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International Travel Archive
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Travel Photo of the Week: Dubai and Burj al-Arab
Posted on March 23, 2012 | 2 CommentsDubai is just really a city of excess (like the complete opposite of my Kuwait City experience) and while I can’t say this would be my choice for vacation, I... -
The Closest Island to Bangkok: Koh Samed
Posted on February 26, 2012 | 4 CommentsOur first trip out of Bangkok upon our return here was to the closest island with a beach: Koh Samed (or Samet). It was to join our friends Greg and... -
Japanese Homestay: Yugawara Hot Springs (Onsen)
Posted on February 11, 2012 | 4 CommentsI was on a blind date. Not with an unseen woman, but a destination about which I had not the faintest clue. I had been busy traveling and working through... -
Travel Photo of the Week: Lime Cay, Kingston, Jamaica
Posted on February 11, 2012 | 2 CommentsIt’s winter, so maybe I am trending a bit on the beach photos, no? Nothing like a tiny island in the Caribbean. Lime Cay is a short boat ride from... -
The Istanbul Promenade: Istiklal Caddesi
Posted on February 7, 2012 | 1 CommentIstiklal Caddesi: Independence Street in Istanbul I still come here even though I know I will probably not buy anything. I know that there are better seafood restaurants and cheaper... -
Travel Photo of the Week: Willemstad, Curacao
Posted on February 4, 2012 | 10 CommentsOnce part of the Lesser Antilles (the ABC islands including Aruba and Bonaire), this former territory of the Netherlands is now one of the countries in the Kingdom of the... -
Travel Photo of the Week: Sandy Point, St. Croix
Posted on January 28, 2012 | 12 CommentsPictured: two great friends, former Peace Corps volunteers in Guatemala, one of whom I met on the balcony of a hostel in Panama City. We kept in touch and I... -
Travel Photo Roulette 35: “Blue” – Street Musicians in Havana, Cuba
Posted on January 24, 2012 | 4 CommentsMusic is everywhere in Havana, drifting through the air, around the corner, in that shop over there, out that window up there. I found these two street musicians in a... -
Travel Photo of the Week: Copacabana, Bolivia
Posted on January 21, 2012 | 8 CommentsAfter spending a night on an island in Lake Titicaca, I continued my journey from Puno, a lakeside town on the Peru side, onwards to La Paz, Bolivia. Along the... -
Travel Photo of the Week: La Habana, Cuba
Posted on January 14, 2012 | 7 CommentsHavana, with its old-school American cars and dilapidated buildings, is a bit of a time warp, and the pace and rhythm of life there is unlike any you’ll encounter elsewhere....
