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By: John August

John August — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:01:27 +0000

Penny and Eddie (#28):

By all means grab the photos. That's what they're there for.

By: Penny and Eddie

Penny and Eddie — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:58:56 +0000

Thanks for the photos, John.

Every time I look on this site I find something that either makes me feel excited or wish I was there myself, or both.

As for Tom, he does seem to have turned out to be a fairly decent chap, although quite how it happened remains a mystery to me to this day.

Is it OK to copy the photos or do I need permission?

By: Sanjay

Sanjay — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:59:10 +0000

Really very moving and engagingly made too. Hard to settle down to cranking out genre scripts after this. Think I'll take the day off. You've earned it!

Sanjay

By: Aunty Rachel

Aunty Rachel — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:56:44 +0000

Fantastic shots of your time in Malawi. I am Tom’s Aunty Rachel and due to poor communication have not been able to get in touch with Tom and Sally since they went off on their trip. Your pictures have given a great insight into what they are a part of. Cheers for that. Rachel.

By: richard rapp

richard rapp — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:48:16 +0000

Love to read experiences like that. I now live in Armenia, Colombia and without a lot of excesses. 5 years ago, anything that didn't fit into 2 check-ins and a carry-on was donated. The real adventure is now, you're back. Go to a Walmart (or whatever you have on that coast) or some other place where all the fatties bitch and moan about how they have it so bad in life. It'll be real shocking, I do it every year when I go back to visit my folks. I just stare and have trouble figuring out what's going on. Not because of the movement nor amount of people, rather the amount of excess and exageration that is in the U.S.

Glad to hear it was positive.

By: Tina Anderson

Tina Anderson — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:59:14 +0000

Thanks for sharing, John. Truly. You managed to capture much of the surreal time shift I experienced in India recently, especially the "days slipped between minutes" comment. So much to savor, so much to share ... and only so much captured in still shots or in bullet point journal notes. I'm heading to Egypt in a few months; pen, camera, heart poised ....

Tina

By: John August

John August — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:11:38 +0000

Penny and Eddie (#22):

Congrats on having a great son. I probably shouldn't narc on Tom, but yeah, he's riding in that pickup truck.

I'm putting up a huge batch of photos tomorrow, so you'll see him and Sally.

By: Penny and Eddie

Penny and Eddie — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:00:59 +0000

We just had an email from our son, Tom, who is working with FOMO in Malawi, with his girlfriend Sally. He mentioned he’d met you and so we googled your name and found your blog. Watching the lovely video gave us a wonderful snapshot of what Tom and Sally are experiencing at the moment – just one question – Sal is in the minibus with the kids – is Tom on top of the laundry in the other truck?

By: Ed Araquel

Ed Araquel — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:17:41 +0000

It may be too early to ask but what’s your take on this Washington Post op-ed piece about the West’s attempts to “save” Africa?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/13/AR2007071301714.html?referrer=emailarticle

By: Tom Corwine

Tom Corwine — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:05:41 +0000

Glad to have you back. Great Video!

By: John August

John August — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:59:09 +0000

Ingrid (#17):

We didn't go with Oxfam, or any other group, really. It was all arranged through emails. We just bought tickets and showed up.

In doing our research, we found that there are several groups which specialize in "voluntourism," but FOMO isn't connected with them at this point. I'll put up links in future articles.