBNFNUPNAW/virgin+church.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground This church gets the prize for my favourite name (as well as being pretty gorgeous). It's the church of the Virgin Zoodochos Pege Samarina, between Ancient Messene and Chora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509814904315-8RT5NQOCOPZMCM1V4BA1/priests+1.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground Church and state: Priests outside the church in Pylos join the procession for the 20 October celebrations of the Navarino Bay defeat of the Turks by a combined British, French and Russian naval force. The photo at the top of the page is also taken at the same festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509811662867-T42FFYVY0NY3491H32EH/Omales+church.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground Stone church in the tiny Mani village of Omales, near Areopoli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509813512247-LHEM4Y1JD0EDDMKWPRUF/Mystras+church.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground Another gorgeous Byzantine church at Mystras https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509813278578-FKGNMKI0LU5QNQE8X1XB/cave+church.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground Panagia Lagadiotisa cave church in a Taygetos Mountain gorge, near Mystra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509815279572-CJ47F340SILE8879Q1NS/Flomochori+church.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground Flomochori church, in the Mani https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509816764119-HJSSHL541QS9Z4DAFJW8/churches+george.jpg The Blog - Churches thriving on stony ground A break on a handy church bench, during proceedings at my father's "not-my-80th-birthday" walk around churches near Methoni. 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Ten reasons to love our Greek walks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509729968527-3Z0W0XNU6O40ZM4Q13Z3/lunch4.jpg The Blog - Ten reasons to love our Greek walks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509730030408-WWGTT7F5IF0FL7Q79NC0/lunch5.jpg The Blog - Ten reasons to love our Greek walks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509730080588-KAF5HWTXJF0CUXW64R1Z/lunch3.jpg The Blog - Ten reasons to love our Greek walks https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/10/28/hany81qvrdkxhab87f6hv6za1ov22x monthly 0.5 2017-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509204622317-JWFFNR41PCNUVLBEJU4B/thorns+1.jpg The Blog - No roses, just quite a lot of thorns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509202786853-QHL8ML7VGUPNDON1LN8K/walking+messene.jpg The Blog - No roses, just quite a lot of thorns Walking around Ancient Messene and (below) on the track to the end of Greece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509203725664-PDKEI53QU5OERVVTZRR6/walking+7octend+world.jpg The Blog - No roses, just quite a lot of thorns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509203621902-LZX3IPOS8ON6L4G1QZ7N/thorn2.jpg The Blog - No roses, just quite a lot of thorns A fine prickly bush on the track to Momenvasia and (below) thorns just waiting to take over an Ottoman mule track. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509204750008-JXMH88U0I32IPCUQHGAH/thorns+waiting+to+take+over.jpg The Blog - No roses, just quite a lot of thorns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509204478397-0KSW671KDZXZ9130N9XA/thorns3.jpg The Blog - No roses, just quite a lot of thorns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509204059477-H7R3QS3EWOATETQQFKLG/thorns+track.jpg The Blog - No roses, just quite a lot of thorns A track - in 2003 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509204116697-SFRFCY0I7JKL5BBN3M79/thorns+G.jpg The Blog - No roses, just quite a lot of thorns A good day - no blood. (Photo taken on a different walk!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509204308029-6D43UHGSSSHFPP7TX9V4/thorns+track2.jpg The Blog - No roses, just quite a lot of thorns Where the hell are we going? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509204176764-6JPDLJ12IAIU1INB0BD7/thorns+getting+lost.jpg The Blog - No roses, just quite a lot of thorns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509204893490-JMA2IRMKRCGTWQ60DZ23/walking+methoni.jpg The Blog - No roses, just quite a lot of thorns Sheer bliss. No thorns, no hunters, just quite a few rocks https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/10/28/one-for-the-album-grommit monthly 0.5 2017-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509187399513-UQMZ20QJXZRFPWXJD5F0/Alypa+main.jpg The Blog - A few for the album, Grommit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509187879943-E85T1G4PSN8UDSR6EPCJ/alypa+2.jpg The Blog - A few for the album, Grommit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509188070403-JVDZ3Z19RAV6H85FZNJG/Alypa+6.jpg The Blog - A few for the album, Grommit You might just be able to spot Geoff sitting on "our" deck and, (in the one below) me and the washing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509187682395-N5Z1N64MGQB6QDTJDCDY/Alypa+3.jpg The Blog - A few for the album, Grommit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509188550576-RD1CM3V0V80T535G4L6E/Alypa+dinner+2.jpg The Blog - A few for the album, Grommit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509188466821-F42C644YV4N11DWT1WMT/Alypa+dinner.jpg The Blog - A few for the album, Grommit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509189123879-L0UNCYWAEWJR6D43M5VR/Alypa+lunch.jpg The Blog - A few for the