Comments for Ced 'n Avril's http://www.cedavril.com Big Arsed Adventure - RELOADED! Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:07:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Ced Avril & Kitson’s Xmas Card From Vietnam by Jeni, Jack and Melissa http://www.cedavril.com/2012/01/13/ced-avril-kitsons-xmas-card-from-vietnam/#comment-28995 Jeni, Jack and Melissa Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:07:50 +0000 http://www.cedavril.com/?p=180#comment-28995 It’s such delight reading your blogs. We missed them in the last year and a bit. Thank you for sharing. Happy Birthday Kitson! The cutest Empress. Jeni, Jack and Melissa It’s such delight reading your blogs.
We missed them in the last year and a bit.
Thank you for sharing.

Happy Birthday Kitson! The cutest Empress.

Jeni, Jack and Melissa

]]> Comment on Ced Avril & Kitson’s Xmas Card From Vietnam by Mark http://www.cedavril.com/2012/01/13/ced-avril-kitsons-xmas-card-from-vietnam/#comment-28570 Mark Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:22:39 +0000 http://www.cedavril.com/?p=180#comment-28570 Can't wait to read more stories!! One step closer to visiting all the countries in the world! http://www.flickr.com/photos/anetamark/sets/ http://anetamark.blogspot.com/ Can’t wait to read more stories!! One step closer to visiting all the countries in the world!

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http://anetamark.blogspot.com/

]]> Comment on Ced Avril & Kitson’s Xmas Card From Vietnam by with2kidsintow http://www.cedavril.com/2012/01/13/ced-avril-kitsons-xmas-card-from-vietnam/#comment-28525 with2kidsintow Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:39:46 +0000 http://www.cedavril.com/?p=180#comment-28525 Cute photos--at least Kitson had an even more memorable 1st birthday than usual! As for fb in Vietnam--the governments got a big ol firewall around it (but not twitter--go figure) cus I guess, they can. There are work arounds that work some of the time. Have fun and check our blog out http://with2kidsintow.blogspot.com/2011/12/hong-kong-bright-lights-big-city.html for ideas in HK--it'll be full of activity for new years for sure! Cute photos–at least Kitson had an even more memorable 1st birthday than usual!

As for fb in Vietnam–the governments got a big ol firewall around it (but not twitter–go figure) cus I guess, they can. There are work arounds that work some of the time.

Have fun and check our blog out http://with2kidsintow.blogspot.com/2011/12/hong-kong-bright-lights-big-city.html for ideas in HK–it’ll be full of activity for new years for sure!

]]> Comment on About by with2kidsintow http://www.cedavril.com/about/#comment-28524 with2kidsintow Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:25:23 +0000 http://server23.hostingbay.net/~cedav/?page_id=7#comment-28524 Wow--great intro. Envious of how much traveling you've done so far. But just because you are parents doesn't mean you are limited to resorts and packaged tours from here on in! As you know we are just about to finished 1yr of travel backpacking through SEA, including India and Sri Lanka. It CAN be done, as long as you are prepared to travel slow and incorporate lots of kid-friendly activities. Also I think the age of the child is also crucial to your successful experience. Personally I'd recommend 4yr+ kiddies cus they can walk quite a bit and probably wouldn't need their naps anymore, yet still small enough to sit on your lap if need be and they don't eat that much yet ;) Good luck with attaining your very exciting goal of visiting all the countries in the world! Wow–great intro. Envious of how much traveling you’ve done so far. But just because you are parents doesn’t mean you are limited to resorts and packaged tours from here on in! As you know we are just about to finished 1yr of travel backpacking through SEA, including India and Sri Lanka. It CAN be done, as long as you are prepared to travel slow and incorporate lots of kid-friendly activities. Also I think the age of the child is also crucial to your successful experience. Personally I’d recommend 4yr+ kiddies cus they can walk quite a bit and probably wouldn’t need their naps anymore, yet still small enough to sit on your lap if need be and they don’t eat that much yet ;)

Good luck with attaining your very exciting goal of visiting all the countries in the world!

