Simone's Travel on & off island!

Flying over Cayman Brac – click to view video!

simone74 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:29:46 +0000

Flight from Cayman Brac

simone74 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:08:04 +0000

Over Tiara’s Pond!

Over Kidco’s Dock

Past Carib Sands and Brac Caribbean

Over to the North Side we go!

Bye Bye Cayman Brac!

See ya tomorrow!

Little Cayman

simone74 — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:45:12 +0000

To travel off island even if its just to Little is always an adventure that usually begins up in the big blue sky. Where puffy white clouds float leaving you with not a care in the world.

Another thing that don’t same to have a care in this world are iguanas as they relax in the shade around the Little Cayman Museum and old Church.

But who can blame them for even the local people live this relaxed lifestyle, where the max speed limit is 25.

Soon it becomes that time to leave again,

to take to the skies if only for 10mins!

Hurricane Paloma – 8 Nov 2008

simone74 — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:29:59 +0000

The wind howled outside the door pressing in. Under presser the door flew open and the men rushed to hold it close. After many attempts to hold it close they reached for the hammer and nails to hammer it shut. The wind screamed as if annoyed that they had managed to shut it out. Then there came a hard pounding on the roof top to the east, the men started talking about what it could be, they surmised it was a fruit tree branch that the wind was playing with. The men put up a good front not to alarm the women but inside they admitted later they were getting worried as the branch continued to beat upon the roof almost it same in an attempt to break in from above. It took some hours but it finally subsided and a few hours later we were all able to go outside. Having now seen all the destruction I can say that this is the worst hurricane I have ever been in and my father who is over 70 says the same for him.

My mother and father walked about a mile then cut through some people’s yards to get pass the river of water that had settled on the road and then got a ride down to her Uncle Kie’s home. They found him in the only safe place that was left of his house which was the bathroom, The roof had blown completely off the west part of his home and some off the east. Uncle Kie had fallen down as a piece of ceiling hit him in his head but he managed to get to the bathroom and spent the remainder of the storm sitting on the toilet. He is a stubborn old man of 92 years and did not want to even leave his place when my parents finally got to him after the storm which was the reason he was still there during the storm due he would not leave to go to a shelter. At anyrate after he saw the extent of the damage he finally said he would go to a shelter for a few days but if they left him there any longer they could get his casket ready. After a few days he was carrying on so bad that someone recommended we take him out of there because he would not eat, nor take a bath.

The gentleman that we had sheltered with during the storm said we could take Uncle Kie in with us until Sunday which was when we planned to move into an Aunts home which had escaped with only minor damage that was next to our homes which had major damage. Due our aunt is up in age as well and crippled with both her legs they had taken her to live with family in Grand Cayman and had given us permission to live in her home until such time as we could return to our homes. Looks like it will be a while before I return to my home as it was the least damaged of our two homes but once it’s fixed we plan to take in my GrandMother and her helper to live over there due her home is so destroyed. So now instead of living alone in my own space and Internet, I am sharing a home with my two parents, our uncle and have to travel to the middle of the island to receive internet service, not to mention living to the whims of a generator. As my boss rigthly said in times like this families tend to band closer together.

ICOM 2007 Videos from DailyMotion

simone74 — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:13:23 +0000

If dailymotion do not play when you click on link then you have to click on BETA

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2thws_icom23082007_events

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2tqam_younggenerationicom2007_events

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2sp1q_icom1718august_events

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2syfw_general-assembly-19-08-2007_events

Opening of the Museum Expert Fair and in the evening dancing classes at the ICOM 2007 21st General Conference

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2t8z5_icom20082007_events

The ICOM Executive council at work in France

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2btg0_icom-executive-council_events

INTERCOM excursion Vienna 2007

simone74 — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:34:39 +0000

INTERCOM excursion

http://intercom.museum/Vienna2007.html The websites states

The excursion on Wednesday 23 August gave participants the possibility to gain a better insight into management and leadership practice of some of the best museum institutions outside of Vienna. We visited

- Art Brut Centre and the Kunstlerhaus

- Gasthaus Bonka for a lovely traditional meal of typical dishes including the famous Wiener Schnitzel and Apfel Strudel

- Stift Klosterneuburg

- The Essl Collection of Contemporary Art

- and finally Aignerhof for wine tasting and the traditional “Jause”.

To View my take on the excursion and see my photos please visit

http://simone74.wordpress.com/2007/08/23/excursions/

From the Hottest Flames… « Word For It…

simone74 — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:27:32 +0000

From the Hottest Flames… « Word For It…

I like this story it is very powerful. Haven’t checked out all this writer other postings so not sure about it’s other content.

Want to see Mumbai’s underbelly? Take a guided tour! « A wide angle view of India

simone74 — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:39:41 +0000

Are slum tours ethical?
While taking a tour of the Dhobi ghat may be alright, taking a tour through a slum, peeking into people’s misery, is a concept that makes me uneasy. It’s different if one is a researcher, a writer even, or a social worker…but to simply go and stare? As it says here:

It is a matter of disgrace for any society that claims to be a civilisation to mint money by exhibiting poverty and exposing slum dwellers to the pity of tourists. These residents are forced to exist in uninhabitable conditions because of mismanagement by the authorities. We should at least spare them the ignominy of being reduced to objects of pity.

Slum dwellers don’t seem to mind it, but does that make it right? But I know that I would never ever go on a slum tour, whether here or in any other country. We are a poor country and no one is denying it…but to make an exhibition of the poverty?

(The aerial view of Dharavi as well as Pune’s dhobi ghat are photos taken by me and the one of Mumbai’s dhobi ghat and the one inside of the slum have been linked to the originals.)

Want to see Mumbai’s underbelly? Take a guided tour! « A wide angle view of India

Mindtracks

simone74 — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:19:12 +0000

Mindtracks

recently viewed a blog about a v-world called ’second life’ don’t mind visiting every now and again like I use to do with Microsoft v-chat. Cann’t see myself putting in any serious time there as I want my ’second life’ to be all about living in heaven with my Lord Jesus Christ.

True from what I can tell about it from the blog and a CNN special, it’s more about a game than it is just meeting people and exploring/building new visual worlds which is what I liked best about v-chat, too bad Microsoft canceled it.

Being an artist and more into the visual world I did like the feel of v-chat rather than a plain chat room so I just might check out this new version. Of course I prob will not like it as it’s prob turned ‘ugly’ by now, so many perverted peeps out there. Too bad but perhaps it’s still ok. will see….

Speaking of cooking up a storm….!

simone74 — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:29:07 +0000

Wow the Lord cooking up his own storm; big time rain this October! Almost like olden days the old people talk about.

Thank the Lord for it. True some prob wish it would be a little less, we should all be thankful for it as it restores the underground wells that help during the months that don’t rain. Everything such as travel etc might be a little delayed but thank God it’s just rain and not a major system.