album, Grommit We lunched on our deck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509188757940-G1XPCDPNFSOL1Q5YZ7T0/Alypa+G%2C+Vassily.jpg The Blog - A few for the album, Grommit Greek bros - Geoff and Vasili https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509189032301-LMH3ZV0G3VHCPOELY16B/alypa+cove+1.jpg The Blog - A few for the album, Grommit Watching the neighbours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509189245988-A2H1BEI94PZ41096U4IL/Alyp+4.jpg The Blog - A few for the album, Grommit Possibly too many shots of Alypa - Ed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509189379566-VQTWPOK7074LHR81Z9Q5/alypa+shop.jpg The Blog - A few for the album, Grommit Flomochori village shop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509189932484-7G1JUQEJ5RN88Z0WLYQI/Alypa+Skopa+1.jpg The Blog - A few for the album, Grommit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509189763496-3HSF9G3HQ3GXMPDEL2Q8/alypa++island.jpg The Blog - A few for the album, Grommit Greetings from "our" island (below). Come to visit anytime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509189665678-E5PU3SKZVL3YVB0XR0LX/Alypa+island2.jpg The Blog - A few for the album, Grommit https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/10/27/2xyrakz9qfo1u13d9dtwyddjsixix6 monthly 0.5 2017-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509132200489-K9X5TASG6D5DBPZLXQEI/itin+Mani+1.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509112217157-MMLXJSVXQMPIKT6Y56PW/itin+kardamyli.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini Geoff swimming at Kardamyli, and below picking pomegranates for breakfast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509129783426-9JTEYKHHIQE4T2HF66P6/itin+kardamyli2a.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini Note: Photos on this page a mixture of mine and Geoff's. Assume the best ones are his and the ones with him in are mine! The picture at the top is of Stravropigi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509112775088-TWXE7RKZSXCUKRUAXS3S/itin+areopolis.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini Eating ice creams in Areopoli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509113144252-8JIQ3DVMXCY8M8GFDBFW/itin+bikini.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini At Alypa, with my fine new bikini and my stomach in all its sad flabby whiteness... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509113431176-KKVUI85TNH872FLAR7TU/itin+Gythio.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509113469207-ZSCV3YJDKIXOE4OO4Q7T/itin+Gythio2.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509114373869-RLDZ0IZYAWP1SSOG8APP/itin+fire+kotronas.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini Kotronas after the fire, and below, burnt out olive groves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509114105218-PCBV8CR1S186CQP5L5QQ/itin+fire.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509120683967-J82GIKFOQTL7S6YI68YK/itin+Flomochori+1.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509120727118-E51VS96AXAP2QDEZT4UR/itin+Flomo+4.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509120758649-NE9R8N3URSOHGOTB20DX/itin+Flomo+3.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509120799891-55I4BEHXDLJHTASPNO62/itin+flomo+2.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509120840889-8BF61KB396RQ6H84146U/itin+Flomo+5.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509120890209-7RA9IS731QELOBME50EM/itin+Flomo+8.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509120932279-0OYG29PAHQIVVMJ3R64J/itin+Flomo+7.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509120971513-D9CUPIA26PFRZQM53Z9C/itin+Flomo+10.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509121051456-7W8HHGVFMK98O9L98QCE/itin+Flomo+6.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509121437996-ZUGTFM75QXFDT9NBP106/itin+Gero2.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini The waterfront at Gerolimenas, and (below) Geoff admiring said waterfront. It's frustrating how you can't even order a cup of coffee in a tourist cafe without getting a bottle of water - which has only a vague chance of being recycled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509121496903-3DAF1W6RIY4PBVKP5DVU/itin+Gero1.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509130600089-TPKJX97H78KM85O5ZL37/itin+Vathia.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini Loyal readers may realise I've used this pic before - but I really like it. What a great place and one of Geoff's favourite photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509181652056-WSCEME7QUGSDIFONKMQQ/itin+lighthouse1.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini Us and (below) the lighthouse at the end of the world https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509181779429-I7YOGOZZMBE69697KBU9/itin+lighthouse2.jpg The Blog - Our trip in the Mani: fire, pomegranates, octopus - and a picture of me in a bikini https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/10/24/ky541c3bmnsz8dtrqmjs7nk2qvgw63 monthly 0.5 2017-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508862763937-Y5OLSM7PVPGSHRXUKGYU/Mani+village+2.jpg The Blog - F*** off, we're from the Mani https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508862863419-3DQW4I58IQTDLW1NVUAT/Mani+fierce+women2.jpg The Blog - F*** off, we're from the Mani https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508863719151-6QI53MA1PFBRH754M0NW/Mani+towers+2.jpg The Blog - F*** off, we're from the Mani https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508863053292-I0ZUIQ39P7QXSTNDJYHS/mani+towers.jpg The Blog - F*** off, we're from the Mani This one hasn't been renovated... