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Our Gundogan Blue Voyage #4

Day Six An excursion to Patara, Xanthos and Letoon was on our schedule for the day but the heat of the sun convinced most of our group to remain on the sea. Only four of us went on the journey driven by a local driver. We came first to Letoon, a small ancient Lycian city

Oaxaca Interlude, Mexico

Oaxaca Interlude – Mexico By Allan Taylor A church on every corner The Zócalo, Christmas Eve, 10pm Chrissy and I were engulfed in a sea of happy families filling all available space behind the roped off streets of the procession route. Each church (and there seems to be one every few city blocks) had its

Massage in Chiang Mai

I was Chiang Mai in the north of Thailand near the “Golden Triangle”. Chiang Mai is famous for hill tribes, pagodas, trekking and Thai Massage schools. My trekking hopes were dashed as I’d sprained my ankle on the way from the train station to the bus station in Bangkok. The old city is surrounded by

Iguaçú Falls, Brazil

Celebrating my birthday in a different country every year has become an inevitable tradition. This year, I chose to spend it in South America’s Iguaçú Falls. Without fail, Iguaçú Falls ranks up there as one of Mother Nature’s greatest creations. Nearly four times wider and slightly taller than Niagara, Iguaçú Falls is located at the

Fortaleza, Brazil – October 2000

Natal Our BootsnAll visitors I must start off with a quick hello to Bart, Ester and Jeff, BootsnAll readers who popped down to see us last month. They seemed to enjoy the city and beaches and I suffered from some particularly bad hangovers. I have some more BootnsAll people arriving this month and I am

Chris’s Virtual Vacations – Gatlinburg, TN: Day Three

Day Three – Above Gatlinburg 10:00am: Breakfast at the Copper Kettle Pancake House We started our third day with breakfast at the Copper Kettle Pancake House, one of approximately a thousand restaurants in Gatlinburg with the word “pancake” in its name. We both had the Mountain Breakfast, which includes eggs any way you like them

Chris’s Virtual Vacations

I am a writer and web developer living in Lawrenceville, GA. I hold a B.A. in English from Georgia State University, am pursuing an M.A. in writing at Kennesaw State University, and am the author of fifteen published short stories, several Internet-published travelogues, and two unpublished novels. There are few things in life I love

Northern Laos by “Bus”

Moments of Magick at the Stones – Stonehenge, England

Maine, New England – October 2000

Leaf Looking It is now that time of year in New England, the time when the leaves become the big attraction. Not the lobster, nor the bass, nor the ocean, the canoe, the sailboat, but the colorful leaf. Before I moved to Maine, I found the whole “leaf-peeper” thing to be a little strange.

Chris’s Virtual Vacations – Gatlinburg, TN: Day Two

Day Two – The Adventure Continues 1:15pm: Lunch at Atrium Pancakes and On To Mountain Mall We slept in Friday morning and then had a breakfast of Pop Tarts, orange juice, and coffee.

Chris’s Virtual Vacations – Gatlinburg, TN: Day One

Day One – The Adventure Begins A Little Background on Gatlinburg Gatlinburg, Tennessee is a veritable Mecca for tourist attraction aficionados like me; I’ve been dying to come here for a couple of years now.

Our Gundogan Blue Voyage #2

Day Three We left Dalyan and the Captain found a beautiful cove with clear, turquoise blue water. We woke up and took a swim.

Uzbekistan 2000 – Visas

Visas I applied for the visas myself which turned out, in the case of the Russian visa, to be a mistake. The Uzbekistan Embassy in Washington is now offering a multi-entry visa to US citizens without a letter of support. Mine cost $45 and took a little better than one week to process. For the

Uzbekistan 2000 – Hotels

Hotels The Moskva ($48 per night) in Moscow was an aging soviet giant, slightly run down, but very well located. It was just off Red Square and near the metro and shopping. It’s easy to get lost in it – it was a long walk from the entrance to the elevators. I received about 6-8

Uzbekistan 2000 – Travel Agents

Travel Agents I used a number of travel agents and can recommend them all. I used Academservice of Moscow (E-mail: acs@acase.ru) for my Moscow hotels – the Moskva and Novotel. They supplied the support letter for the Russian visa application after I faxed them my credit card number.

Uzbekistan 2000 – Visa Problems

A Small Visa Problem – Wednesday, September 13 I was on my way home from Uzbekistan via Moscow. At the airport the immigration official asked to see my Russian visa. When I showed it to him he frowned. “I think,” he said slowly, “your Russian visa has expired.” I wasn’t exactly sure how that could

Uzbekistan 2000 – Turkestan

The Road to Turkestan – Monday, September 11 I was on my way to Turkestan, in Kazakhstan, to visit the Yasawi Mausoleum. It’s one of the best preserved of the many monuments built by Timur – the national hero of Uzbekistan.

St. Patrick’s Day, Irish Style – Ireland

Tim and Mari’s World Tour – Norway

Norway August 25 – September 7 As much of a shock to ourselves as to anyone else, we ended up our last few days in Scandinavia. It all started out so innocent though. On our last day in the UK we decided to try and find the quickest way into Europe. At one of a

Uzbekistan 2000 – Tim

The road to Tim and Samarkand – Thursday, September 7 Laura wanted to stop in Tim on the way to Samarkand and that created a couple of problems. First, Tim wasn’t exactly on the way to Samarkand and the side trip would add hours to our journey.

Uzbekistan 2000 – Samarkand

Samarkand – Friday, September 8 I started my sightseeing early the next morning: first I stopped at the bazaar to take some more pictures. The best one was of a line of women selling handmade brooms.

Uzbekistan 2000 – Bukhara

Bukhara – Monday, September 4 Shortly after arriving in Bukhara I went looking for the Char Minar. I had seen pictures of this building in my travel guide and it seemed like a good place to start my sightseeing. It was only about a 10-minute walk from my hotel.

Uzbekistan 2000 – Tashkent

Tashkent – Sunday, September 3 The overnight flight from Moscow left me feeling dopey. At the Tashkent airport I saw people filling out a form, but I was in a hurry and got in the customs line without one. When I got to the front the agent looked at me and asked, “Declaration?