Trip: Intrepid travels, Near East to Brittany
There are [51] stories from my trip: Intrepid travels, Near East to Brittany
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 25 Jun 2008 | Views [2153] | Comments [2]
I spent the last week literally walking across Scotland. At some point during the hiking trip I decided we could officially get away with saying we were walking across Scotland. It's a bigger country than a week's worth of walking, but we started ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Monday, 23 Jun 2008 | Views [1137]
It has been a while since I got off on my own for more than a day. A month on a homestead, and another week with my parents. I can't convey how exciting it is to walk down a quiet hilly streamer-crossed Lisboa street not knowing if I'm going to go left ... Read more >
Tags: food, independence, portugal
SPAIN | Tuesday, 10 Jun 2008 | Views [1709] | Comments [2]
Day 1. Wait for my parents by the side of a downtown Barcelona road, reading in the daily newspaper 'El Pais' about the heroics of Catalan great Pau Gasol, during the Lakers' run to the NBA finals. Barcelona continues to not be a real city. It is by ... Read more >
Tags: culture, food, roadtripping, spain
SPAIN | Sunday, 8 Jun 2008 | Photo Gallery
The title speaks for itself
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SPAIN | Sunday, 8 Jun 2008 | Photo Gallery
Overnight from Malaga to Barcelona, with Miles Davis painting a picture
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MOROCCO | Sunday, 8 Jun 2008 | Photo Gallery
Chefchaouen, northern Maroc
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MOROCCO | Sunday, 8 Jun 2008 | Photo Gallery
An Urban Man Goes to the Desert
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SPAIN | Tuesday, 27 May 2008 | Views [1247] | Comments [2]
I think my parents eat faster than me, but at the dinner table it never seems to be an issue. Here, though, I am consistently the only person left at the dinner table for 25 minutes on average. More on the food front: I am referred to as 'El Rey de la ... Read more >
Tags: culture, farming, food, history, work
SPAIN | Sunday, 18 May 2008 | Views [3119] | Comments [5]
I live in a village with an estimated 50-70 residents. It's called Les Piles de Gaia. My host does not seem to know where it comes from. That is neither here nor there. I am living with a family in rural Catalunya, an hour and a half outside of Barcelona, ... Read more >
Tags: family, farming, spain, work
EGYPT | Friday, 16 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
Ancient Egypt
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MOROCCO | Friday, 9 May 2008 | Views [1716] | Comments [2]
Harold exposed my lack of travel experience amongst the mountains of the world. True, but I can take solace in my coverage of some of the great deserts of the world. I can count experiences in 5 sprawling expanses of nothingness. The character of each ... Read more >
EGYPT | Wednesday, 7 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
Buildings of Cairo
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EGYPT | Wednesday, 30 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery
Beach Tour
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EGYPT | Wednesday, 30 Apr 2008 | Views [1392] | Comments [2]
Chalk up the 3rd missed flight of my life. Not too good a record here, and that's not including all the trains and buses I've missed. But sitting on this balcony of the Hilton Hotel overlooking the Nile, I remember still how lucky I am to be here. Not ... Read more >
Tags: sights
JORDAN | Wednesday, 30 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery
Wadi Rum
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EGYPT | Sunday, 20 Apr 2008 | Views [4319] | Comments [2]
Let me see if I can paint this extraordinary picture properly. Just yesterday, I rode a train down the Nile Valley to Luxor, which was once known as Thebes, the legendary capital of Ancient Egypt's New Kingdom (think Ramesses and Tutankhamun). Now, ... Read more >
Tags: religion; history; culture
JORDAN | Thursday, 17 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery
Southern Jordan
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JORDAN | Sunday, 13 Apr 2008 | Views [1977] | Comments [2]
I think I will add both Petra and Wadi Rum to the short list of Wonders of the World that I've seen. Of course Petra already had official status as such in the latest vote on such Wonders. But it's every bit as incredible as one might think. When a fellow ... Read more >
Tags: desert, petra, wonders of the world
JORDAN | Friday, 4 Apr 2008 | Views [1941] | Comments [2]
Now starting at center midfielder for Real Jordan Rift Valley... Right. I'm in a new country for the first time since I left America. It's different. They don't speak English in Jordan like they do in Israel. It's for the best. My Arabic is still in ... Read more >
Tags: culture, people
ISRAEL | Friday, 4 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
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