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508863223851-PYI0ERRC13T7MGGDAFPN/rocks+Vathia+new.jpg The Blog - F*** off, we're from the Mani Apparently one clan feud in this village, Vathia, lasted 40 years and cost 100 lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508863474182-NRCXD4FXHWDBLPKKUF8U/Mani+village+3.jpg The Blog - F*** off, we're from the Mani Look at the effort that went into those terraces - in their day they would have grown wheat and vegetables on these tiny strips. No wonder they fought to protect their land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508864177024-KAWU11K406DCO3U3S82B/protect+3.jpg The Blog - F*** off, we're from the Mani https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508864200192-6X5W3E79UBT9YFRBDK0X/protect+2.jpg The Blog - F*** off, we're from the Mani https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508864218111-45D0664ZIG3TT8RWAT9A/protect+1.jpg The Blog - F*** off, we're from the Mani https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508864532349-T6JGLN8XO9EQI8P8LP60/protect+old+habits.jpg The Blog - F*** off, we're from the Mani https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508864560645-DCL2GAY6Y6HKVACQ9XLL/protect+nothing.jpg The Blog - F*** off, we're from the Mani https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/10/23/the-mani-a-place-with-a-lot-of-rocks-and-quite-a-few-germans monthly 0.5 2017-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508857989165-YRRMZJQ62C7ZKLD5AHWB/Rocks+Lefktro.jpg The Blog - The Mani: Lots of rocks and EU money https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508857504084-KRBE3WFNN7U12RZ29YAT/Rocks+1.jpg The Blog - The Mani: Lots of rocks and EU money (Couldn't resist the Zen rocks!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508862654447-EMZW7TVSRS5N9AQN1PYA/rocks+new.jpg The Blog - The Mani: Lots of rocks and EU money Inhospitable, non? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508858038566-4OAJ09QFIOAY29545YHW/Rocks+Flomochori.jpg The Blog - The Mani: Lots of rocks and EU money The village of Flomochori, in the deep Mani. See what I mean about inhospitable countryside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508858263229-WGT79V4XFS3Q47L16GK8/Rocks+tarted+up+for+tourists+Kotronas.jpg The Blog - The Mani: Lots of rocks and EU money Kotronas tarted up for the tourists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508858387969-GP5A03IAVJCXGIGFG4OY/Rocks+Vatheia.jpg The Blog - The Mani: Lots of rocks and EU money Not long ago Vathia got a lot of money to restore its tower houses and turn them into hotels. The restoration happened, but not the hotels. Now the village is largely abandoned, though apparently there's a cafe there in the summer. It's the most glorious place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508858899643-0MAFBF8R7D7ZVGUOQMDQ/Rocks+Lagkada.jpg The Blog - The Mani: Lots of rocks and EU money Renovated house at Lagkada https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/10/18/magical-mystra-tour monthly 0.5 2017-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508428406175-UV2A0YD1S2I6UABWKFHG/roman.jpg The Blog - Magical Mystras tour A Classical mausoleum for a rich family at Ancient Messene. (The photos in this blog are a mix of mine and Geoff's. His are the best ones.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508425680623-5IBRPIT5SE6KGAKRSIGY/byz+mom+6.jpg The Blog - Magical Mystras tour The Byzantine Church of Agia Sofia at Monemvasia. Just so gorgeous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508427082543-GJLW2LQB05JRI20OVHPC/mystra+geoff.jpg The Blog - Magical Mystras tour And the equally fabulous Agia Sofia church and monastery at Mystras. Saint Sofia, who died in AD 137, had three daughters, who she named Faith, Hope and Charity. Under the reign of the Roman emperor Hadrian, not a Christian in any sense of the word, guards took Sofia's daughters one by one, from the oldest to the youngest, and tortured them to death, to get Sofia to renounce her faith in Christ. She did not, instead burying her three girls, before dying herself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508424939955-CG1S1UDIVLHR033VPY5Q/byz+mys+1.jpg The Blog - Magical Mystras tour Looking at Mystras from below. The fortress (at the top) and upper town below that. The nobles lived just below the fortress, where they were safer from attack, and ordinary people lived in the lower town, which was also walled. The peasants/farmers lived outside the city walls, where they weren't safe at all, but came inside in times of danger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508425198290-HEMPS6XR457WEO8KAA3U/byz+mys+2.jpg The Blog - Magical Mystras tour the lower part of Mystras, from above https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508425858583-5IT9SR3V3IQWWNLA1ZAB/Byz+Momenv.jpg The Blog - Magical Mystras tour Where's Monemvasia? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508425916091-7XRSV17OB61Y4T8VNMXS/byz+mom+2.jpg The Blog - Magical Mystras tour Boo! There it is! (Just practising my granny games...) