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paris, beirut, and the twenty-first century traveler
This has not been a good few weeks for humanity. As much as we have progressed in certain areas, humanity has the uncanny ability...
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travel tech
the third generation ipad vs. 117 fahrenheit [47c] moroccan heat
My original objective in buying the third generation iPad was to utilize it as my sole means of communication and blogging while traveling. I...
in transit
again i faced the wrath of the airport travel gods, and...
Eight months ago, I wrote about my first encounter with the vengeful airport travel gods in “A Mere Mortal vs. the Airport Travel Gods.”...
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polarsirkelen: a visit to the arctic circle in norway
By guest blogger Fabien Reynaud.
Having traveled all the way from eastern France, my parents and I stopped at the Arctic Circle during a trip...
berlin: a few travel tips
By guest blogger Fabien Reynaud.
Thinking about a trip to Berlin? Perhaps a few of these personal travel tips will come in handy. Berlin is...
a serbian in new york [srbin u njujorku]
By guest blogger Nebojša Vlaškalić.
As a kid born in a small, beautiful country with open wounds, I have always carried a big burden of...
ambérieu-en-bugey, france: my hometown
By guest blogger Fabien Reynaud.
Even though I left my birthplace some fourteen years ago to move the UK, I wanted to share a little...
videos
a tour through the grand palace complex in bangkok, thailand
13:16
the wildlife of namibia's etosha national park
15:13
australia - a virtual tour of sydney harbour: day and night
08:07
greetings from all seven continents
01:00
the landscapes of antarctica
24:54
puerto rico’s fort san felipe del morro
07:36
the hedonism of patong in phuket, thailand
06:59
flying north in antarctica
18:58
the vernadsky antarctic research base
02:57
montevideo, uruguay
04:57
the kennedy space center, florida and the space shuttle atlantis
02:07
flying north in antarctica: official trailer
01:05
from batna: the logistics of travel to and in algeria
02:59
vlog from algiers, algeria
01:23
vlog from the pyrenees mountains in andorra
01:20
Vlog from Belgrade, Serbia [featuring Mr. Hleb]
02:34
from sarajevo, bosnia and herzegovina
01:12
Reporting from the Rwanda - Congo (DRC) border
01:10
reporting from akagera national park, rwanda
00:55
vlog from the hiroshima peace memorial park, japan
01:23
Haeinsa Temple and the Tripitaka Koreana
01:17
blog from abiverd, turkmenistan
01:03
registan square, samarkand, uzbekistan
01:31
reporting from queen elizabeth national park, uganda
00:57
reporting from the grand place in brussels
01:20
reporting from machu picchu, peru
00:49
unesco sites
a prop plane over the lost world of the tepuis in venezuela
Venezuela’s interior is quite beautiful, and a nice change from the chaos of Caracas, a capital city that sadly doesn’t rate very high on...
a border dispute heats up: thailand, cambodia and a unesco site
Border disputes are quite common these days. Some disputes involve strategic islands or territories, others ancestral homelands, and still others water or resource rights.
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the tumuli burial mounds of gyeongju
One of the cities in South Korea that is lauded as the most important for seeing archaeological artifacts is the city of Gyeongju. This...
palmyra, syria, part three: its wonderful people [and a hookah party]
Staying in Tadmur, the modern town next to the ancient ruins of Palmyra, was quite an experience. I was there in January so the...
puerto rico’s fort san felipe del morro [video]
Old San Juan’s UNESCO World Heritage Site, the fort known as San Felipe del Morro, was named in honor of King Phillip II and...
polar regions
the landscapes of antarctica [video]
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, containing the geographic South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost entirely south...
