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goLongSolo: June 2008
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A few adventures from Steve, Kel, Rob and Lara volunteering in Auki, Solomon Islands. Monday, 30 June 2008. Guest Blog: Dr John's Island Holiday. The following has been written by Lara’s Dad. Disclaimer: we accept no responsibility for anything parent’s write! 8220;Me hapi tumas fo stap long dota blong me Lara an Rob. Two weeks holiday on a tropical island (my first time)! Posted by Steve, Kel, Rob and Lara. Sunday, 29 June 2008. The month of the family. June has been a wonderful month with the unexpecte...
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goLongSolo: February 2009
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A few adventures from Steve, Kel, Rob and Lara volunteering in Auki, Solomon Islands. Saturday, 28 February 2009. Part 2 of the Medivac - Arriving at The Palace [yes, very belated]. I was prompted to action partly by Steve, and partly by seeing Rob and Lara's final entry on the blog: I never finished my hospital saga, and it is a story that needs to be recorded for posterity. (note: datestamp altered to be closer to part 1 - Steve). With that, she promised to try to get Steve on the flight as well. The h...
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goLongSolo: St. Matt's visit
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A few adventures from Steve, Kel, Rob and Lara volunteering in Auki, Solomon Islands. Friday, 20 February 2009. Back to the team’s visit:. We had two main goals – literacy and a little health training at Dukwasi village, and; continuing construction of the workshop at Kilu’ufi Hospital. The Dukwasi women were very keen to learn to read Pijin because of the publishing of the Pijin Bible mid-2008. Understandably, without really being able to understand Pijin, our ladies were up against it – lucki...The tea...
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goLongSolo: October 2008
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A few adventures from Steve, Kel, Rob and Lara volunteering in Auki, Solomon Islands. Wednesday, 29 October 2008. On being white - part 1. I have been reflecting, rather seriously sometimes, on my experience of being in a racial minority group. We are white fish in a brown bowl, a walking freak show, objects of curiosity, a temporary distraction for crying babies, things to be gazed on, pointed at and whispered about from a safe distance. Even after a year in this little town of. Conversation. It won...
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goLongSolo: November 2008
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A few adventures from Steve, Kel, Rob and Lara volunteering in Auki, Solomon Islands. Friday, 21 November 2008. Here's how the froggy challenge works. You get to write a caption each for the two photos in the comments section. The competition will be judged on Christmas Day with the best captions being displayed on our website. This will achieve two things - 1) allows us to see if anyone reads these blogs! Have fun, think crazy and enjoy yourselves! Posted by Steve, Kel, Rob and Lara.
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goLongSolo: July 2008
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A few adventures from Steve, Kel, Rob and Lara volunteering in Auki, Solomon Islands. Friday, 25 July 2008. The power, the water, and then the power and the water….and then the computer. So with about 0.3 kwh to go, we were now in the clear. For a little while…. Now even with the town-wide power crisis, we have huge amounts of water – even though SIWA can’t run their pumps, we seem to have come into. So our trusty tank is constantly overflowing again (that dripping never sounded so sweet! Our prayers and...
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goLongSolo: The Medi-vac
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A few adventures from Steve, Kel, Rob and Lara volunteering in Auki, Solomon Islands. Friday, 27 February 2009. Some, if not most of you by now, will have heard that Kel is no longer here with me in Auki (she’s been home in Melbourne since the start of Feb). I’ll try describe the circumstances surrounding Kel’s medi-vac, and then we’ll wait to see how long it takes her to correct me, and fully depict just how awful it was to have a bad dose of malaria…. The thing I found the hardest, and I didn't even re...
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goLongSolo: The Biggest News of All
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A few adventures from Steve, Kel, Rob and Lara volunteering in Auki, Solomon Islands. Saturday, 25 April 2009. The Biggest News of All. If you know anything about malaria, the question may have entered your mind at some stage - why was Kelly so sick, why the evacuation and the ban on returning to Solomon Islands? Yes, I was. Sicker than most people, and no, you wouldn't. Posted by Steve, Kel, Rob and Lara. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Add yourself to our guestbook each time you drop in!
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goLongSolo: Steve's been voted off the island!
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A few adventures from Steve, Kel, Rob and Lara volunteering in Auki, Solomon Islands. Thursday, 16 April 2009. Steve's been voted off the island! I'm just writing to let everyone know that I've safely made it out of Malaita, and am in NZ waiting for Kel to arrive. I've been without her now since the start of Feb, and it hasn't been the easiest of times - but I can't wait to pick her up at the all familiar Akld airport, as she flies in from Melb. David, Karl, Jennifer, Libby and Me! People were still show...
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goLongSolo: Samerai's Demise
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A few adventures from Steve, Kel, Rob and Lara volunteering in Auki, Solomon Islands. Saturday, 10 January 2009. Previously rumoured to be Auki’s favourite car, with 5 potential buyers (prior to giving any indications of selling! What could be more riskier for a car with 5 good tyres than being isolated outside its secure compound facing a Friday night alone in Auki township. The samurai knew Rob was going to restore it in the morning ready for further adventures. Asta la vista Samurai!