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508426179062-7PHZWMJOM98N3GJHO90E/byz+mom+5.jpg The Blog - Magical Mystras tour One of the many squares, and even many-er churches in Monemvasia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508426375052-AJNO8XK5GTBFIKT5B18V/byz+mom7.jpg The Blog - Magical Mystras tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508426606819-9N6RVCIFA1S4LODDWRWQ/byz+mom4.jpg The Blog - Magical Mystras tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508426555163-87KMA1WOJXATAV8QH7AG/byz+mom+3.jpg The Blog - Magical Mystras tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508428091295-1UY0VAZEDMTUZXD4WJ56/byz+mom+8.jpg The Blog - Magical Mystras tour Admiring Monemvasia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508428951239-7973W2E3V2AOC759FUPB/tortoise.jpg The Blog - Magical Mystras tour Gerald Durrell eat your heart out! https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/10/18/spartan-a-most-unrealistic-definition monthly 0.5 2017-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1508330023447-QVQ194NSESCEXYIJ41AV/IMG_8724.JPG The Blog - “Spartan”: a most unrealistic definition A fine ravine for throwing babies. Though we didn't see any... https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/10/12/the-morning-swim monthly 0.5 2017-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507808364735-U1TB7JSZT3PZ2K0JKU5Z/methoni+4.jpg The Blog - A glorious morning swim https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507808437909-P7GI01MH10V84XVFLPPM/methoni+13.jpg The Blog - A glorious morning swim Methoni harbour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507808790493-I572KUHCBS2S147F0WGZ/Methoni+1.jpg The Blog - A glorious morning swim Setting out towards the castle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507808934461-7IU3MNF81AT3DHLN57YS/Methoni+2.jpg The Blog - A glorious morning swim Walking down towards what used to be the moat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507808988543-P8ZUF6J2XJFJZAL9LB4T/methoni+3.jpg The Blog - A glorious morning swim The castle's front path. Wouldn't mind one like that... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507809130185-GU31BZVQTMG0I3W23MRD/methoni+5.jpg The Blog - A glorious morning swim Nearly at the beach. This area is also used as the boatyard by the local fishermen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507809230591-FRDCZL0J5TNYRXJPVFMN/methoni+6.jpg The Blog - A glorious morning swim Walking towards the swimming spot below the castle. Note the fisherman on the scooter. He'll have been out in his little boat this morning and is bringing the catch home on the back of the bike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507809357358-K9XD5DYLH604ASM0AXVQ/methoni+7.jpg The Blog - A glorious morning swim Perfect timing. He stopped to have a chat to his mate painting his boat, just as I had my camera out. You can see the colourful plastic bowls on the back of the scooter. That's for the fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507809447472-SEU73QQLEJW25MGF9GRT/methoni+9.jpg The Blog - A glorious morning swim A shot of the harbour, with a fisherman on his boat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507809527061-950HK1VDT2V6FS4XAVXW/methoni+10.jpg The Blog - A glorious morning swim A rather better shot, not looking into the sun, but without the fisherman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507809606940-KK0K2RKOUEM63VP9VQ04/methoni+11.jpg The Blog - A glorious morning swim Geoff about to take the plunge. The water isn't warm, but we've swum in worse. And it is October... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1509130076030-DW73S57SF5898QKAKTC1/methoni+12.jpg The Blog - A glorious morning swim https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507805102194-TP5TKX2FDIU9XIBI8K46/methoni+map.jpg The Blog - A glorious morning swim The promised map of Methoni - thanks to Google https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/10/12/a-short-rave-about-plastic-bottles-in-greece monthly 0.5 2017-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507806044631-4F9Q886TB8ENHNZC4WUD/bottles+3.jpg The Blog - A short rave about plastic bottles in Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507806212187-CUA8FNCTHNI9GYRRWCOI/bottles+2.jpg The Blog - A short rave about plastic bottles in Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507806235318-TPNYRXBEXC9MSXUGRY0G/bottles+3.jpg The Blog - A short rave about plastic bottles in Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507806253997-TKKUU90TXSSXJGKM683Q/bottles+5.jpg The Blog - A short rave about plastic bottles in Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507806822372-1JWMFT3JYYB6E2PXC5Q9/bottles+6.jpg The Blog - A short rave about plastic bottles in Greece Nice bit of oil, just as a break from the plastic... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507807006239-FPSVBH7ZTJGMGWZ32VFX/bottles+7.jpg The Blog - A short rave about plastic bottles in Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507807135119-ZYG5E5S2Z5T6EHTZPKPH/bottles+4.jpg The Blog - A short rave about plastic bottles in Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507806941794-Y7UGKDFRKJUJUGDT0P4Y/bottles+8.jpg The Blog - A short rave about plastic bottles in Greece https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/10/6/cats-cats-cats-and-more-cats monthly 0.5 2017-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507646197701-5J3QWT8ZCEBP7CWEZ5UW/cats+4.jpg The Blog - Cats, cats, cats - and more cats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507646230859-6IFW3DLSTT0D0W3OLYGO/cats+7.jpg The Blog - Cats, cats, cats - and more cats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507646406690-7F6RH5FDKEC2LKN158B9/cats+1.jpg The Blog - Cats, cats, cats - and more cats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507646484305-C5PQLP6Q8B3QIQBFY5OL/cats+5.jpg The Blog - Cats, cats, cats - and more cats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507646515013-1I7BTY8G2CK7K1D1QC8R/cats+3.jpg The Blog - Cats, cats, cats - and more cats Waiting to be taken out fishing, Alypa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507646651335-ZA1NQFH7C54NTWK83KBB/cats+2.jpg The Blog - Cats, cats, cats - and more cats Waiting for a bird. Except the black and white cat, who's eating the last one that dared to land https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507646091970-O6BE7OGHBOYLJZHXIBR8/cats+8.jpg The Blog - Cats, cats, cats - and more cats What's left of Greece's bird populations https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/10/6/whod-be-an-archaeologist monthly 0.5 2017-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507397834239-OET8JO5AB3R6O67PRMMC/epidavros+top.jpg The Blog - Who'd be an archaeologist? