Flashback: Diving the Red Sea

Before diving in (sorry) to the story of the week we spent scuba diving in Sharm el-Sheikh, we just wanted to say how thrilled we are for the people of Egypt now that Mubarak has officially stepped down. There was a strong sense of resignation and apathy when we were there – a feeling of “What’s the point?” that pervaded the few political conversations we had with locals. I remember our guide Mohammed saying that things were never going to change because the corrupt government made all the rules. The contrast behind that defeatism and the images and stories we’re seeing out of Cairo today could not be more stark. We wish them all the best.

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Behold, the Ferret Derby

Let’s say you’re on a month-long road trip around the United Kingdom and you find yourself in a small, unpronounceable town in Wales. And let’s say that while you’re wandering around this vowel-deprived town, you stumble across this poster on the side of the road…

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