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12 Feb

12:40 PM Waiting for Dad to come pick me up - I've got most of my stuff packed and ready to go! 8:50 PM So this plane is the Airbus A380 – it has two levels and 800 passengers! We're settled in nicely. The guy that took the shuttle with us is sitting in the same row. I was reading the documentation …

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Sam’s Soapbox #6 – When in Afghanistan, Do as the Afghans Do

About time! Sorry it's been so long since I did a videoblog... I know you're just waiting for me to rant about the government's latest screw-up. But there's a twist! This time, I'm talking about what our MPs are doing right on parliament hill! For the first few minutes, anyway. Enjoy!

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Pre-Trip

21 December 2009 I'm home for Christmas and Dad and I have started planning in earnest for this trip to Pakistan. We found an online forum where people have uploaded lots of pictures and videos of everyday life in Pakistan. It was fascinating to look through the dozens of pages of pictures; I can't …

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Dubai and Pakistan Trip Journal

On 12 February 2010, I left Toronto with my father and flew across the ocean to spend a week in Dubai and Pakistan. We met countless new relatives, saw breathtaking sights of natural and architectural beauty, and got jostled around in the frenzied traffic of Karachi. We got to experience for …

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