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507397880603-8IFL549T01TJFF1CQ7XF/Epidavros+1.jpg The Blog - Who'd be an archaeologist? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507397664835-IUTX6POD83SDMDYD7593/epidavros+5.jpg The Blog - Who'd be an archaeologist? "She slept in the Abaton and saw a dream. It seemed to her a handsome boy lifted up her dress, and after that the god touched her belly with his hand." The woman apparently later gave birth to a son. How much the handsome boy played a part in that isn't revealed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507397958120-71NB644A7ZR5M6GODV0P/epidavros+3.jpg The Blog - Who'd be an archaeologist? So many random stones. Like the hardest jigsaw ever, plus pirates having run off with some of the critical pieces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507398175517-OQ33URILXDBW82JJT3IQ/epidavros+4.jpg The Blog - Who'd be an archaeologist? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507399106316-ZZY0DHWHJW1DYJUNM1IO/epidavros+6.jpg The Blog - Who'd be an archaeologist? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507399383497-JQNTT5XH574SO78PYMW1/archaeloggy.jpg The Blog - Who'd be an archaeologist? As far as I can make out, no New Zealanders ever conquered Momenvasia https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/10/6/what-were-you-doing-in-1500bc monthly 0.5 2017-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507392731681-9OPKN0676ZL1RFQMT5K3/mycenae+tomb+2.jpg The Blog - What were you doing in 1500BC? Not dabbing, nor a Hitler salute. Nor even a selfie. Just Mandow taking a plain ol' photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507392861798-HNGN6OXUR8OSV1DGIBII/mycenae+tomb+1.jpg The Blog - What were you doing in 1500BC? This is a tomb at Mycenae, without a roof, but that way you can see how friggin big it is! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507393069396-ODCGTTQPXLQ9129Z1LTP/mycenae+tomb+3.jpg The Blog - What were you doing in 1500BC? Here's the tomb with the surviving roof, and a couple of visitors from Hawkes Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507393216241-SHJ0EO4B2G1GGYQFPHGH/mycenae+tomb+4.jpg The Blog - What were you doing in 1500BC? Leaving much to the imagination... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507393435718-TAA5764SUUUZLIDRR85B/mycenae+tomb+5.jpg The Blog - What were you doing in 1500BC? A couple of quite big stones https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/10/6/the-art-or-is-it-science-of-travelling-with-an-aspergers-14-year-old monthly 0.5 2017-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507284924325-GGJAINP3ZGK4KHZMLTJ3/Sam+main+1.jpg The Blog - The art (or is it science?) of travelling with an Asperger's 14-year-old https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507285006581-8A8OOJL9VSUFLGSYN1EX/Sam+with+Cuban+dog.jpg The Blog - The art (or is it science?) of travelling with an Asperger's 14-year-old With Bruno, our Cienfuegos landlady's dog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507285068686-CYPL9QHBVLGJOT86GJ99/Sam+brown.jpg The Blog - The art (or is it science?) of travelling with an Asperger's 14-year-old Will he ever be this brown again? Peloponnese, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507289815121-IQZC7P1V1GXYCT203S2A/Sam+swimming+2.jpg The Blog - The art (or is it science?) of travelling with an Asperger's 14-year-old https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507285139718-3BV4MCSXQTTHPI6EDZT9/Sam+car.jpg The Blog - The art (or is it science?) of travelling with an Asperger's 14-year-old Havana, Cuba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507285200206-6EBZ1WT8XG9F7S5DDX6H/Sam+amphitheatre.jpg The Blog - The art (or is it science?) of travelling with an Asperger's 14-year-old Gythio, Mani, Pelopponese https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507285268837-CP4365CP4DWQ43WPZ8CN/Sam+internet+Vinales.jpg The Blog - The art (or is it science?) of travelling with an Asperger's 14-year-old A bit of internet time with the family, Vinales, Cuba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507285711518-H38FKZ79ECSUFZXET0X5/Sam+dinner+1.jpg The Blog - The art (or is it science?) of travelling with an Asperger's 14-year-old Dinner, Trinidad, Cuba. Just before we got the dice out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507285573139-WNRKXCTF8XC3SXD30M7Q/Sam+birthday.jpg The Blog - The art (or is it science?) of travelling with an Asperger's 14-year-old 14th birthday celebrations with an over-enthusiastic waiter, Cayo Guillermo, Cuba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507285496259-6VAKET6WIMM9VKI70GMM/Sam+Carmen.jpg The Blog - The art (or is it science?) of travelling with an Asperger's 14-year-old Leaving dinner with Carmen and