This is amazing. The musician passed away recently.
More on him at bookofjoe.
And from that inspiration see the amazing Jake Shimabukuro
And click for a couple more videos of him (more…)
Month: April 2009
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It must have been harder without a screen
Stay tuned for the reason for this statement by Sumati.
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Displaced Colombians
Colombia is close to my heart having lived there in the past. Unfortunately the ongoing conflicts within Colombia have displaced around 3 million people internally second only to Sudan.
Here’s an audio slideshow “Colombia’s Displaced Indians” with photographs by Moises Saman, and narrated by Simon Romero (also the author of the accompanying article) concerning the misery affecting the indigenous population of western Colombia caught in the crossfire from a new breed of criminal armies is pressing deeper into the jungle, fighting with guerrillas who have been long in the Chocó region for control of the cocaine trade.
The objective of these groups is dominance over coca-growing areas and routes to ship cocaine abroad, predominantly to the United States.
Link via The Travel PhotographerIn case this is too much, here are some pictures of cute animals.
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Travel Blog with interesting photos of Kuwait
Louis CK travelled with the USO to entertain the troops in Kuwait and Iraq recently. Here’s his story. He’s a comedian but also a photographer and took interesting photos from the helicopter rides. Note his comedy and the blog link has a bit of swearing and is sometimes crude. -
Our Garden in Kuwait
We have one strawberry plant in a pot by the front door. You can click on any of the following images to open it up larger.
And some other flowers growing into the palm leaves.
This is growing in a bush at the neighbours driveway.
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Hummer Recovery Unit
I saw this in the International Clinic parking lot.
