Crabbing

Yesterday, we went crabbing. Catching crabs isn’t that easy after all. (You’re all sickos, by the way…) You drive down to Port Germain, which is down on the seaside, and then walk out along a mile-long jetty as the tide is coming in. The water carries the crabs with it, so you bait your nets…

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Culture Shock, Cricket, and Christmas

CULTURE SHOCK Travelling to a different country always yeilds some interest and bemusment and the different ways similar people do things. For example, here in Australia, one discovers very quickly that the newspapers are far more blunt and pointed in their editorial slant than North American papers. Secondly, nudity on TV is fairly commonplace… even…

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