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Back from the bush!

Posted in April 14th, 2009
by Esther Garvi in About this blog

We had a wonderful weekend, spending Sunday to Monday in the bush, visiting Illami and his owner Liz. I hope to post soon!

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How it all started - Part 2 (of 2)

Posted in February 24th, 2009
by Esther Garvi in About this blog, Early Ishtarhood, Experiencing Africa, Favourite posts, Friends & family, Ishtar travels, Things you want to know about Niger

I promised you yesterday that I’d post a continuation on the 1986 Sahara crossing today, so here goes:

A quick recap for those of you who just dropped in for the first time:
The Garvi Family is on a five week long journey through the Sahara desert, moving their little tribe from the comforts of a temporary [...]

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Blog awards

Posted in November 12th, 2008
by Esther Garvi in About this blog

The expression “whenever it rains, it pours” seems not only to be relevant to the rainy season in Niger, but also to blog awards! The past two weeks have seen this blog being nominated three times, which is such a cheerful honour!
First up was Fe of Coyote Roads with the I Love Your Blog [...]

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Updated: Links

Posted in September 16th, 2008
by Esther Garvi in About this blog

I recently updated my links, to include all sites that I visit and all site owners who read & comment on my blog. Being a long-term kind of person, its the continuity that I appreciate! If you’re a regular reader with your own site, let me know so that I can add you to the [...]

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www.esthergarvi.com is growing!

Posted in September 12th, 2008
by Esther Garvi in About this blog

This blog has grown! It now has an average of 170 visitors daily (!) from around the world.
The Top 15 Visiting Countries so far this month are:

USA
Sweden
Netherlands

Switzerland

Germany
Australia
United Kingdom
Poland
South Africa
Spain
Tonga
Argentine
France
Romania
Canada

I am still wondering “ Niger, where are you!” but I pretty [...]

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Time to become a Friend of Eden?

Posted in September 4th, 2008
by Esther Garvi in About this blog, Eden Foundation

If this were Facebook, there would be a heading somewhere saying:
Esther recently added an Eden Foundation page to her blog. To read it, click here!
Eden is at a stage in life when it definitively needs regular sponsorship, so if you want to be part of the sustainable work being conducted in Tanout, click here.

Zaratu selling [...]

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Back at work

Posted in May 12th, 2008
by Esther Garvi in About this blog, Friends & family, Working as a volunteer

Am leaving for the field station again, will blog when I come back.

Talking to my niece in the car (when your mother is a forester, then you too get to go the field station on a regular basis!)

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April statistics

Posted in April 20th, 2008
by Esther Garvi in About this blog

The Top 10 Visiting Countries of this month are:

USA & others
Sweden
Netherlands

United Kingdom
China
France
Germany
Ghana
Norway
Egypt

(I am still wondering: Niger, where are you…?)
The Top 5 posts have been:
1. Baking an omelet in the solar oven

2. When luxury food meets famine food in my solar oven
3. Clouds - out [...]

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5 days into the new month

Posted in April 5th, 2008
by Esther Garvi in About this blog

After 5 days into April, the Top 10 Visiting Countries are:

USA & others
Sweden
Netherlands
France
Germany
Ghana
Norway
Canada
United Kingdom
Brazil

The great climbers here are the Netherlands and France.
Niger, where are you…?

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Blog visitors

Posted in March 28th, 2008
by Esther Garvi in About this blog

After having spent a week in Niger, the Top 10 Visiting Countries are:

USA & others
Sweden
Norway
Netherlands
Germany
Switzerland
Tonga
France
Belgium
Mexico

Making their presence known and battling to make it to the Top 10 are:
Australia - Brazil - Canada - China - Colombia - Croatia - [...]

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Blogging practicalities

Posted in March 26th, 2008
by Esther Garvi in About this blog, Life as a volunteer, Reader's Questions

In a previous post, Niger1 asked the following question:
From where do you get connected to the internet your house or cybercafe?
Well, I have two choices. One is to battle the ordinary line, which is OK some days, and hopeless other days.

The other is to go to a cybercafé. We used to go regularly to one [...]

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Blog statistics so far…

Posted in March 24th, 2008
by Esther Garvi in About this blog

It’s only been three weeks since I started blogging in my own name, but the average of visitors per day so far has been 130. Ishtar News use to have between 20-30 visitors per day, so it’s considerable change! The ten top countries so far have been as following:
1. US & others
2. [...]

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Keywords

Posted in March 14th, 2008
by Esther Garvi in About this blog

A favorite topic of mine has always been… keywords! People write the weirdest things to find you, from “chocolate eating gallop poll 2007″ to “holy cows uganda” - not to forget my personal favourite: “what customs come with the running of the bulls”… Here are the primary keywords and phrases people have typed in order [...]

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Welcome!

Posted in January 28th, 2008
by Esther Garvi in About this blog

After two years of blogging about Niger under the alias Ishtar (as I was first called by my little friends in Niger), I have now - finally! - got a space of my own and will from now be blogging under my real name. Which is Esther by the way, or Esta (the official Hausa [...]

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