When it came to packing, everything got a bit real. It hit home that I would be on the move again as I decanted my washing powder into a zip lock bag. That’s when I started to think about sharing a room with up to 7 other people, about queueing for washing machines. About stand...
ATM’s and banks would be closed so there would have been no money available for people to buy food even if the stores were open or even had any food left. Food riots would occur and the future from then on for almost everyone would have been a hellish nightmare in many ways. At som...
The examples of the fundamental forces of gravity provided, are great for hands on fun and we believe together with an overnight stay to learn about the night sky and use the observatory facilities would be worth the trip. As day tourists it is a little disappointing. Many of the displays ...
The size of the hospital was such that it was a significant landmark from Southampton Water, and one wonders how many troops leaving Southampton to fight abroad, would look at the hospital as they left, hoping that it would not be their destination on return. The main hospital was demolished...
This would be an action-packed 5-day Galapagos itinerary based in Puerto Ayora all for less than $500 per person. Now let’s compare that to the 5-day cruise itinerary, which was priced at $750. On the liveaboard cruises, it’s customary to tip the deserving crew $10 per day, so ...
James had expressed his concern about dealing with the Jamaicans but Russell convinced him that the deal would be the start of something big and most of all the money was too good to pass up. James reluctantly joined Russell at the lot behind the abandoned Burger Shot in Cerveza Heights ...
It was my first day out on a walk across Scotland, and I’d stumbled upon one of the most beautiful camping spots I’d ever seen. As I pitched the tent and made dinner, the light fading with arctic slowness, I kept hoping somebody would arrive to share the place with me. But nobod...
the microbial biomass that overwhelms the data that we recovered. While enrichment of target species through capture-probes is possible39, it is currently cost-prohibitive for use in routine monitoring of marine ecosystems due to the unwieldy number of libraries and probes that would be required fo...
As no site is “always” ideal, adult females are long-lived and nest over many years, and natal homing likely includes a broader area than traditionally assumed [51], it is likely that some diversity in nesting locations would be indefinitely maintained in the population. Even locations that...
There must be plenty of water at the end of the jetty but I'll be happier when I've seen for myself." He smiled at her. "Why don't you have a bathe too? It's going to be dam' cold, but it would do you good after stewing44 inside that concrete dome all the morning." ...