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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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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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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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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September 07, 2006 08:56 PM EDT --
I find myself with a dilemma, albeit a fortunate one. I am traveling to Iran to further research on a book and to accrue more personal experience with the people of the old Inner Asian trade routes. That . . . 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 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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June 23, 2008 12:35 AM EDT --
Part 1 An Insider's Guide to Montreal: East End - 2008
The 16th and 17th Centuries
Before Montreal was a city, it was Hochelaga , a village the Iroquois had established . . . more
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November 15, 2006 07:41 PM EST --
Though the Jewel of the Seas would not leave Boston until 5 pm on November 25, Bill and I began our trip two days ahead of time. I was scheduled to give an early morning talk to a group of . . . more
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December 10, 2006 03:58 PM EST --
Here are a few photos from Monte Alban, the ancient Zapotec capitol that sits atop a flat topped mountain overlooking Oaxaca. The site is impressive itself, and so is the view. I hope to have a video soon. . . . more
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July 15, 2008 09:57 PM EDT --
One thing I have never understood about Americans is their love of cars and I am from Texas--SUV country par excellence.
To me a car is like a prison sentence, once all the real costs are figured into . . . 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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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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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 09:50 AM EST --
Tradition has it that Isfahan's Friday mosque sits on what was once a Zoroastrian Fire Temple. Now, I have been inside mosques that used to be Fire Temples, most notably the Maggak-i-Attari in Bukhara . . . 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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