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Passports with Purpose: Build a Village in India

I’m extremely excited to be participating for the first time at the Passports with Purpose fundraising.  First, I truly believe in their cause, second, I want to be part of it. What is Passports with Purpose? Passports with Purpose (PwP) is the travel bloggers annual fundraiser. Last year, PwP raised nearly $30,000 to build a [...]

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Tsunami Blessing: The Blessing – Part 4

This is the fourth and final post of a series of guest posts by Jim McIntosh from holesinmysoles.blogspot.com Missed the beginning? Get Started with Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 The Blessing Travelling from Pondicherry down the coast of Tamil Nadu, I can remember that our view from the high seats in our Dragoman truck allowed [...]

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Tsunami Blessing: The Evil Sea – Part 3

This is the third of a series of guest posts by Jim McIntosh from holesinmysoles.blogspot.com Missed the beginning? Get Started with Part 1 and Part 2 The Evil Sea Dec 27-1st Jan 05 Rather a sombre meet up that evening, for the start day with the Dragoman tour.  Great mix of people.  And more importantly [...]

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Tsunami Blessing: The Day After – Part 2

This is the second of a series of guest posts by Jim McIntosh from holesinmysoles.blogspot.com Please refer here for Part 1 The Driver’s Revenge! Dec 27th 2004 The Tsunami had hit the East Coast of India on the morning of our arrival day in Chennai, wreaking destruction all along the  east coastline.  Luckily Chennai city itself [...]

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Tsunami Blessing: Boxing Day – Part 1

This is the first of a series of guest posts by Jim McIntosh from holesinmysoles.blogspot.com Dec 26th 2004 There may (but hopefully not!) come a time in every one’s life when you’re confronted by the reality of the personal tragedy inflicted upon a family, or even a whole community, by the sometimes cataclysmic power of [...]

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