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April 2012 update

PNSF Expedition — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:00:42 +0000

The last weeks have been busy. We have been very fortunate that we have been able to give numerous presentations at schools, universities and companies, and hopefully, with our inspiration, these entities will now do more to care for the environment and reduce their plastic waste. We now have an official departure date: 24th of April 2012. We went to…

Merawah Marine Biosphere Reserve

PNSF Expedition — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:25:12 +0000

Last weekend we went to visit the UAE’s only UNESCO recognized biosphere reserve: the Merawah Marine Biosphere Reserve. Biosphere reserves are sites established by countries and recognized under UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme to promote sustainable development based on local community efforts and sound science. As we have signed a consultancy agreement with UNESCO Arab Region (Doha Office)…

Upcoming CSR event with Rotary

PNSF Expedition — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:18:41 +0000

We have been asked to give a brief presentation and join in the discussion in an upcoming environmental discussion evening, organised by the Rotaract Club of Dubai.…

Time in Dubai, my sister’s 40th, Happy Diwali………..and Eid Mubarak

CapeToKenya — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:38:08 +0000

The flight over from Nairobi (often referred to as Nairobbery) to Dubai was un-eventful. It was however, great to be in the land of civilization. I was no longer an ‘mzungu’ (white man) and subject to demands for money, or water – or subject to questions about whether I wanted an over priced taxi, or did I care to buy…

Dubai

JamesandCat — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 08:00:16 +0000

Dubai has been great. Very relaxing. The first thing we did was take the bike to KTM. I say the first thing we went the following day after arriving. We also washed all our clothes properly for the first time for over a month including our bike gear. I was so overjoyed that for the first time in my life…

Johno’s Eulogy

It's on the Meter — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:34:00 +0000

Whilst Johno was battling border guards, the last blog from Paul ended as he was being deported from Dubai… I was sat alone in my holding cell, with nothing but 400 bribery cigarettes for company, which is of little comfort to a non smoker. I had to wait five hours until my deportation flight back to Dubai, my phone had…

Tearful Goodbyes 8-14/11/10

Trek to Oz — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 10:19:58 +0000

She’s gone and I miss her so. Yes she made me cross, infuriated me at times, but deep down I loved her in my own special way. Maybe I didn’t show her how much I cared, maybe I should have had more patience with her, maybe I shouldn’t have stared at hot Asian models right in front of her, but…

The fireworks continue 28/10/10-7/11/10

Trek to Oz — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 06:42:32 +0000

Hello people, just a little update. Firstly the car, well it’s still properly broken- it caught fire again in the garage yesterday and we are still no nearer to finding out what the problem is. The lads at the A2B garage have been great though and are calling in the big guns, hopefully with an idea of why the car…

Fire down below!

Trek to Oz — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:19:23 +0000

So the Land Rover caught fire today. What more is there so say? It’s all very upsetting and I had a little cry. Luckily we are staying with some lovely people, (thank you so much Ann and Mike), so we have somewhere to sleep whilst the car is looked at by the nice guys at the A2B garage in Dubai.…