Travel

After a few days on the volcano island of Ometepe we were due to head to Granada and managed to get as far as half the way to the jetty for the ferry back over the lake before we were peer group pressured into returning to San Jaun del Sur for another Sunday Funday a pool crawl run by The Naked Tiger. With 8 of us in total we managed to get quite the discounted taxi ride back to the town which a

Sore and tired after cycling down the WMDR yes we are feeling our age we sensibly had an early Saturday night in preparation for a 7.45am bus ride to Copacabana on the shores of Lake Titicaca. We thought La Paz was chilly but Copacabana takes the mickey at just over 3800m the air is thin and cold and when in the shade with a breeze blowing positively freezing.Copacabana is only 100km or so

Early doors alarm set for 5.45am to be packed up and at the bus station for 6am blimey we hadn39t been up this early in a long time But it was for a good reason we were crossing the border into Cambodia very exciting. We had been told countless horror stories of the border crossing it can be dangerous be careful you could be there for ages corrupt officers fake visas etc so we were bo

New Jersey school officials have threatened a 12-year-old hearing-impaired girl to stop using sign language to communicate on the school bus or face a 3-day suspension according to The Washington Times. Danica Lesko and her parents have told reporters that sign language is the only way for her to communicate after she lost her hearing in an accident. The Washington Times said that officials at Stonybrook School and district officials in Branchburg New Jersey have said that signing is a safety hazard. “In a statement released through the school district’s attorney, David Rubin, the Branchburg Board of Education insisted it did not violate anyone’s rights and is only trying to protect other students,” ABC News reported. “The Board is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to all students with disabilities, and is satisfied that there has been no violation of that policy in this case. “The Board is also committed to assuring the safety of all students who travel on District buses, and will continue to take appropriate steps to accomplish that goal,” the statement said. According to The Washington Times, Mary Ann Lesko, Danica’s mother said, “She has a hearing problem, and now she’s being punished for using sign language. It’s absurd.” Danica’s parents are considering suing over the school’s threat because they claim that the officials are violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. Parents are very protective when it comes to their children and their rights and safety. Some recent news regarding children’s safety included the parents that included the Facebook kidnapping prevented by the child’s parents, and there was also the story of the mother who set up her own sting to nab an online predator. Parents are protective over their children, and in the case of Danica Lesko, her parents should be concerned. How accommodating can the school be if they are telling a hearing-impaired girl that she can’t use sign language to communicate? Image via Shutterstock/Pavzyuk Svitlana] Hearing-Impaired Girl Banned From Using Sign Language At School is a post from: The Inquisitr

Off for the train to France and ultimately St Jean Pied de Port1st John 31 we must see what great love the Father has lavished on us by letting us be called God39s children which is what we areGrace and peaceLinda

June has been a busy busy month in general Certainly things have really picked up at work now that I39m receiving more and more responsibility... but socially things have been exploding as well. Recently I39ve felt that I had kind of run out of things to report on in my blogsphere. But a friend pointed out that it39s not that I39m running out of things to say it39s just that

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We stop at Ubirr to check the view into Arnhenland. Andi goes to the facilities and seems to be taking a long time only to find out she had found a snake in one of the 2 toilets At Cahills crossing into Arnhemland we spot a foreign tourist fishing on the crossing causeway Matilda champion crocodile spotter points out a rather large fiend lurking not too far upsteam pretty sure I know who my mo

We head from Mataranka to Kakadu via Kathrine and Pine Creek. Just as we leave Mataranka we fill up with fuel but need to push past the Brolga's milling around the bowsers. hope they are getting cheaper fuel than me Much to Reuben and Matilda's pleasure we do some more hiking to lookouts Jim Jim Falls finally get to push the 4WD button and check out some Billabongs. Haven't had to use the B

Hello everyoneNot quite sure when this blog will be out on as have no Internet at the mo so it may be a little out of date by the time it reaches you.An update since our last blog...we found regional work on a farm in Koorda and have been living here for the past few weeks. It was sad to say bye to Perth somewhere we have both grown to love we have lots of great memories which we won39t