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I'll be offline for the next 2 weeks, sitting a Vipassana course in Waipara, a bit north of Christchurch. My email inbox is a bit flooded at the moment, so I'll get back to you all as soon as time permits.
A few questions for those of you following along with my travels on this web site- what would you like to see more of? How can I improve it? More pictures more often? More posts more often? A discussion board? Guestbook? Interactive polls? More linkage or more pure writing or more of both? Automated emails to you when I update the site?
I'm aware it gets a bit dull around here at times, especially when compared with other travel log sites. Alex writes, "One constructive criticism...your weblog is a little boring. Describe some feelings, some smells, some things that don't come through in the photos and personalize things. I don't know if you are trying to depersonalize it, but your weblog has all the personality of a boring vacation slideshow. Give us some anecdotes, some of your epiphanies, or feelings, describe your impressions of people, let us into your little world...it would make things far more engaging."
I agree with him, and I'm working on it. It's tough though, writing about personal experiences for such a diverse audience- friends, family, friends of friends, family of friends, the list goes on. Please email me what you think, or leave a comment (via the underlined "Comments" link below this post); I've made this site a metaphorical "two-way street" for a reason!
One last tidbit before heading up to Waipara, here's another article about Chuck's $50,000-winning project at Duke. Great picture!
Posted by Eric at 02:35 PM | Comments (5)
I finished hiking the Banks Peninsula Track yesterday afternoon; it was a most refreshing four days. The waterproof camera case once again proved its usefullness, as days 2 and 3 of the hike were quite wet and windy. As in, rain/hail coming down sideways, and a strong-enough wind that I could fully lean into it and be propped up, without keeling over! Yes, I've got heaps of pictures from the track, but it'll be a few more weeks until I can get them online.
The track weaves around the coast of the Banks Peninsula, southeast of Christchurch. The Akaroa volcano created the peninsula about 9 million years ago- here's an awesome aerial picture of the peninsula.
Posted by Eric at 11:00 AM | Comments (0)
"May all beings be happy."
Vipassana meditation.
Shwedagon Pagoda,
Yangon,
Burma
January 3rd, 2003
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