USA
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Thursday, 1 Oct 2009 | Views [276] | Comments [1]
Today, I arrived back in Portland safe and sound. I'll upload a few pictures and post journal entries from my last few days in Turkey soon. Thanks to everyone for sending me messages during my trip, especially the encouraging ones throughout the ... Read more >
Sunday, 13 Sep 2009 | Views [515] | Comments [6]
I don't even know where to begin. The week of the climb was amazing, grueling, and physically and mentally challenging beyond anything I could have imagined. The first day, the guide, porters and cook picked me up at the lodge in Moshi and we drove ... Read more >
Sunday, 13 Sep 2009 | Views [264]
So I'm a bit behind in journaling, but haven't had access to an internet cafe and don't have the patience to type entries with the iPhone. Sorry:-( On September 5, my Irish friend, Esther and I went snorkeling off the coast of Zanzibar Island. It ... Read more >
Saturday, 5 Sep 2009 | Views [482] | Comments [6]
Ahhh...Zanzibar Island. Today we drove to the spice farms outside Stonetown. The farms were incorporated into the villages, so we were walking through these little shanty towns to get to the fields to see the crops. In each village, the kids were trying ... Read more >
Saturday, 22 Aug 2009 | Views [948]
Beneath the blossoms with a pot of wine, No friends at hand, so I poured alone; I raised my cup to invite the moon, Turned to my shadow, and we became three. Now the moon had never learned about drinking, And my shadow had merely followed my form, ... Read more >
Monday, 3 Aug 2009 | Views [330]
The Siren Dear, O homeland, and dear, O sweet land of mine, Dear, yea, very dear, ... Read more >
Sunday, 2 Aug 2009 | Views [289]
Today is August 1, exactly 31 days until my departure to Tanzania. Last Sunday at 2 a.m., I received a phone call from my new Tanzanian friend, Abuu Hasaan. He lives in Dar es Salaam and has kindly offered to collect me (whatever is left after 23 hours ... Read more >
