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Ghosts of the Golan Heights

    05/29/2008 | Location: Quneitra, Syria
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Damascus' Old City

05.28.2008 | Damascus, Syria
One of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities, Damascus still has a vibrant buzz.

Ghosts of the Golan Heights

05.29.2008 | Quneitra, Syria
About 40 miles southwest of Damascus lies the remains of the once prosperous town of Quneitra. Destroyed by the Israeli military during...

Doha or Disney?

05.30.2008 | Doha, Qatar
Leaving Damascus and Syria for Sri Lanka we jetted southeast heading for the Arabian Gulf. Our transition from Damascus to Doha was biz...

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Sickness Sets In

06.17.2008 | Ahmedabad, India
After an all-night bus trip north from Mumbai to Ahmedabad, our friend Leila's adopted Indian home, we were all feeling a bit under the...

São Joaquim market

03.03.2008 | Salvador, Brazil
On Monday we headed to São Joaquim market, the city's largest open air bazaar. The market is located in the lower city, right along th...

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...

The red elephants of Tsavo East

03.31.2008 | Tsavo East, Kenya
Made famous by the Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo, Tsavo East National Park is an impressive swath of land, where lions, cheetah, giraffe an...

Rock Bottom

01.28.2008 | San Jose, Costa Rica
We may have hit our rock bottom. Trying to find something to do in San Jose - all we can do is nurse our sorrows with a local beer.

Sarajevo

05.05.2008 | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
With only 24 hours to get from Split on Adriatic coast to Belgrade we sadly had to breeze through the beautiful (and once war torn) cou...

Iguazu Falls

02.11.2008 | Puerto de Iguazu, Argentina
We spent the day staring in awe at Iguazu Falls, an enormous network of waterfalls on the border of Argentina and Brazil.

Trains of Mumbai

06.16.2008 | Mumbai, India
Riding the public transit in each town we visit is often one of the most telling experiences we have. Mumbai's trains are a reflection...

The Roman Colosseum

04.20.2008 | Rome, Italy
The massive Colosseum of Rome still impresses thousands nearly two millennia after its construction.

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...

Tax time

03.15.2008 | Amherst, USA
A nice, thick pile of mail welcomed us home.

Palace in the Sky

06.11.2008 | Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
Sigiriya is one of Sri Lanka's most popular historic landmarks and deservedly so. The ancient, cliff-top palace is impressive for both...
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