Trip: Athens to Alexandria
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WORLDWIDE | Saturday, 29 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery
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USA | Saturday, 29 Mar 2008 | Views [827] | Comments [2]
In a coffee shop in rainy Portland, I feel a sort of strange disassociation from the English speakers around me. In a way, I miss the unintelligible Arabic tongue I had grown accustomed to, miss the concentration it afforded me while writing. Eavesdropping was ... Read more >
EGYPT | Sunday, 23 Mar 2008 | Views [4870] | Comments [2]
Arriving in Alexandria was an initially morose and depressing experience for me. After all, this was the intellectual center of the Hellenistic world, home to the legendary Cleopatra. Founded by Alexander the Great in 332 BC, Alexandria boasted of monuments ... Read more >
EGYPT | Thursday, 20 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery
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EGYPT | Thursday, 20 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery
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EGYPT | Thursday, 20 Mar 2008 | Views [1236]
Michael Jackson was cranky. I know this because when I pulled left, he turned right. When I snapped the reins, he slowed down, and when I shot a photo of him, he grumbled and moaned. The camel is an amazing animal though, and one that I'm not sure ... Read more >
EGYPT | Saturday, 15 Mar 2008 | Views [1960] | Comments [5]
I'm not sure why, but for some reason, a dinner cruise along the Nile sounded like fun last night. So I threw down my 120 pounds, put on a nice shirt, and almost immediately regretted my decision. It seems I was the only one at my hotel who signed ... Read more >
EGYPT | Saturday, 15 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery
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As I have heard from numerous travelers heading north from there, Cairo is not for the faint of heart. The traffic, the dust, the noise and the smog, plus the inumerable touts, make this a mind-blowing (or numbing) metropolis. I am still amazed that ... Read more >
EGYPT | Saturday, 15 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery
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Luxor has been fabulous. This is, after all, my first exposure to what I consider "true" Egypt. It is a hot, hazy place chock-full of palm trees and awe-invoking temples. This was the capital city of Ancient Egypt during the 11th and 18th ... Read more >
EGYPT | Saturday, 8 Mar 2008 | Views [2897]
One word describes Dahab: Paradisal. And to no surprise, my first intention of only two days here has turned into six, as I have been practically hypnotized by its idyllic, tranquil vibe, and have spent many an hour on pillows by the water side, sipping ... Read more >
Tags: relaxation
JORDAN | Tuesday, 4 Mar 2008 | Views [8405] | Comments [2]
"Would you like some tea?" she asked, as her doey-eyed children sold postcards and scampered among the promontories near Al-Deir. To the west lay the eastern border of Israel, dotted with crumbling, weathered mountain tops. Behind us, spread ... Read more >
Tags: the great outdoors
EGYPT | Tuesday, 4 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery
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JORDAN | Tuesday, 4 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery
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ISRAEL | Friday, 29 Feb 2008 | Views [1114] | Comments [1]
The one place that has left the greatest impression upon me so far has been Jerusalem. There is such a sense of ease there, no feelings of tension, or danger, just a beautiful city steeped in the history of significance. What also was impressed upon ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
ISRAEL | Wednesday, 27 Feb 2008 | Views [1394] | Comments [2] | Video
My time spent at the Wailing, or Western Wall (The last remnant of the 2nd Temple built under King Herod) was in some ways a profound experience. Little cardboard yarmulkes are distributed, and though the slightest breeze blows them off, you are required ... Read more >
Tags: People
ISRAEL | Wednesday, 27 Feb 2008 | Photo Gallery
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LEBANON | Tuesday, 26 Feb 2008 | Photo Gallery
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ISRAEL | Tuesday, 26 Feb 2008 | Views [1297]
On a roof-top cafe, Old Jerusalem is gloriously sread out before me. To the north is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the site of Christ's cruxificion, burial, and resurrection. To theeast, the Temple Mount, where the first ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
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