http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab There is no "One True Path" to emigrating. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:00:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/12/no-friday-in-samoa/ http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/12/no-friday-in-samoa/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:32:51 +0000 Hubby http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=4777 Today (Friday) does not exist in Samoa.  Without the aid of a parachute or safety net, Samoa is jumping the international date line (IDL) and joining NZ, Fiji & Tonga on the other side of the date line. I can see the sense in this, with so many holiday’s from NZ & Aus, plus lots [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/10/why-you-need-marine-insurance-when-you-emigrate/feed/ 2 http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/05/taking-a-much-needed-day-off/ http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/05/taking-a-much-needed-day-off/#comments Sat, 14 May 2011 01:21:03 +0000 Avalon http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=3732 After 4 or 5 weeks (I’ve mercifully lost count) of working really long hours and not really being the laid back “I-don’t-have-a-job” part time blogger – we took a day off yesterday and spent the whole day at the beach. Where our biggest worry was whether the storm that the Met Service was promising was [...] Related posts:

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