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Photo of the Week Egypt

In the Spotlight – Egypt
I’m embarrassed to say that I don’t even know where this was shot.  Sure, I know I was in Egypt in yet another temple, but I had my overdose of temples much earlier in my stay, so I stopped really keeping track.  As I wandered around yet another temple I turned [...]

Photo of the Week – Morocco

Tough Stain – Fes Morocco

This isn’t what you think.  This man is holding silk thread and is in the process of dying it a bright red color.  I took this photo while I toured around the most miraculous medina in Morocco.  Here’s my excerpt of my fist impressions:

The moment you entered the big arched gateway [...]

McDonalds and the RTW Traveler

It has to be said…and this may be controversial…
Eating at McDonalds in a foreign country does NOT make you a despicable traveler.
In all honestly – up until I took my career break and traveled around the world, I would have scoffed at that statement. I thought Americans who ate at McDonalds while traveling abroad [...]

Photo of the Week – Sinai Egypt

Color Canyon Hike in the Sinai Region of Egypt
The wind had formed the sandstone of Color Canyon in Sinai Egypt is a memorable hike.  The canyon floor ‘trail’ was sometimes wide and sometimes very, very narrow. As you walked through the cannon and followed the path of the wind, you saw the various colorful rocks [...]

Photo of the Week – Zanzibar

African Sushi – Zanzibar
I love markets, they never disappoint.  This man in the Stonetown Market looked like had been carving up fish for hours.  A few minutes earlier I saw a man drag in a huge  hammer-head shark – amazing.  Read the entire Zanzibar market story on my post from 2006.
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Photo of the Week – July 28, 2009

As I travel through Mongolia this week, I decided to have a photo flashback!  Two years ago I was traveling through Morocco – one of my favorite countries!  I recently went back to edit some writing and photography about my time there.  Enjoy this flashback of photos and check out one of the most popular [...]

Yella! Moving on from Egypt

Photo: The many towers of the Mohammad Ali Mosque in Cairo
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Egypt was a quick stop for me – 2 weeks, but I covered a lot of ground. I went from South to North, from Dessert to [...]

Living to Die – Tombs of Egypt

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One of my favorite sayings to live by is “work to live” – it’s really what I tried to follow while living and working in NYC. Quite frankly – I worked my [...]

Holy Moses – Egypt’s Red Sea and Mt. Sinai!

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Photo: Sawa camp on the Red Sea
The Red Sea was next on our Moses Tour. This was my favorite part in the movie…the water even looked red in the TV version – and Charleton Heston’s ability [...]

The Mother of All Project Plans – Ancient Egypt

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I must confess – I’m not really into ancient sites, it’s just not my thing. I was bored by Pompeii, disinterested in the Parthenon, and I skipped the Roman Forum altogether – for some reason – these places just aren’t as interesting to me as simply going [...]

Convoys and Hubbly Bubbly – Arriving in Egypt

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I mistakenly arrived in Egypt thinking that it would be very similar to Morocco. That’s like thinking that California and New York are similar…and having lived in both – I know that’s not true. Sure, the two [...]

Holy Moses – Cruising the Nile River

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My only knowledge of Egypt really comes from an unlikely source – Charleton Heston. I can still remember my family all sitting around the one TV we had and watching the Ten Commandments…it was a huge event for us – we were even allowed to eat in front [...]

Losing my Marbles – Hostage Crisis at an Airport Hotel

After nearly 11 months of travel, it finally happened – I finally reached the end of my rope. Thanks to Egypt Air and Royal Air Maroc Airlines – I nearly had a nervous breakdown that was colossal. I actually had visions of me ending up in a Moroccan jail, arrested by the airport police in [...]

Moroccan Rainbow – Final Thoughts

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I’m sure you might be surprised that I didn’t use the obvious title choice for this Moroccan send-off post – Rockin’ the Kasbah… I did actually think about it, but that’s not what I think of when I examine my parting thoughts about Morocco. From the moment I started journeying around Morocco – [...]

Disappearance of the Traveling Pants

While I was traveling in Essaouria, Morocco I had a funny experience with my traveling pants may they rest in peace.
During my travels with a limited wardrobe, you start to have your favorite travel clothes. Mine are a pair of cotton pants. I love these pants…they are the best…you’ve seen tons of pictures with me in [...]

Turning down the volume…Tangier, Essaouria, and Chefchaouen

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The last week of travel through Morocco was when I finally hit my groove…I had started to get really comfortable with ‘real’ travel again. When I first arrived in Morocco – I was rather tense, on guard, and untrusting. Marrakech was a crazy place full [...]

Goats in Trees!

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Since I really didn’t have a book about Morocco, I was learning things as I was experiencing them, as well as learning about things through my other travel partners that had ample books on Morocco. After the first week, someone in my group mentioned in passing something [...]