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| Fire one, Dane Hodges and Mom snow play in Cincy |
Dane Hodges finally plays America! Dane was tasked with ranking his 2011 travels that included 29 flights, four train trips, 14 countries, and most every means of transportation one could imagine from rickshaws and elephants to Jeepneys, baht buses, bullets, to flat bottom river rafts, and some would be stunned by the results!
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Imagine thousands of islands and then spread them across millions of square miles in the vast southwest Pacific, then open yours eyes to a beach that runs as far as you can see...welcome to Micronesia; a land lost in time.
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Dane Hodges plays with Japanese WWII canon, Saipan |
Micronesia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising thousands of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It is distinct from Melanesia to the south, and Polynesia to the
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Borneo... Dane Hodges in the old rainforest
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Dane Hodges in rainforest canopy, Borneo |
The Borneo rainforest is 130 million years old, making it the oldest rainforest in the world and 70 million years older than the Amazon rainforest. Borneo is very rich in biodiversity compared to many other areas (MacKinnon et al. 1998). There are about 15,000 species of flowering plants with 3,000 species of trees (267 species are dipterocarps), 221
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Dane Hodges eats Pineapple rice with mom, Burma |
The history of Burma (Myanmar) covers the period from the time of first-known human settlements 11,000 years ago to the present day. The earliest inhabitants of recorded history were the Pyu who entered the Irrawaddy valley from the north c. 1st century BCE. By the 4th century CE, the Pyu had founded several city states as far south as Prome (Pyay), and adopted Buddhism. Farther south, the Mon, who had entered from |
Kuala Lumpur with Dane Hodges
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of 243 km2 (94 sq mi), has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million. It is the fastest growing metropolitan region in the country, in terms of population and economy.
Kuala Lumpur is the seat of the Parliament of Malaysia. The |
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| Fire one, Dane Hodges and Mom snow play in Cincy |
Dane Hodges finally plays America! Dane was tasked with ranking his 2011 travels that included 29 flights, four train trips, 14 countries, and most every means of transportation one could imagine from rickshaws and elephants to Jeepneys, baht buses, bullets, to flat bottom river rafts, and some would be stunned by the |
Traveller Dane Hodges does SE Asia
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| Dane Hodges in the land of Lora Craft, Siem Reap, Cambodia | This blog details the travels of a young Micronesian boy, five year old Dane Hodges, and his exploits around the islands, from his home on the Northern Marianas Island of Saipan, and around the Pacific Rim and his East Asian neighborhood. Inspired by “Saipan: The World’s Greatest place to be a little boy” and expanded on 2011 adventures that included Korea, Japan, China,
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| Dane Hodges at the seaside windswept Kingfisher Links, Saipan |
Saipan AP - Six year old American Dane Hodges is the first US junior golfer to make a par in 2012, drilling a 12 foot down hill putt on the evil 6th of Kingfisher Golf Course at 7:45 am CST (5:45 EST 12-31-11). He just missed striking gold three holes earlier when his 20 foot par putt at the par 4 3rd slid left. After a 2011 year of travel and
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The Travels of Dane Hodges
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| Dane Hodges in the land of Lora Craft, Siem Reap, Cambodia | This blog details the travels of a young Micronesian boy, five year old Dane Hodges, and his exploits around the islands, from his home on the Northern Marianas Island of Saipan, and around the Pacific Rim and his East Asian neighborhood. Inspired by “Saipan: The World’s Greatest place to be a little boy” and expanded on 2011 adventures that included Korea, Japan, China, |
Cambodia...the lost ruins with Dane Hodges
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| Dane Hodges near Angkor Wat moat, Cambodia |
Cambodia occupies 181,040 square kilometers of peninsular Southeast Asia. Modern Cambodia is bordered by Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, and the Gulf of Thailand, which is a part of the South China Sea. It is all that remains of the once-powerful Khmer empire that flourished in the ninth through the twelfth centuries and dominated much of mainland Southeast Asia. The population is |
Philippines...7000 islands and Dane hodges
Dane Hodges travels the Philippines!
