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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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