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Fire and Water in lovely Lima

“Okay, okay, I’ve got one,” I tell Phil with a grin, rubbing my hands together gleefully. “When…is our anniversary?” Silence. Phil looks nervously left and right. He scrunches his face up with a sort of pained wince and even looks desperately at the … Continue reading

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Video: Teaching English in a shanty town in Peru

We borrowed a camcorder to tell the story of a little Peruvian school that is trying to give youngsters living in a shanty town a better chance in life.  

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Flip-flopping through the Brazilian Sahara

The wrinkly-eyed, leathery-skinned old man sucks back a large dollop of phlegm and expertly spits it far out the side of the 4×4 into the searing midday sun. Fellow passengers tut and shake their heads as the silence is again … Continue reading

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