China's big day

08/08/2008 | Location: Beijing, China

Scenes from Tiananmen Square and downtown Beijing during the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics.

(Photo by Michael D. Kurtz, caption by Thushan Amarasiriwardena / LongJaunt.com)

05.16.2008 | Istanbul, Turkey

With a lot of work to catch up on, we took it easy today and only caught a glimpse of the Blue Mosque at night.

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...

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.