Comments on: Reflections at the 3-month mark http://jules.com.au/blog/reflections-at-the-3-month-mark/ Everyone else has a blog... Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:03:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Jules http://jules.com.au/blog/reflections-at-the-3-month-mark/comment-page-1/#comment-16640 Jules Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:37:58 +0000 http://jules.com.au/blog/?p=179#comment-16640 Hey Maze! Yeah the eyes are a bit better, although everywhere at altitude the're less than perfect. Quite strange. Hey Maze!

Yeah the eyes are a bit better, although everywhere at altitude the’re less than perfect. Quite strange.

]]> By: maze http://jules.com.au/blog/reflections-at-the-3-month-mark/comment-page-1/#comment-16639 maze Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:40:22 +0000 http://jules.com.au/blog/?p=179#comment-16639 "Signs everywhere imploring citizens to keep the place clean seem destined to forever go unheeded. (...) Places that are neat, tidy, and where most of the facilities are functional are almost invariably operated by foreigners. (...) Is this a cause or a symptom of poor countries struggling to keep an upward trajectory to their development?" This is so true. Annika and I kept thinking the same thing when travelling Colombia. Don't forget that even though you don't speak the local languages in Europe people over here are much more likely to speak English than in South America. (Except maybe for France, that is.) Hope your eyes are doing better? “Signs everywhere imploring citizens to keep the place clean seem destined to forever go unheeded. (…) Places that are neat, tidy, and where most of the facilities are functional are almost invariably operated by foreigners. (…) Is this a cause or a symptom of poor countries struggling to keep an upward trajectory to their development?”

This is so true. Annika and I kept thinking the same thing when travelling Colombia.

Don’t forget that even though you don’t speak the local languages in Europe people over here are much more likely to speak English than in South America. (Except maybe for France, that is.)

Hope your eyes are doing better?

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