Author name: jade

Tunisia

Monday 2/9 After leaving the cold and complicated border of Algeria, I was happy that we were inside and weirdly first in line at the Tunisia border. The immigration officer spent an inordinate amount of time looking at every page of our passports. He looked each one twice through, so the queue behind us grew quickly. […]

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Algeria

From the Sydney airport, the first leg on Turkish Airlines dropped us in Malaysia for a refuel and crew change. That first leg was 8 hours, I had the whole row to myself and no one sitting in front of or behind me. Bliss. The refueling side quest was supposed to be an hour but

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Melbourne 2026 January

The month was punctuated with physio exercises and a graduation out of the moon-boot. With a new diagnosis of osteopenia, the list of required exercises grew to include more weight bearing and balance exercises. In my walking group, I would meet them at the beginning of the walk and then if I knew their ending

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12/8/90

White paper – 1 page typed, 3 hand written Dear mom: here’s another adventure: There are a lot of activities on the island for the tourists (diving, golfing, jet skiing, parasailing, etc) that are free or at a reduced price for locals. For PIC employees, helicopter rides are free!! I’d arranged to go on a

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