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| Dane Hodges and his Mother, Subic Bay, Philippines | Dane Hodges has a special connection to the Philippines. It was the birthplace of his mother, Jeanne (Villar) Hodges, and the home of his grandparrents and two great-grandmothers! In addition, it is a common flight path outbound or inbound from his home 1350 miles to the east in the North Marianas islands, so trips through PI |
The city, sites, and people of Beijing with Dane Hodges
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Dane Hodges climbs Great Wall Mutianyum,China |
After enjoying Tianjin for several days, the little traveller took the 90 mile 24 minute bullet train ride to the south Beijing station. With trip plans undecided, the sights of ol'Peking stole the show and made the decision for us. Beijing is amazing, the sights are fantastic, and the public transportation representative of Chinese culture, a
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State of the Commonwealth
Federalization has addressed the international reputation of labor abuses and human exploitation in the CNMI. Federal officials have confirmed that workers are no longer tied to their jobs, and federalization proponents can thank the US Congress for ensuring that the democratic ideals of our nation apply to the CNMI. Only months into US intervention and Saipan has virtually no labor abuse, and not much is expected.
 The cruelest form of labor abuse, however, is
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44 NEW CNMI PROPERTIES for SALE 3-12-10!!
1. NEW HOME on San Vicente cliffline, fenced wit pool
& Newly remodeled 3 bed home with fence and outdoor kitchen on Capital Hill for sale (220k) or rent (1300.)
& Remodeled office/store on Capital Hill, 60k or 600. Per month
2. 3500 of Saipan beach, 34 years, 80k
3. San Vicente aapartment complex 30k sq meters with 20 x 1 bedrooms owner financing possible
4. Apartment complex 20k sq |
NEW CNMI PROPERTIES for SALE 2-7-10!!
MANY NEW PROPERTIES NOT LISTED HERE 1. 17 commercial properties ranging from 200k to 3.0 million including: A) a 70 unit apartment and with 10 commercial spaces includes view, pool, restaurant, net profit 300k yearly B) a dormant but excellent condition factory and warehouse 250k C) an apartment building with six 3 bedroom units and 2 1 bed with ocean view 750k D) an apartment complex with ocean view and 22 units E) an apartment complex with 20 units F) |
Saipan AP- Saipan, in the Northern Marianas Islands exposed...
its the World’s best place to be a little boy.
Saipan is the capital of the US Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands and is absolutely the best place on earth to be a little boy. Saturday, I grabbed the camera to document a day in the life of one little boy on Saipan, and we headed out early to celebrate Dane Hodges 4th birthday.(Dane Hodges comes up for air, Saipan, CNMI)
Many Americans have never
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An anonymous Saipan lawyer comments that the new DHS transitional worker regulations are "not friendly" according to the Marianas Variety column below. I disagree and think they address the intent of the law. The regulations will reduce the number of alien workers over time, offering more opportunity to local youth, are flexible, will reduce fraud from the broken CNMI system, will secure our borders, reduce drugs and contraband flowing through the CNMI, and stabilize the CNMI,
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BREAKING CNMI NEWS- The long awaited regulations for guest workers is out 30 days before the US takes over labor and immigration of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands.
The brief overview says maids are out, exotic dancers will be looking for work elsewhere, our number of contract workers will drop sharply and to zero. The cNMI has a choice to make, either support improving the status to green card for workers that are still here or kiss them all good bye.
For the full story one
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USCIS PROPOSES INVESTOR PROGRAM FOR THE CNMI
Proposal Provides Status for Eligible Long-Term Investors in the CNMI During Transition Period
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will publish a proposed rule in the Sept. 14, 2009 Federal Register that would recognize a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) specific nonimmigrant investor visa classification. This “E-2 CNMI Investor” status is one of several CNMI
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Chamberonomics 131..from Russia with love With federalization of the US Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands just over a month away, the Department of Homeland Security has advised NMI Delegate Kilili Sablan, that visa waivers will be extended to Russian and Chinese tourists.
 This is huge economic news for the tiny US territory in the SW Pacific and may ease the uncertainty caused from the
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