]]> Comment on Ced Has A Whinge In Addis Ababa by Nancy http://www.cedavril.com/2008/03/13/ced-has-a-whinge-in-addis-ababa/#comment-15014 Nancy Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:27:16 +0000 http://www.cedavril.com/2008/03/13/ced-has-a-whinge-in-addis-ababa/#comment-15014 Went back to look at your site to revisit what you thought of Mali, since I just came back, and decided to check out this Ethiopia post as well. I can say that my personal experience was quite different, although I've heard similar opinions as yours from other people. I thought Malians gave FAR more persistent hassle than Ethiopians, and were usually quite rude about it. In Ethiopia I felt that a lot of the blatant requests for money were almost like a joking test, just to see if you'd actually do it...usually children would laugh and run away after I said no, and I don't think I was ever asked by adults. (although one time I got quite angry at an adult who tried to convince me to give him my phone). But in Mali, it was DEMANDING money, not even asking, by children AND adults, and they would not take "no" for an answer until we could physically move far enough away that they stopped. It was difficult for me to judge relative poverty levels because Mali is exponentially more expensive for the tourist than Ethiopia. And the community trek I did in Ethiopia wrote up testimonials from cooks and guides saying how grateful they were to the community tourism project that they now receive $5 per month, which seemed shocking to be an improvement. I will say that scams in Mali seem to be either fewer, which is good, but maybe they were just better-hidden like something we encountered with our fake-Dogon Dogon guide who subcontracted out at the last minute... Went back to look at your site to revisit what you thought of Mali, since I just came back, and decided to check out this Ethiopia post as well. I can say that my personal experience was quite different, although I’ve heard similar opinions as yours from other people.

I thought Malians gave FAR more persistent hassle than Ethiopians, and were usually quite rude about it. In Ethiopia I felt that a lot of the blatant requests for money were almost like a joking test, just to see if you’d actually do it…usually children would laugh and run away after I said no, and I don’t think I was ever asked by adults. (although one time I got quite angry at an adult who tried to convince me to give him my phone). But in Mali, it was DEMANDING money, not even asking, by children AND adults, and they would not take “no” for an answer until we could physically move far enough away that they stopped.

It was difficult for me to judge relative poverty levels because Mali is exponentially more expensive for the tourist than Ethiopia. And the community trek I did in Ethiopia wrote up testimonials from cooks and guides saying how grateful they were to the community tourism project that they now receive $5 per month, which seemed shocking to be an improvement.

I will say that scams in Mali seem to be either fewer, which is good, but maybe they were just better-hidden like something we encountered with our fake-Dogon Dogon guide who subcontracted out at the last minute…

]]> Comment on Giant Robots & Glass Save Japanese Towns by Avril http://www.cedavril.com/2010/10/10/giant-robots-glass-save-japanese-towns/#comment-11762 Avril Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:44:28 +0000 http://www.cedavril.com/?p=163#comment-11762 Hi Miyako! Yes I remember you - so funny that you remember the Astroboy song :D I really enjoyed Nagahama and I think a lot of people would enjoy it too. It has a lot to keep people amused and interested. And I'm really glad I met you too. Thanks for helping me do the glass blowing class and to get my bowl to me. Hopefully one day I will be back to Nagahama to do the glass bead making class. So I'm sure we'll meet again. I will keep in contact through your email. Take care -Avril Hi Miyako! Yes I remember you – so funny that you remember the Astroboy song :D

I really enjoyed Nagahama and I think a lot of people would enjoy it too. It has a lot to keep people amused and interested. And I’m really glad I met you too. Thanks for helping me do the glass blowing class and to get my bowl to me.

Hopefully one day I will be back to Nagahama to do the glass bead making class. So I’m sure we’ll meet again.

I will keep in contact through your email.

Take care

-Avril

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