family, Cienfuegos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507285802400-RHQ5FMPAPOXT74EQPY0Z/Sam+caves.jpg The Blog - The art (or is it science?) of travelling with an Asperger's 14-year-old Dirou Caves, near Areopolis, Mani, Greece. Possibly the most amazing caves in the world https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507285978982-N6DJH7QL2HF7WTSXQH51/Sam+riding+Vinales.jpg The Blog - The art (or is it science?) of travelling with an Asperger's 14-year-old Horse riding, Trinidad, Cuba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507286046043-RN5WB6TH9JCEG5Z26GZI/Sam+riding.jpg The Blog - The art (or is it science?) of travelling with an Asperger's 14-year-old And again, in Vinales. Sam on left, with me (centre) and Ben on right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507286161211-3OG44ACQGOUBZVM6MDZR/Sam+smoking.jpg The Blog - The art (or is it science?) of travelling with an Asperger's 14-year-old https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507286319688-YA95T0C2H98VNJQ6JY99/Sam+shoeshine.jpg The Blog - The art (or is it science?) of travelling with an Asperger's 14-year-old Smartening up, Lima, Peru https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507286232514-E5SHP0R8DFKFXW738CYH/Sam+Cienfuegos.jpg The Blog - The art (or is it science?) of travelling with an Asperger's 14-year-old On the way to our swimming spot, Punta Gorda, Cienfuegos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507286522582-KA52EBHM6CK2VFTMK0W0/Sam+pool+Cienfuegos.jpg The Blog - The art (or is it science?) of travelling with an Asperger's 14-year-old At Club CIenfuegos. No longer as exclusive as it used to be. I mean, look who they let in! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507286710905-R8PLV05UUBXD6MCFOCC3/Sam+Trinidad.jpg The Blog - The art (or is it science?) of travelling with an Asperger's 14-year-old An exciting moment - finding an old guy selling chupa chops on a backstreet of Trinidad, on a day so hot you only wanted to be swimming (but not walking for an hour to find a swimming pool, which is what Sam did - without complaint!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507286630452-Z89NNTTRAV8U9UEH6R9D/Sam+sand.jpg The Blog - The art (or is it science?) of travelling with an Asperger's 14-year-old Helping Dad with his sandcastle, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1507286833217-5PYAXM9S5DCKH4R4KFVO/Sam+Mani+1.jpg The Blog - The art (or is it science?) of travelling with an Asperger's 14-year-old Pelopponese, Greece https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/9/28/3ky3r8o6sdgi3o1km1pdy62loe4i85 monthly 0.5 2017-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1506606672906-66XCF9HSDTFLF5A0195L/Gythio+1.jpg The Blog - Walking in the steps (and possibly the honeymoon suite) of Paris and Helen of Troy Gythio waterfront (photo credit: Geoff Godden) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1506607332944-ARBSG1MXRSXQCCT0TNN0/Peloponnese.jpg The Blog - Walking in the steps (and possibly the honeymoon suite) of Paris and Helen of Troy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1506626808029-N62YMDT1GH0T03NUKI2R/amphitheatre+G.jpg The Blog - Walking in the steps (and possibly the honeymoon suite) of Paris and Helen of Troy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1506618557023-ZEJN3XXTKEIPUS1S42GY/Gythio+3.jpg The Blog - Walking in the steps (and possibly the honeymoon suite) of Paris and Helen of Troy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1506618620603-Y1IOC6YJMOPS5HAL1NG7/Gythio+2.jpg The Blog - Walking in the steps (and possibly the honeymoon suite) of Paris and Helen of Troy https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/9/27/zp3jlwqd6t6sgk9g9gft61rg9bq21q monthly 0.5 2017-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1506541632096-55LVAST4I5O0DLHIHPCS/greece+general+main.jpg The Blog - Greece past and present Epidavros - a mere 2400 years old, or so https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1506542022752-I8S7L0T2BGYUJRM8I3UG/greece+general+1.jpg The Blog - Greece past and present Voidokilia Beach, where, according to Homer, Telemachus was welcomed by King Nestor when searching for his father, Odysseus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1506542282727-ESFI5V4DJC0BQQ8NJ2HW/greece+general+3.jpg The Blog - Greece past and present Just some ancient church in Mystra (also below) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1506542329430-ZUFJGEP7GY3CDP268UV2/greece+general+2.jpg The Blog - Greece past and present Thanks to Geoff for all the photos on this page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1506542647197-PGTX5ORYGMSJFM60DNT1/Greece+general+4.jpg The Blog - Greece past and present Nafplio harbour https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/9/25/in-which-i-regret-my-misspent-youth-in-london-and-try-to-make-it-up-just-a-little monthly 0.5 2017-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1506358193237-C86BTEELLKM4HSNIDSRE/moore+2.jpg The Blog - In which I regret my misspent youth in London - and try to make it up, just a little https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1506357064308-CC2SU6RYQ892NJ9CH0AP/moore+1.jpg The Blog - In which I regret my misspent youth in London - and try to make it up, just a little https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1506356754825-UNZQ7PF2CJCAI4L1ONDL/IMG_6266.JPG The Blog - In which I regret my misspent youth in London - and try to make it up, just a little https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1506356774918-LW5MV1B9WUK9XRD2YOV6/IMG_6267.JPG The Blog - In which I regret my misspent youth in London - and try to make it up, just a little https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1506356587275-N2WSTHMQUCBR7P6Y6B3M/matisse+2.jpg The Blog - In which I regret my misspent youth in London - and try to make it up, just a little A piece of Chinese calligraphy, which Matisse kept in his studio as inspiration, surrounded by his own later paper cut-our work. 