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  • Swine Flu Check

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    Note the nice brown sky. It is dusty here now.

    On arrival in Kuwait you are given a card on the plane that you must take to a clinic within 72 hours to get checked if you have any symptoms. I went there with our Mandoup and they asked if I feel anything and I said no. They took the form and that was that. That was what I had to do as I arrived on Saturday. Sometimes they take the card at the airport while stamping your passport at the immigration desk and you don’t need to go to a clinic as happened to someone I know today.

    If you are wondering where the clinic is click here to see it on a Google map.

  • Cascade Mountain from Lake Minnewanka Trail

    I’m now back in Kuwait. Canada was nice.
    Cascade Mountain from Lake Minnewanka Trail

    Click here or on the image for a full size version.

    This was taken with a panorama of three images from the point and shoot camera and a bit of Photoshopping to add punch and fill in some gaps.

  • Backpacking Safety

    What to do if you see a bear.

    From Backpacker Magazine

  • Backpacking near Banff

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    More to come on the trip and scenery.

  • Cost of raising children

    According to the Canadian Council on Social Development, the average cost of raising a child to age 18 –college fund not included — is $166,549 for a girl and $166,972 for a boy.

    via Recession may create new baby boom.

    No wonder I’m poor. And they are not counting the cost of living in Kuwait. Well at least no baby boom for me.