Tag: travel
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April 27, 2006 07:38 PM EDT --
I used to smoke. I used to climb mountains. I used to climb mountains and smoke.
Now I don't smoke, but I will climb mountains when I get to China next week.
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September 07, 2006 03:33 PM EDT --
The last hurdle has been hurdled. Our passsports now have valid visas for the Islamic Republic of Iran in them. All I need to do now is buy the airline tickets, pack and wait. I am actually going to see . . . 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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August 25, 2006 07:23 PM EDT --
The trip my father and I have planned for Iran is now a virtually certainty, as we just received final visa approval from the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I haven't been this excited about . . . more
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April 05, 2006 10:00 PM EDT --
from a June 2003 trip
As a general rule I do not change money at airports, unless there is an ATM machine and I can pull out enough local currency to get me where I need to go. I usually do it later, . . . 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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March 29, 2008 03:23 PM EDT --
It's been awhile since the last post, as I was hoping to get some good material at the Dubai World Cup, which was today. The world's richest race (a total of $21.25 million shelled out in a total . . . more
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November 10, 2006 09:51 AM EST --
The Islamic world is filled with magnificent cities. Samarkand, Bukhara, Damascus, Cairo, Istanbul and Mecca are all at the top of any top ten list, but Isfahan is in a class of its own. A city where the . . . more
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May 15, 2007 10:29 PM EDT --
Tehran's Mehrabad Airport is a cheerless backwater, especially at four in the morning, after enduring a 10-hour flight to Amsterdam, a nine-hour delay, followed by the six-hour flight to Tehran. . . . more
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April 08, 2008 12:22 AM EDT --
I really need to make an effort to write more than once a week, but seeing as most of my week is spent working, there isn't always a lot to say. Nonetheless, lots of little lessons were learned this . . . 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 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 30, 2006 11:21 PM EDT --
My latest China video-blog can be viewed here.
Enjoy.
Previous video here.
And you can see my China photos here.
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May 17, 2006 03:54 AM EDT --
My video casting can be found here.
More videos of China can be found here.
We got a reasonable start on the day by finishing breakfast by 830. We lingered around the hotel for another hour, settling . . . more
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December 20, 2006 08:00 AM EST --
What a depressing subject title! Actually, I didn't intend it to be.
My wife and kids (they're teenagers, not really kids anymore!) will be going to my wife's parents for Christmas, . . . more
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April 11, 2006 08:16 PM EDT --
Spent a lot of my day thinking about Iran. Spent a lot of my day reading about Iran. Here's where I am: first off, the trip. Because of personal commitments I made earlier this year, if I don't . . . more
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April 28, 2006 01:36 AM EDT --
In less than a week I will leave for China. I can't wait. I am so ready. It's been almost two years since I've been anywhere.
We checked the weather in Mongolia today: 31° and snowing. . . . more
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April 12, 2008 04:09 AM EDT --
A little inspiration from Borat for the post title, as I have the key for my apartment in hand and I got my Dubai driver license--all in the same day!!
Turns out, my landlord is really nice (an older . . . 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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