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Smile a word About the only thing in English in the our local supermarket is the slogan. But it's a good one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1504786488660-776Z4MIZK757ZAW0AL5U/0C94FFCE-DD40-4BAF-88E5-F54F85BCC30C.JPG The Blog - Supermarket shopping in Japan. Smile a word And here are those limes-ers. No skimping on the packaging. https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/9/5/living-in-a-temple monthly 0.5 2017-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1504656339012-6QRLNTHRNA7B9OPHZU4E/temple+Zen+lantern.JPG The Blog - Living in a temple Lanterns during children's festival at "our" temple. 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Bill should too Sam at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent. Different bits of the property have been a Tudor pig farm, a stinking lock-up for French sailors during the Seven Years War (1756-63), a Victorian poor house and working farm, and most recently home to controversial bisexual novelist and poet Vita Sackville-West (a close friend and lover of Virginia Woolf) and her (also bisexual) diplomat husband Harold Nicolson. The couple restored the dilapidated house and added its wonderful gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1504310618269-JZ3WANP0AEPQZBHS4KAP/Hinton+Ampner+5.jpg The Blog - The National Trust, I forgive you. Bill should too Hinton Ampner House in Hampshire. You'd never know, but this building is actually little more than 50 years old, the previous property having been destroyed by fire and then lovingly rebuilt by its owner in the 1960s, before being donated to the National Trust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1504310472642-7DZKPWLEJONRHW0B1HZS/Hinton+Ampner+3.JPG The Blog - The National Trust, I forgive you. Bill should too My mother Heather in the gardens at Hinton Ampner House in Hampshire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1504312811212-7PW5TNWAC7Y14J5FH818/Hinton+Ampner+2.jpg The Blog - The National Trust, I forgive you. Bill should too My mother (left) and another volunteer in the gardens at Hinton Ampner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1504312906823-7R7H6XCAEG0Q7LI646GO/Hinton+Ampner+1.JPG The Blog - The National Trust, I forgive you. 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Standing for long periods of time in the blazing heat of a Spanish summer day to get into a palace, however splendid, can't have been any fun for these tourists. 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We only had to stop a couple of times going up the hills... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1502123124521-PNQ8H2XOFLV3PYAXWCZL/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - In Gavotta we trust: A typical Cuban car journey 1952 Chevrolet - and Geoff buying mangoes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1502123235087-PHZQRQWSJB3MDDXV64X0/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - In Gavotta we trust: A typical Cuban car journey Another 1950s Chevvy - with Ben about to head off diving https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1502123537074-WLACKV2IB0MIEIK9CLU6/cars+vinales.jpg The Blog - In Gavotta we trust: A typical Cuban car journey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1502123749815-1TOBQ4HN9VX3MVMOHU4Y/car+vinales+2.jpg The Blog - In Gavotta we trust: A typical Cuban car journey https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/8/7/o7xwx1f5c0sj2ujmdzyxdhemfoxnap monthly 0.5 2017-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1502119520859-2VRWURJ21XRYX0GOSPYM/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - 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Call that a picturesque waterfall! We know otherwise https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/6/16/revolutionary-fervour monthly 0.5 2017-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1499556986077-UGCC9VDHQE2AYX85OZPV/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Revolutionary fervour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1499557212046-LL8JV60DZJ8ZU1ODCJBL/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Revolutionary fervour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1499557376627-DJUXDXD5K5N0WXIM6BQE/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Revolutionary fervour Socialism or death - a popular catchphrase. This one isn't quite so catchy ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1499557714425-W0AWCXDOSVKU0Z4XCB6L/revolution+5.jpg The Blog - Revolutionary fervour And one for the revolutionary mothers of Cienfuegos: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1499557997824-GL2P1BD3Q4YT9I7SFY0V/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Revolutionary fervour https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/6/11/in-which-we-go-for-a-swim-listen-to-a-big-band-concert-and-i-get-my-hair-cut-for-1-all-before-breakfast monthly 0.5 2017-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1499561812335-3I7JI664CUZH7BTXXB5J/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - In which we go for a swim, listen to a big band concert and I get my hair cut for $1 – all before breakfast. 