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AUSTRALIA | Monday, 2 Jul 2007 | Views [11975]
ADP: Last week, we learned that the Sydney Opera House just received official recognition as one of the most fabulous places on the planet, earning a coveted spot on the UNESCO World Heritage List (an honor it shares with such international treasures ... Read more >
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CAMBODIA | Saturday, 14 Apr 2007 | Views [1144] | Comments [2]
HCC: We interrupt your usual broadcast of travel follies, restaurant picks and sporting adventures for a more serious topic we felt important to include in this here record of our around-the-world trip. Due to the graphic content, parental discretion ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Friday, 23 Mar 2007 | Views [1533]
ADP: New Yorkers tend to assume (or more aptly, believe with a deep, zealot-like conviction) that there’s no big city on earth that’s as funky, hip and prodigious as the one they call home. And, having spent most of my twenties falling in love with ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Wednesday, 28 Feb 2007 | Views [24494] | Comments [2]
Nearly every backpacker we’d spoken with in Thailand vehemently recommended we skip Phuket in favor of one of the islands that hadn’t been choked to death by concrete and commercialism. Unfortunately, having not done enough advanced word-of-mouth research, ... Read more >
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LAOS | Thursday, 25 Jan 2007 | Views [3230] | Comments [1]
While there are some drawbacks to following the backpacker trail - - competing for the same Lonely Planet-recommended hostels, squeezing onto over-crowded buses and trains and being constantly reminded just how much Bush sucks (for the love of God, ... Read more >
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KENYA | Monday, 4 Dec 2006 | Views [1033]
While we thought the safari would be the highlight of our brief visit to the land of the Maasai, we soon discovered that our most exciting adventure had yet to come. Since we only had one more day to spend with Emmanuel before heading back to Nairobi, ... Read more >
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KENYA | Thursday, 2 Nov 2006 | Views [1223]
After Sister Freda gave us a tour of her rural clinic, she led us past her own small house (one of the few I’d seen with running water and a western-style toilet) to one of most enchanting parts of her property: the tropical fruit grove.
Pushing past ... Read more >
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KENYA | Thursday, 2 Nov 2006 | Views [2001] | Comments [1]
When you’re an obvious stranger in a strange land, or in our case, a bustling pastoral community in Western Kenya, it’s bound to attract some attention – particularly if you’re of the paler skinned variety as we are. Every time we venture outside the ... Read more >
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INDIA | Monday, 23 Oct 2006 | Views [848]
HCC: The Lost Girls have been in northern India for just four days, and have already witnessed our first traffic accident. Frankly, we’re surprised we didn’t see a collision sooner, given the fact that mopeds, trucks, cabs, cows and elephants all share ... Read more >
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INDIA | Monday, 23 Oct 2006 | Views [896]
ADP: After a whirlwind tour of Rio de Janeiro and Salvador, Brazil, the girls and I took a short hiatus in New York City to stock up on supplies, hang with friends and otherwise fortify ourselves for the next leg of the journey.
We arrived in New ... Read more >
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BRAZIL | Tuesday, 19 Sep 2006 | Views [743]
When spending time in Brazil, there are a few unofficial rules and must dos, such as: Make like a local and hit the beach in a skimpy bikini or speedo; initiate impromptu caipirinha happy hours any time during the day; find a reputable capoeira school ... Read more >
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