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I could write several blogs on India, and probably will. The teacher training was hard, and fabulous, and exhausting and I loved almost every minute o…
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"Yes, You must watch out for the rats in India. If they bite you, you might catch the plague- and that would be no good."
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A few months back I finished reading Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. Three very cool friends of mine recommended this book to me in one week. I m…
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"Never go on trips with anyone you do not love." Ernest HemingwayWe were sitting in the travel agency after hefty meal of adana kebaps, turkish bread …
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"Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is achange that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living."Miriam Beard Two weeks i…
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"If you find truth in any religion, accept that truth." - Buddha Who knew I could be so photogenic as a Muslim? The point of this shot it to show how…
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"It is almost as if you were frantically constructing another world while the world that you live in dissolves beneath your feet, and that your surviv…
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Sand and Slopes! Mall Culture Meets Outdoor Recreation! Heat. It's true, out here amongst the sanddunes you can't escape it. I'm generally one who a…
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Welcome to the BULL! Tourists and Turks intermingle in the courtyard of the New Mosque built in 1597. Hardly new! Arriving. When arriving at a virgin …
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Egyptian Spice Bazaar The Spice Bazaar is my favourite market in Istanbul, second only in size to the Grand Bazaar. This market was completed and has…
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Trippin' around town...Life keeps ticking along in Al Ain. My days are filled with getting up at the crack of dawn to go to work, where I battle the l…
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A little reminiscent of the nutty architecture of Shanghai???Two weekends ago, Josh and I caught a ride to Abu Dhabi on a Thursday afternoon with the …
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Twenty Camels? That's it? Can I get a better offer???!???The long awaited UAE blog! You guys must be reading these blogs since I’ve gotten lots of mes…
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"Travelling is not just seeing the new; it is also leaving behind. Not just opening doors; also closing them behind you, never to return. But the plac…
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Happy New Year.... AGAIN!Except this time we are celebrating Chinese style. Here are some pictures I managed to snap while I ran around Shanghai shutt…
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"Up in Heaven there’s a paradise, down on Earth there are Hangzhou and Suzhou.”Cold Mountian TempleI couldn’t leave China without a trip to Suzhou, on…
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Goodbye Shanghai! Hello United Arab Emirates!"It is a bad plan that admits of no modification." -Publilius Syrus First Century BCMy life is in boxes, …
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Next time someone asks me, why are you leaving China, I’m going to answer, “Well, isn’t it obvious? It’s because of the syphilis.”A few mornings ago, …
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Xin Nian Kuai Le!This might just be one of the best photos I've ever taken. The more I look at it, the more I love it. I should be a backstage Peking …
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T’was the night before Christmas and Melly was a sad girl. This is my third Christmas on my own without my family, and every year it’s bothered me to …
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“I love the booty forty years!” The old man smiles piously and waves one hand around the temple. The other hand he has firmly squared on John’s should…
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Week OneIf there is one thing I have learned about teaching the babies this week, is that I shouldn't teach anything under the age of five. I got into…
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"I never travel without my diary. One should always havesomething sensational to read in the train." Oscar Wilde Michelle, my best friend and I are s…
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China Rides.After living in Shanghai for two years and enjoying the service of cheaper-than-chocolate-bar taxis, I decided to go native and get a bicy…
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Bali... You gotta love it. The first time I visited the Island, I was in an emotional wasteland, having just cashed in a plane ticket four days earlie…
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