Travelling Gomezs

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Gooood morning Vietnam! 

The photos do not capture the chaos of the streets in Ho Chi Minh City – sometimes still called Saigon. The teeming of thousands upon thousands of scooter riders. They skilfully weave in and out of any place possible. They take traffic lights to be recommendations only. Red lights can be gone through. If you …

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Love revelation… updated

Many people know that love for the Greeks had at least 4 meanings. These are: Eros – romantic or sexual love. But the Greeks didn’t always think of it as being positive, as we do today, as it was viewed as fiery and involved a loss of control. Yet we hope to “fall madly in love”. Philia …

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How on earth can it be a Good Friday?

It seems that the world is imploding. Famine in East Africa, war in Syria and Afghanistan, millions of refugees in crisis, violence in our cities, natural disasters a normal occurrence and I could go on. What on earth makes this a Good Friday? Only that God did not want heaven without you. So He brought …

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