Palace in the Sky

The rock palace is surrounded by an inner and outer moat, designed to protect against intruding armies. Once inside the complex, visitors pass through an elaborate succession of water gardens and bathing pools that retained water through the palace's advanced irrigation system.
(Photo by Thushan Amarasiriwardena, caption by Michael D. Kurtz / LongJaunt.com)

How Bazaar

05.12.2008 | Istanbul, Turkey
Today we checked out Istanbul's famous marketplaces; the spice bazaar and the Grand Bazaar, which is over 500 years old.

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 ...

Street advertising

06.20.2008 | Ahmedabad, India
Think you've seen it all? We did to, until this camel drawn mobile billboard walked right by us in Ahmedabad.
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