Tag: travel
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July 02, 2008 01:55 AM EDT --
A cut-n-paste from my earlier writing, but prompted to publish at Gather thanks to KEO and her writing prompt .
On the beach to the Baltic Sea , a saltwater body that eventually divests . . . more
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August 05, 2006 10:41 PM EDT --
Just a short notice: odds are now in my favor that I will go to Afghanistan in the October-November timeframe (Iran is pretty much a done deal before Afghanistan). I don't think I'll travel from . . . more
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January 04, 2007 06:29 AM EST --
I almost shot my horse.
It was the tail-end of elk season and the heavy snows had forced my son and I down from our high camp at 5,000 feet near Craggy Peak, not far from the Cascade crest, half way between . . . more
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November 12, 2006 10:30 AM EST --
We left Yazd early in the morning for our date with the Dasht-i-Kavir. We made good time; stopping only once for a picnic in the middle of some salt flats 300 kilometers outside Yazd. Bread, feta cheese, . . . more
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June 16, 2006 08:38 PM EDT --
I had come to Hong Kong by ferry from Macau, one hour to the west. By the time I was checked for SARS, got my passport stamped, and found my way from the international terminal (on Hong Kong Island) . . . more
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June 03, 2006 12:14 AM EDT --
Ever wondered where silk comes from and how it is made? Ever wanted to watch the process?
Well, wonder no more and watch this video I made of my trip to China recently.
Enjoy!
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June 14, 2006 12:23 PM EDT --
A fifteen-minute trudge through cold rain finally brought me to a van going from the Kyrgyz city of Osh, where I had spent the last several days enjoying some of the best outdoor cafes in central Asia, . . . more
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June 01, 2006 01:50 PM EDT --
Along scenic Highway One approximately 150 miles south of San Francisco lies a 90-mile stretch of awesome beautiful coastline – Big Sur. Its dramatic meetings of rugged cliffs and raving waves of . . . more
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December 06, 2006 09:20 PM EST --
First days are always about impressions. So are first posts. I’m glad I waited until I had time to process what I’ve so far seen, otherwise I’d have misled you and me.
Please excuse . . . more
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May 07, 2008 02:23 AM EDT --
Hello to my gather friends. I'm about to take a trip to Europe. I hope to blog every day and eventually turn my collection of events into a hefty travel story. I'm leaving on . . . more
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June 01, 2006 12:48 PM EDT --
"We travel," says travel writer Pico Iyer, "to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate." Reading about a place . . . more
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May 21, 2006 02:08 AM EDT --
Fyodor Dostoevsky was a perceptive observer of both man and nature. The Russian novelist was a brilliant writer as well, and if you have not read anything by him perhaps you . . . more
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June 21, 2006 09:57 AM EDT --
Lijiang, China
Since at least the time of the Qin Dynasty (the rulers who unified China in the third century BC), people have been propelling a ball forward with their feet. This predecessor of . . . more
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August 21, 2006 10:46 AM EDT --
Ascherson in his book Black Sea mentions that the European portion of the Inner Eurasian trade routes, at least by the evidence he has presented, and those from High Medieval Europe who traveled it like . . . more
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June 27, 2006 11:01 PM EDT --
With the bike fully loaded I set off from Chennai in the early morning in an attempt to beat the rush hour traffic. It was an exhilarating feeling, nothing but the open road and the wind in my hair. At . . . more
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September 03, 2006 11:48 PM EDT --
First, in May 2005, there was a foiled grenade attack on President Bush when he visited the Republic of Georgia.
Tonight we learn there was a missile fired at McCain while he visited Georgia last week. . . . more
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November 10, 2006 12:09 PM EST --
As I mentioned in a previous post, there just wasn't much to see in Shiraz, aside from Persepolis, which lays a 120km outside the city. I was no doubt happy to leave, but more so, happy to be heading . . . more
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November 11, 2006 11:20 AM EST --
We passed through the Qeysarieh gate (see previous post for location), a pair of Parthian horsemen turning backwards, bows drawn, ready for a final shot, stand at opposite ends of the tympanum. Was the . . . more
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December 09, 2006 05:29 PM EST --
Wanna see what the Federales, graffiti and general damage to the city of Oaxaca looked like?
I’ve posted some photos here.
The day I left Oaxaca, the Federales were leaving too--not all of . . . more
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October 22, 2006 03:49 AM EDT --
Here is a very good article by Kevin Tillman, brother of the late Pat Tillman, a true hero. Pat was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan, and Kevin has some interesting thoughts on the War on Terror. . . . more
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