Meet Ness - a very cool traveller who, under the mantra "One girl, one year, one motor home, $1m target", is currently driving around Australia raising money for the Cancer Council to use in funding research grants aimed at finding cancer treatments. Ness has survived two battles with Hodgkin's …
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A Kiva loan for a donkey cart to Pakistan
It's almost two years since I made my first loan on Kiva but I still get a thrill out of choosing a new recipient. (The best way to learn about Kiva is to read all my Kiva posts, but in a nutshell: you're helping people help themselves, by giving money that they pay back). Scrolling through the …
Geeks, travelling and geek travel
I'm going to let you all in on a secret today - something that may not be that surprising, but kind of a secret just the same - I am a bit of a nerd. Or a geek. Or whatever term you want to use. I think "square" was the label of choice back in my school days. I loved school (yes, I know, not …