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Day 160-204, 18Dec08 – 31Jan09: San Francisco. Part1: a tour of SF

January 31, 2009 by Harry, 719 views  
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It has been a long time between updates, but this week we will be catching up a bit, so you can see where we have been this year, what happened with my knee and much more! We spent about 6 weeks in and around San Francisco, a wonderful city in many ways. I will write a [...]

1000 Americans: Fiona & Jeremy, Kiva, San Francisco

January 28, 2009 by Harry, 551 views  
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Fiona is Kiva’s Public Relations Director, responsible for Kiva’s exposure & communication. She lives with Kiva’s Technology Director Jeremy and together they have sacrificed much time, money and effort to get Kiva up and running, being two of the first employees. They both love to travel the world when possible and have seen the need for [...]

1000 Americans: Jeremy Frazao & Matt Flannery, Kiva, San Francisco

January 28, 2009 by Harry, 425 views  
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Jeremy (Technology Director of Kiva) was one of the first people to work for Kiva after Matt  (CEO of Kiva) had started the company in 2005. Of course they both did not know then that it would mean long hours with no pay, but due to dedication of the first key people like them, Kiva survived [...]

1000 Americans: Dr Hal Rosenberg, San Francisco

January 22, 2009 by Harry, 421 views  
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Dr Hal Rosenberg is a well-known Chiropractor in SF. having worked on the medical staff of the USA Triathlon Team. It takes a sportsman to help one and though I sometimes felt he was trying to kill me, the crunching of the back and neck helped

1000 Americans: Adriana, San Francisco

January 16, 2009 by Harry, 255 views  
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Adriana was born in Colombia and her heart is still divided between there and San Francisco. She is a nanny and enjoys cooking wonderful meals, spending time with her friends, enjoying life and promoting peace… And of course her boyfriend Gerard

1000 Americans: Kim & Nate, San Francisco

January 15, 2009 by Harry, 427 views  
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Nate & Kim enjoy life, and are avid Couchsurfers, having hosted dozens of travellers. Kim is also known as DJ Kimpo, spinning the nights away… Currently they are on a round the world trip, read their reports and see their images on http://www.anotherfuckingtravelblog.com/ The photo above was taken in the Yerba Buena Museum, one of the few [...]

1000 Americans: Gerard, San Francisco

January 13, 2009 by Harry, 349 views  
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Gerard is one of the many ‘import-Americans’, being born and raised in The Netherlands. As many expats in SF, he works in IT, but uses his time off to enjoy the wonders of San Francisco and around as well as his girlfriend Adriana. Photo by Mitch Aidelbaum, editing by me

1000 Americans: Jessica & Mikelanjelo, Oakland

January 3, 2009 by Harry, 355 views  
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Mikelanjelo contacted us through our form on the site and offered us a place to stay with his girlfriend Jessica and their friends in Oakland. He is a bicycle advocate, has even worked as a bike courier in Honolulu and has done several bicycle tours across the US. They are now planning their next trip, [...]

1000 Americans: Nicole Dreon, Truckee

January 3, 2009 by Harry, 330 views  
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Nicole –Colie for friends- Dreon has been working behind the scenes for the sports TV channel ESPN for a long time, but has done quite a bit of sporting herself, still living near Ski and Snowboard resorts in Lake Tahoe. She is one of the few persons in the world that has skied in Uganda [...]

1000 Americans: Alison Levine, San Francisco

January 3, 2009 by Harry, 287 views  
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Alison is a well sought-after public speaker as she combines her extensive business career with a love for adventure. She has climbed the 7 summits, hiked unsupported to the South Pole, and has done a million things more as you can read on her website Daredevilstrategies.com. I have known Ali for 10 years, we only [...]

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