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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... -
Egypt Meets Wisconsin: Cleopatra Arrives in Milwaukee
Posted on October 14, 2011 | 3 CommentsCleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt Here’s your chance to stand between two sixteen-foot tall stone statues of a king and queen of Egypt, just as Cleopatra... -
Photo Monday: Syria’s Basilica of St. Simeon
Posted on March 28, 2011 | 2 CommentsDramatic travel stories. When they are happening to us, it is perhaps a nightmare. Certainly the time I got deathly ill in Syria and had to hitchhike back to Turkey... -
Mad Traveler Photo of the Week: Karnak Temple, Luxor
Posted on December 31, 2010 | No CommentsIt’s been said a million times: it’s all about timing. Well… it is! Here’s a random shot in Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt. Had I come 15 minutes earlier or... -
Kuwait: The ‘K’ is Silent
Posted on February 15, 2008 | 1 CommentHow long does it take to get two stamps on a sheet of paper? In Kuwait, that’d be two hours. For a country that has a whole lot of other... -
Snowboarding to Sandboarding: Always Two Sides to Dubai
Posted on February 13, 2008 | No CommentsAfter a breakfast of olives, bread, tomatoes and some intense yogurt cheese called lebne, I headed to the local museum, not something that probably goes high on the list of... -
Arrival in Dubai
Posted on February 8, 2008 | No CommentsJust over a week ago, Tiger Woods was here in Dubai, part of the United Arab Emirates, playing golf in what should be a desert. Not so unusual—dunes reclaimed for...
