Ceasefire in Nepal
The newly convened government in Nepal has declared a ceasefire in the deadlock with the Maoists which has caused almost constant conflict in the beautiful Himalayan nation. Over the last decade this conflict has seen about 13,000 deaths.
I hope that this is a lasting ceasefire and that the government is able to get on with restoring peace and democracy in this troubled nation.
Go to the Archives section of this blog to read about my adventures in Nepal in January of this year.
To read the full story go to ABC News Online by clicking here.
Amputee Climbing Everest
No Comments »3rd May, 2006; Category: General
New Zealand mountain climber Mark Inglis is having a little trouble climbing Mt. Everest.
He’s broken his artificial leg. And he has two of them. He is attempting to be the first double amputee to conquer the top of the world. But it seems he is determined to push on to the summit – with his broken leg patched up with duct tape! Onya Mark!
It makes all my troubles climbing this area last January seem just a tad insignificant in comparison. (For my adventures go to the Archives section of this blog.)
To read the story on ABC News Online click here.
Adelaide Airport in traffic gridlock
I was pleased I wasn’t trying to fly anywhere from Adelaide International Airport last weekend. It seems that the traffic in the area was in gridlock for much of the weekend due to bad planning of the access road.
Actually, the access road is normally quite good and one usually only has a wait of several minutes at the most when either entering or leaving the terminal car park. The problem that has arisen over the last week is that a new, massive and very popular furniture store (IKEA) has just opened – right next to the access road. It has caused total chaos in the area, to the point that they are now talking about a second access road for taxis only. Then on top of all that – the only petrol station in the area, which is on the access road too – had a special 10 cents discount offer over the weekend!
And the predictable has happened – everyone blames everyone else!
Think I’ll stay home for a while.