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The Blue Mosque up close

    05/14/2008 | Location: Istanbul, Turkey
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On to Asia

05.13.2008 | Istanbul, Turkey
Today we took a ferry across the mighty Bosphorus to the Asia side of Istanbul.

The Blue Mosque up close

05.14.2008 | Istanbul, Turkey
After passing by it in awe for a few days, we finally got up close to Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque.

A farewell

05.15.2008 | Istanbul, Turkey
With exactly four and a half months on the road, from Mexico City to Istanbul, and everywhere in between, we had to say goodbye to Long...

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Fuentes Georginas

01.17.2008 | Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Guatemala is ripe with volcanic activity, leading to some impressive live volcanoes, and today's jaunt: the mineral baths of Fuentes Ge...

Mall of the future

07.17.2008 | Bangkok, Thailand
The Siam Paragon, in Bangkok's city center, is one of Southeast Asia's largest, state-of-the-art shopping centers. As we discovered af...

Plaza Garibaldi

01.04.2008 | Mexico City, Mexico
Hanging out with the mariachi bands of Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City.

A taste of Sri Lanka

03.22.2008 | London, England
Thushan's cousin's surprise birthday party gave us a stellar opportunity to get a taste of Sri Lanka, one of our future destinations on...

The city of two names

05.18.2008 | Antakya, Turkey
After a week of exploring Istanbul's bustling streets, we jetted on a flight across Turkey to the southeastern city of Adana and then b...

The jaunt begins

01.01.2008 | Boston, USA
Starting from the historic Massachusetts State House, through New York City, Dallas and on to Zocalo in Mexico City where the long jaun...

Futebol in Rio

02.24.2008 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
It just happened that one of the biggest soccer games of the year in Brazil took place during the week we were in Rio, so we bought tic...

A lazy afternoon in Caorle

04.30.2008 | Caorle, Italy
Following a whirlwind tour around the crowded streets of Venice, we headed out of Veneto's captial to the sleepy beach town of Caorle o...

Colorful La Boca

02.04.2008 | Buenos Aires, Argentina
Explore the colorful Buenos Aires barrio of La Boca.

El Salvador to Nicaragua

01.23.2008 | San Salvador, El Salvador
With no night buses available between Guatemala and Costa Rica, we are forced to spend our day traveling south from San Salvador to Man...

Beirut

05.21.2008 | Beirut, Lebanon
Times are a-changing in Lebanon. Just days removed from civil war, a major agreement between resistance factions and the government bro...

Chiang Mai's Walking Market

07.06.2008 | Chiang Mai, Thailand
We lucked out and got to Chiang Mai on a Sunday. The famous Sunday Walking Market was extensive.
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