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Doha or Disney?

    05/30/2008 | Location: Doha, Qatar
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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...

The Religions of Sri Lanka

05.31.2008 | Marawila, Sri Lanka
On our first day in Sri Lanka, Thushan\'s uncle took us around the sights of the Central Eastern Coast of Sri Lanka

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The icons of London

03.24.2008 | London, England
We make a quick, but packed, tour of London, catching the Tower Bridge, Regent Street, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and the London Eye.

Rome: A walk about town

04.18.2008 | Rome, Italy
Rome is essentially an outdoor museum with free admission. Today we went for a little stroll, and look at what we found...

The Blue City

06.26.2008 | Jodhpur, India
An urban sea of indigo washed buildings, Jodhpur in the Indian state of Rajasthan certainly earns its name as "The Blue City." Sitting...

Climbing Volcan Maderas

01.25.2008 | Isla Ometepe, Nicaragua
With the help of our guide Freddy, we woke up bright and early to climb up Volcan Maderas, the extinct volcano on the island of Ometepe.

Touching down in Kenya

03.26.2008 | Nairobi, Kenya
Join us for our first day in Kenya as we hit the streets of Nairobi.

On to Ilha Grande

02.17.2008 | Ilha Grande, Brazil
On just a couple hours of sleep we made the trek from the comfy apartment that we were crashing in inside São Paulo to the very rustic ...

Mombasa's beaches

03.29.2008 | Mombasa, Kenya
After a few days exploring Nairobi we hopped on an overnight train to Mombasa, Kenya's teeming port city on the Indian Ocean.

Medical Tourism

07.02.2008 | Bangkok, Thailand
One of our LongJaunters was dealing with stomach issues and a high fever we feared might be a recurrence of malaria. The other ...

The Italian countryside

04.27.2008 | Bologna, Italy
Today we got out of the city for some fresh air in the countryside. After a train ride and an hour walk through rolling hills, we made...

Across the Mekong and on to Laos

07.20.2008 | Huay Xai, Laos
After rising early, we caught a canoe across the mighty Mekong River to Laos and headed north to the small rice paddy paradise of Luang...

A malaria scare

06.18.2008 | Ahmedabad, India
With Thushan fading fast, we head to the doctor's office for a diagnosis, but not before watching the Celtics win the NBA championship ...

Itapuã

03.02.2008 | Salvador, Brazil
We spent a lazy Sunday exploring the historic neighborhood of Itapuã on Salvador's northern tip and tried a bite of acarajé, a classic ...
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