Stories From 79 Countries
Everything we've written, from 13 years on the road.
Haiti Poker Fundraiser
Four of A Kind Poker(myself), in association with the Haven trust NGO and three other poker companies, namely Mayo Poker Tour, Shamrock Poker Tour and Shuffle up and deal Poker, are co-hosting a massive poker night fundraiser on Feb 5th in Yeats County Inn, Curry,...
Sleepout Result and thank you!
I would like to extend a sincere word of thanks both from me and from the thirteen others who took part in the sleep out, to everyone who donated to this project. It was a very worthwhile event. I am delighted to report, now that all the money has been received and...
Sleep out night for Simon Homeless Community!
It only seems like yesterday that I got home from volunteering in Africa!! Anyways I've decided to get the ball rolling on raising some funds for the homeless this Christmas. Ireland has an estimated 5000 homeless people living on the streets with a staggering 10% of...
Viva Las Vegas!
It seems like an age since I got back from Africa...time does actually fly! Anyways, my next trip abroad is back to the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas on September 10th! This will be my fourth trip to Sin City in as many years and like every other time....I'm really...
African trip Slideshow!
I’ve just finished a short slideshow and posted it up on youtube. Its seven minutes short, or long depending on what way you look at it :)! With over 8,000 photo’s from our African volunteer trip its difficult to keep any slideshow under the ten minute mark. It...
Back home!!
Well its been a rollercoaster of a three months and we got back home yesterday, much to the surprise of our family and friends. We had told them all along that we would be home on the 23rd April, so you can imagine their surprise when we showed up out of the blue. We...
A few stories
Ok so we've been taking our anti-malaria tablets for the past twelve weeks(one per week) and although it hasn't sent us crazy or anything, it has certainly taken its effect on me in a few ways. The most noticeable one been nightmares. Although I do suffer from the odd...
African Rucksack 101
Since I don't have any news to report on the past few days, I thought I'd share the contents on my rucksack that I brought with me to Africa. In the past whenever, I've gone traveling, I've always brought a huge suitcase or a 115 liter rucksack...which was massive....
Back in Uganda!
Well we arrived back in Kampala yesterday after a week in Kigali. We had a nice time there and although we visited the Orphans of Rwanda orphanage there for the week, we didn't feel like we were helping as much as we felt we should be. This was mainly due to the fact...
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