Palace in the Sky

06/11/2008 | Location: Sigiriya, Sri Lanka

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...

06.12.2008 | Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

Home to some of of Sri Lanka's most prosperous ancient civilizations, Anuradhapura still draws thousands to its numerous historic sites.

05.21.2008 | Beirut, Lebanon

Times are a-changing in Lebanon. Just days removed from civil war, a major agreement between resistance factions and the government bro...

01.06.2008 | Puebla, Mexico

Pueblans have a reputation for being a bit uptight, and their affinity for massive cathedrals doesn�t exactly lighten the mood, but we ...

05.24.2008 | Beruit, Lebanon

We took it easy today and sat poolside at one of Beirut's beach clubs.

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...

04.09.2008 | Hamburg, Germany

We took a high speed train west toward the German port city of Hamburg. Once there, we met up with Brian and Ben Stephan, our German h...

02.04.2008 | Buenos Aires, Argentina

Explore the colorful Buenos Aires barrio of La Boca.

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.

07.07.2008 | Chiang Mai, Thailand

Even though they drive on the "wrong" side of the road in Thailand, we were really excited to rent mopeds for a day to explore Doi Suth...

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.

02.13.2008 | Sao Paulo, Brazil

Mike Kurtz, our other LongJaunter meets us in Sao Paulo, where we begin our month long trek through Brazil.

05.08.2008 | Belgrade, Serbia

Just out of curiosity, we went to a political rally for the ultra-conservative party in Serbia today. The national parties are campaig...

03.11.2008 | Rio de Janiero, Brazil

With beaches like these, we couldn't resist the opportunity to spend another day on the astounding beaches of Rio.