Pim Posted April 30 Report Posted April 30 on a hiking trip with my dad and brother in Scotland doing the Rob Roy Way. To all the Scotsmen on the board I’d like to say: what an amazing country you live in. The quietness, nature and space is breathtaking and is exactly what I miss in a densely populated country like the Netherlands. Quote
Aggie87 Posted May 13 Report Posted May 13 On 4/30/2024 at 1:55 PM, Pim said: on a hiking trip with my dad and brother in Scotland doing the Rob Roy Way. To all the Scotsmen on the board I’d like to say: what an amazing country you live in. The quietness, nature and space is breathtaking and is exactly what I miss in a densely populated country like the Netherlands. This looks wonderful. I'd love to do that hike - how long was it? Quote
Aggie87 Posted May 13 Report Posted May 13 Who would've guessed the 2nd largest Hindu Temple in the world was in.... New Jersey? Swaminarayan Akshardham, Robbinsville New Jersey 10 May 2024 Quote
Pim Posted May 14 Report Posted May 14 8 hours ago, Aggie87 said: This looks wonderful. I'd love to do that hike - how long was it? The total is 124km. We did something like 20/25km a day. It’s amazing! Quote
soulpope Posted May 14 Report Posted May 14 5 hours ago, Aggie87 said: Who would've guessed the 2nd largest Hindu Temple in the world was in.... New Jersey? Swaminarayan Akshardham, Robbinsville New Jersey 10 May 2024 Impressive architecture .... Quote
Gheorghe Posted May 14 Report Posted May 14 On 5/4/2024 at 11:09 AM, JSngry said: From what decade was this ? 40´s, 50´s ? Brew Moore had a crew cut. And Al Haig hat something like that in the lowest row right, the "Professional Contour", that´s how Al Haig had it if I look at it. "College Contour" looks a bit like Nazi look in my opinion...... On 5/12/2024 at 3:50 AM, rostasi said: Scary, is that from Cernobîl ? Quote
jazzbo Posted May 16 Report Posted May 16 Students of Waterford Kamhlaba School, M'Babane, Swaziland (Eswatini) 1968. I'm in there somewhere. Quote
soulpope Posted May 16 Report Posted May 16 24 minutes ago, jazzbo said: Students of Waterford Kamhlaba School, M'Babane, Swaziland (Eswatini) 1968. I'm in there somewhere. 👍 .... btw interesting there was no "Apartheid" @ Swaziland in the late 60's 🤔 .... Quote
jazzbo Posted May 16 Report Posted May 16 (edited) 1 hour ago, soulpope said: 👍 .... btw interesting there was no "Apartheid" @ Swaziland in the late 60's 🤔 .... There NEVER was apartheid in Swaziland. The impetus of the creation of this school was anti-apartheid--it was originally built in the Republic of South Africa to enroll white and African students together, and was then banned and moved to Swaziland to be rebuilt in 1962. My family arrived the week that Swaziland gained its independence from the UK and we were the first American family to live there--my father was the first Director of their Peace Corps program. Edited May 16 by jazzbo Quote
soulpope Posted May 16 Report Posted May 16 25 minutes ago, jazzbo said: There NEVER was apartheid in Swaziland. The impetus of the creation of this school was anti-apartheid--it was originally built in the Republic of South Africa to enroll white and African students together, and was then banned and moved to Swaziland to be rebuilt in 1962. My family arrived the week that Swaziland gained its independence from the UK and we were the first American family to live there--my father was the first Director of their Peace Corps program. That must have been adventurous times .... thnx for sharing .... Quote
jazzbo Posted May 16 Report Posted May 16 1 minute ago, soulpope said: That must have been adventurous times .... thnx for sharing .... We had spent two years in Ethiopia prior to that, which was a wonderful experience as well. But the three years at Waterford Kamhlaba were perhaps the most important in my life. I was the only American at the school (my siblings were too young to attend) and there were African, English, Indian and Portuguese students from a number of African countries, and the only drawback was that there were only about 12 girls amid 120 or so male students. I had the best education of my life and the best cultural and social experience of my life--it shaped me in important ways. Quote
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