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About lornaofarabia

I am a teacher from Medford, Oregon. I currently live and work in Bangkok, Thailand.

Nosy Be and beyond, Madagascar part 2

Posted on 23 Oct 2014 by lornaofarabia

In Madagascar, even the islands have islands. It’s very meta. I love islands. This is my kind of place. A small motorboat took me on the 40 minute journey from Ankify to the island of Nosy Be (it means the … Continue reading →

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Malagasy mega-slideshow, Madagascar part 1

Posted on 22 Oct 2014 by lornaofarabia

I am trying to see as much of sub-Saharan Africa as I can during my last year in Ethiopia, so with that in mind I decided a couple of months ago to spend the week-long October break in Madagascar. Andreas’s … Continue reading →

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Penguins?

Posted on 13 Oct 2014 by lornaofarabia

I didn’t know much about what there was to see in Africa before moving here. In fact I didn’t know much about Africa at all (if that sounds like you, too, take a look at this video. You might be … Continue reading →

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At least I’m consistent

Posted on 1 Oct 2014 by lornaofarabia

I knew it would happen eventually when I saw it on a friend’s Facebook page. Now it’s already been a few weeks since a former NMHS colleague invited me to share my ten favorite books, and I’ve been tagged twice … Continue reading →

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This is my tribe

Posted on 30 Sep 2014 by lornaofarabia

Among the many great benefits of working at an international school is the opportunity for professional development. I’m lucky to work at a school that provides a generous annual allowance for each teacher to spend on training in his or … Continue reading →

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Weekend in Brussels

Posted on 29 Sep 2014 by lornaofarabia

I just noticed I never posted pictures from my my trip to Brussels in September. I was there for a librarians’ conference which kept me pretty busy but I did have a couple of half-days free to walk around the … Continue reading →

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BMOC

Posted on 23 Sep 2014 by lornaofarabia

One school day a couple of weeks ago, the first email of the morning was marked with a red “priority” arrow and contained this information from our director: There is a large adult male baboon on the loose in our … Continue reading →

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Bale Mountain Lodge

Posted on 15 Sep 2014 by lornaofarabia

At a party our first year in Addis I met a British man named Guy who told me about an upscale eco-lodge he was building in Bale Mountain National Park (pronounced with two syllables BAH-lay, not like a bale of … Continue reading →

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A day on the Sanetti Plateau

Posted on 13 Sep 2014 by lornaofarabia

We wondered whether we would see any Ethiopian wolves on the plateau. There are very few of them left in the world. Last year the count for this endangered canid was about 500 over six small regions, one of which … Continue reading →

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The little Hilux that could

Posted on 12 Sep 2014 by lornaofarabia

I don’t have a car right now, so I hired a driver with a Toyota Land Cruiser for a four-day weekend trip to the Bale Mountains. Thursday’s drive to the lodge went well. But this morning we took the car … Continue reading →

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