Author: Claire
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Arrival, 27 December 2008
I am still struck by the contrasting rural poverty; the far greater poverty that I perceived on those little squares of land, carved out of the jungle, than on the rich, grassland, hillside homesteads I have walked among at home.
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Palau
One trip across the border and the travel-bug has bitten! I suppose the desire to know different people and different places has always been there – a desire I’ve explored through books and stories – and finally taking this Mozambique trip has made acting on that desire and travelling to far-off places seem more of…
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Flowers for Mozambique
I am not a fan of short stories but high school English forces you to do things you don’t necessarily want to do. One of the short stories we studied was Flowers for Algernon. It’s a very sad story and has all sorts of morals and themes and messages. It was also beautifully constructed in…