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Sunday afternoon at Club Cienfuegos - happily no longer so exclusive (ie they even accepted us!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1499562368427-1AZC6N85LSJLVHPRSMHE/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - In which we go for a swim, listen to a big band concert and I get my hair cut for $1 – all before breakfast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1499562515764-3AAYUY6YXS0JYOH20ICV/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - In which we go for a swim, listen to a big band concert and I get my hair cut for $1 – all before breakfast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1499563021096-LES0R3SDAORF0BRS20RT/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - In which we go for a swim, listen to a big band concert and I get my hair cut for $1 – all before breakfast. An perfectly acceptable haircut and a couple of very cute kids! https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/6/4/teaching-the-brits-how-to-queue-properly monthly 0.5 2017-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1496603778757-0UZ0HRRUVJXH9AZP8RJM/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Teaching the Brits how to queue properly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1496603839984-CCUKM3AF6UQ277NMCFW6/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Teaching the Brits how to queue properly Waiting for the bread man from a balcony in Havana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1496603907128-NPH7BJ70O0PW0GF5PDEM/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Teaching the Brits how to queue properly Early morning fishing from the Malecón in Cienfuegos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1496604009541-HHO1LPD4UWPLS9QWRSTZ/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Teaching the Brits how to queue properly Shopping for dinner. It took quite a while for this guy to set off, as the head was so heavy he couldn't get his balance. Eventually the shopkeeper had to give him a push to get him on his way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1496604130374-WHXGSK6MC6CWWHQO8TWC/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Teaching the Brits how to queue properly The harbour in Havana https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/6/4/being-a-good-housewife monthly 0.5 2017-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1496602783700-FUIIQ0EV1ZBML7HDYFAR/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Being a good housewife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1496602975705-LS5BSY4W2XZC5L619I5P/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Being a good housewife A different sort of supermarket... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1496603124914-PAQGBNFR20O6P1X7ZVH8/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Being a good housewife In the market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1496603177132-FO6SM1IBAV4XB0PEW9A9/shopping+market+4.jpg The Blog - Being a good housewife A nice outing to the shops - Carmen shows us where to buy food in Cienfuegos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1496603271844-TIGU13LXCNIWC4SMY4OY/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Being a good housewife I promise, this all came out of the pound of beans we bought https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1496603347703-P51DBS8FFS3O8BXM95ZX/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Being a good housewife A fine selection in the hardware store https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/6/4/doing-the-shopping monthly 0.5 2017-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1496602401688-ZU5W4HWMTGBEZLJ1G5P6/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Doing the shopping https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1496602455913-9HBGOLQ148RDN389E0RJ/shopping+2+2.jpg The Blog - Doing the shopping Carmen, our house mother, buys rolls from the panadero outside our newhouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1496602607080-GQR6QS1E276HF0PJDEPG/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Doing the shopping https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1496602658999-1AY1C9O5RXV4D2GB4QHI/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Doing the shopping https://goodcontent.co.nz/blog/2017/6/4/of-horses-bicycles-sugar-cane-and-lots-of-cake monthly 0.5 2017-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1496601904422-WJBBA4JZTEVJA3TK74NW/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Of horses, bicycles, sugar cane and lots of cake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1496601966047-YKLQ3UUBR2NNKQ1JRXAS/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Of horses, bicycles, sugar cane and lots of cake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1496602019689-KWDK1UUJW6XCXUJJ33R6/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Of horses, bicycles, sugar cane and lots of cake Drinking smoothies with the in crowd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1496602086792-X78FO0FX4GNMVD67LNQ4/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Of horses, bicycles, sugar cane and lots of cake And sugar cane juice with the others... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58210a06c534a568d732161c/1496602140107-D2YCPYV0BY2PNNASV986/image-asset.jpeg The Blog - Of horses, bicycles, sugar cane and lots of cake It doesn't look much, but you should see the cakes!! 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