The stupendous Taj Mahal

06/28/2008 | Location: Agra, India

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In a world where sometimes the sights can feel more like gatherings of foreigners than a genuine taste of the country, walking the Taj's marble floors was a welcome change.

(Photo and caption by Thushan Amarasiriwardena / LongJaunt.com)

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.

Mombasa-bound

03.28.2008 | Nairobi, Kenya

After a walk in the Nairobi Arboretum with our friend Benard, we jump on the train to Mombasa and head to the Indian Ocean.

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...