One thing that has been really amazing on this trip is seeing landscapes that are completely different from anything we are familiar with, landscapes that feel other-worldly. The salt flats of Bolivia, the moonscape-like desert on the Tongariro Circuit (New Zealand), the moss forest on the Routeburn trail (New Zeland), and the huge glaciers [...]
Entries from June 27th, 2010
first impressions
June 7th, 2010 · 4 Comments · turkey
As they say, there’s no second chance at a first impression. Turkey got it right the first time and did it with style. The incredible warmth of our unexpected welcome to Istanbul stunned us and left us wondering what else this country would serve up.
As we often do upon arriving in a new city, Aileen [...]
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Dubai/United Arab Emirates Wrap Up
June 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment · united arab emirates
Check out a very few photos of Dubai here.
overall impression: What can you say about a place where the number one ranked attraction on TripAdvisor is a mall? Dubai is a sprawling city of tall skyscrapers, expats from everywhere imaginable, and yes, shopping malls. It’s a place where you can see women in full burqa [...]
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India Wrap Up
June 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · india
what we did: We spent two weeks in the North of India right in the middle of the hot season, decidedly the wrong time of the year to visit. We visited Delhi and took a day trip over the Agra to see the Taj Mahal. Then we headed west into the desert state of Rajasthan [...]
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This is India
June 3rd, 2010 · 5 Comments · india
Every now and then on this trip we’ve had a simple experience that somehow just seems to capture the essence of a place. In Cartagena, Colombia it was listening to live creole music in the street late at night with spicy street food in hand. In Buenos Aires it was sipping wine at packed tables [...]
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