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There And Back Again…Maybe #5
Ode to a backpackers’ car Friends helping Rob check various car parts O car, o car, You’ve come so far, Why did you have to die just after we bought you? Yes, the Leone is in pieces.. quite a few of them. But there is hope, because the broken bits are fixable! In the meantime,
Japan’s WW II Balloon Bombing of Western National Forests – Wyoming Ghost Towns
WW II’s Casper Army Air Field kept watch in Wyoming. An abandoned gunnery range tower still stands. Riverton, Wyoming September 11, 2001 and December 7, 1941: dates that will live in infamy. Like its 1940s counterpart the September World Trade Center and U.S. Pentagon terrorist bombings have jolted Americans into reality. As with the Japanese
Bonus Year #7: Dubrovnik, Croatia
Updated: September 24, 2001 Dubrovnik, Croatia We were on the ferry from Dubrovnik, and for the first time in three days the sun was shining. Tom Petty was singing into my ears, The last three days, the rain was unstoppable it was always cold, no sunshine Yeah I'm runnin' down a dream, that never would
A Round-the-World Journey to Find a New Home #10: Calcutta and the Andaman Islands
A hectic city and long white sandy beaches Calcutta and the Andaman Islands Calcutta has a reputation; at least it did in our minds. Guidebooks describe it as a place densely populated and polluted, with extreme poverty and a desperate feel to the city. Others have told us stories of the homeless children, the overcrowded
The Buddha’s Striptease #8: Western Australia
Farewell to Yesterday’s Rain Well we made it to Perth on rainy day. And my traveling companions from the Land of Sunshine (i.e. England, for the atmospherically challenged) were complaining. Jon and Carina got an offer to stay with a woman in Perth who they met in Alice Springs.
Saskatchewan & Manitoba, Canada – Prayers for the Global Tribe
Travel guide to the Prairie Provinces, Canada in September 2001. Saskatchewan, Manitoba.
Bonus Year #6: Budapest, Hungary
Updated: September 17, 2001 Budapest, Hungary Budapest will never be Budapest for me. If through some twist of fate I move here and spend 20 years in the city, it will not be Budapest. It will be, first and foremost, the place where I heard about the terrorist attack upon the Pentagon and World Trade
Bonus Year #5: Budapest, Hungary
Updated: September 10, 2001 Two Reasons I Know I am in Budapest We arrived in Budapest in the early morning and spent much of the day wandering around the cold, overcast city vaguely disappointed. Around six o'clock I was walking along the Pest side of the Danube when I looked up. Directly above me on
Bonus Year #4: Carpathia
Updated: September 8, 2001 Carpathia, Ukraine The past six days have represented a serious departure from my activities up to this point. Well before dawn (3am!) on the morning of September 2nd, Paul and I awoke and grabbed a taxi to the Lviv train station. Our destination was Ivano-Frankivsk, where we would meet our guide,
Bonus Year #3: Lviv, Ukraine
Updated: September 6, 2001 Lviv, Ukraine Every time I sit down to write about my experiences here, whether for this site or just to friends, it feels like two weeks have elapsed. Only once I start cataloguing everything that's actually happened in my mind do I realize that it's been a matter of a few
Bonus Year #2
August 26, 2001 Kyiv, Ukraine I spend a lot of time planning my travel. I love to pore over Lonely Planet guides as if they were the bible and I a devout acolyte. I surf the internet, monitor message boards, talk to my friends, and do virtually everything in human power to prepare for my
Bonus Year #1
August 22, 2001 Heathrow Airport, London It has been a dizzying few days. One could properly say that things did not go smoothly at first. To begin with, I had failed to do my research properly. Though I had correctly inquired as to how many bags I could check with British Airways, I rather ignored
Bonus Year
This past year I received the news. It was amazing. Back in the fall I had casually applied for an all expenses paid scholarship to study at Trinity College, Cambridge for the 2001-2002 school year. I had no particular belief that I would win. So you can imagine my shock when I was sitting at
Baby Takes Off
If you think your traveling days are behind you once you have a baby, think again. With a little advance planning, traveling with babies is not only possible, it can be enjoyable for you and your child. Admittedly, it is extra work. Just because you leave home doesn’t mean you leave your parental responsibilities behind.
A Round-the-World Journey to Find a New Home #9: Bodhgaya
Buddhist temples in Bodhgaya Unfortunately we have had two things go missing from our packs, one a Maglite torch that was lifted from our room in Nahan, and a camera, which we suspect but cannot be sure, was removed from our hotel in Varanasi.
An American Redneck in Bulgaria: Part II Kazanlak to Istanbul – Bulgaria
An American Redneck in Bulgaria: Part II Kazanlak to Istanbul In March of 1998, I traveled to Turkey and Bulgaria with my friend Jason. We wanted to go to Europe; not via London or Paris, but straight into the heart of the Black Sea, the crossing guard of Europe and Asia. Hospital bills abound as
Inns na Druineach – Isle of Iona, Scotland
Paul Sentobe visited the Island of the Druids, con
Lessons in Language and Culture – Istanbul, Turkey
While attempting to speak Turkish, Iain Morris lea
A Day with the Assassins (1 of 2)
It was a good day for Graydon Hazenberg: ruins, hi
On the Edge of Europe – Istanbul, Turkey
Iain Morris wanders through the streets of Istanbu
On the Road to Nowhere: 12 Hours in the West Bank – Israel & the Palestinian Territories
Conor Purcell attends a funeral march of a Palesti
An Interesting Walking Style – United Arab Emirates
Christie Eckardt’s experience leads her to believe
Women & Islam: Tales from the Road
Melissa Vinitsky discusses what it’s like to be a
The Complete Rules of the Road for Driving in Guatemala
Ken McCormick provides a basic set of rules for su