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Quiet day in Istanbul

    05/16/2008 | Location: Istanbul, Turkey
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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...

Quiet day in Istanbul

05.16.2008 | Istanbul, Turkey
With a lot of work to catch up on, we took it easy today and only caught a glimpse of the Blue Mosque at night.

Up high in Istanbul

05.17.2008 | Istanbul, Turkey
We try to make a point to make it up the tallest visitable point in a city. In Istanbul, the Galata Tower is that place, rising above t...

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Beirut or bust

05.20.2008 | Beirut, Lebanon
With no time to waste, and reports on the ground of an end to fighting in Lebanon, we head through the mountains to Beirut.

The magnificent view from Christ the Redeemer

03.12.2008 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Any trip to Rio is incomplete without a visit to the city\'s most spectacular vista: Christ the Redeemer (Christo o Redentor).

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.

Moshi and Mt. Kilimanjaro

04.02.2008 | Moshi, Tanzania
A bumpy bus ride-safari brought us to Moshi, Tanzania and a chance to see a glimpse of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Visiting a Holocaust Memorial

04.12.2008 | Hamburg, Germany
Today we spent the day just outside the city of Hamburg at a former concentration camp from World War II that has been converted into a...

One night in Bangkok

07.01.2008 | Bangkok, Thailand
The popular book (and later movie) "The Beach" describes Bangkok's Khao San Road as "the centre of the backpacking universe."

Fish and Chips and Football

03.23.2008 | London, England
Sunday in England means football...of the British variety. We headed to a local pub to catch London's bitter rivals Chelsea and Arsenal...

Family time in Galle

07.08.2008 | Galle, Sri Lanka
Our last day in Galle, we spent some quality time with Thushan's dad's side of the family.

On the coast

06.01.2008 | Marawila, Sri Lanka
Though the monsoon season makes going to beach less than ideal, we spent a day by the shore, relaxing and taking the scenes in.

The German History Museum

04.15.2008 | Berlin, Germany
Today we got a taste of Germany's long and quite wide ranging history at the Deutsches Historiches Museum, Berlin's national history museum.

Border run

05.19.2008 | Bab Al-Hawa, Syria
Without Syrian visas we headed to the Turkish-Syrian border at Bab Al-Hawa with hopes of being admitted entry to our next destination.

Belgrade Serbia

05.07.2008 | Belgrade, Serbia
With our local hosts, we took to the streets of Belgrade to see what the city looks and feels like. We rambled through churches and pa...
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