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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. Both these rooms had key locks; the safer rooms are ones […]
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