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Travels in the World

Saimaluu Tash and Kyrgyzstan’s Future in Tourism

May 5, 2010
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Last week I posted the detailed reports from Slava on the situation currently unraveling in Kyrgyzstan. This post takes from those reports and adds in my personal experiences in Kyrgyzstan when I visited in 2007.
“Did you hear about Kyrgyzstan?” was the message that came across Skype from Slava Koshelev in Moscow. It was April 7, 2010 and almost three years since my time in Kyrgyzstan. Slava was the Kyrgyz tour operator that took me there. [...]

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Souq Omdurman and Thoughts on Sudanese Hospitality

February 21, 2010
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Upon arriving in Sudan a few weeks ago, a friend of mine joked that he had to travel halfway around the world to a country where the president is accused of war crimes to find real hospitality.
I have completed my time on the Tour d’Afrique for this year, and I am now back in Toronto. After the tour left Khartoum I had a few days before flying home, so I took one morning to visit [...]

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One Cool Cat – Brief History of Michael James

January 8, 2010
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Rogers Park is the northernmost community in the city of Chicago. It’s a 30 minute taxi ride from downtown, and I would imagine that most visitors to the city would never make it this far north. If I was not asked by Michael James to be interviewed about our movie screening in Chicago, I would have never made my way this far north either, but I am sure glad I did.
I don’t often get interviewed [...]

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New York Marathon by Public Transit

November 7, 2009
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Ahhhh, what a great way to experience the New York Marathon. Phew, but I am exhausted. Transiting around the city to find the best vantage point is no easy task. And in between I must have covered well over 2 miles on foot.
The marathon started in 1970 with a mere 127 runners. It has grown to become one of the most prestigious marathons in the world, attracting over 40,000 participants this year. Unlike the Boston [...]

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NBC’s Surprisingly Interesting World Blog

October 24, 2009

Some people may not think of NBC as a place to search for interesting, off-beat travel stories, but have you ever been to their World Blog?
In their own words…
NBC News World Blog aims to provide a dynamic look at world events and trends — both big and small — from NBC News correspondents, producers, and bureaus around the world. Online entries — from text to video — will explore news events and how they are [...]

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A travel and news chronicle from the places my bicycle takes me. It’s not a cycling blog per se. It’s a record of things I encounter along the way – in my travels with Tour d’Afrique Ltd., and through my own experiences at home and abroad.
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