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today is earth day when we celebrate the globe that we...
Without the Earth we would have no place to travel. Or be here for that matter. Today is Earth Day, a day on which...
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travel tech
the u.s. state department’s “smart traveler” for iphone
I’m always hunting for a good iPhone or iPad app that relates to travel, one that can take some of the exhaustive Google searching...
in transit
a bird in the engine is worth two days in iraq
When one travels as much as I do you are bound to run into some travel issues. Whether it is the unfortunate confluence of...
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cartagena, colombia: a colonial port city less than 5 hours from nyc
By Guest Blogger Vince Catalanotto.
Intrepid American travelers, are you tired of the usual warm weather locales of Las Vegas, the Bahamas, or Cancun? Are...
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...
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...
in suzhou, china: getting the social studies textbook feeling
By guest blogger Fabien Reynaud.
During a recent 16 day trip to China, my partner and I spent a day in Suzhou, a major city...
videos
a tour through the grand palace complex in bangkok, thailand
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the wildlife of namibia's etosha national park
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australia - a virtual tour of sydney harbour: day and night
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greetings from all seven continents
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the landscapes of antarctica
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puerto rico’s fort san felipe del morro
07:36
the hedonism of patong in phuket, thailand
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flying north in antarctica
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the vernadsky antarctic research base
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montevideo, uruguay
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the kennedy space center, florida and the space shuttle atlantis
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flying north in antarctica: official trailer
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from batna: the logistics of travel to and in algeria
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vlog from algiers, algeria
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vlog from the pyrenees mountains in andorra
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Vlog from Belgrade, Serbia [featuring Mr. Hleb]
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from sarajevo, bosnia and herzegovina
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Reporting from the Rwanda - Congo (DRC) border
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reporting from akagera national park, rwanda
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vlog from the hiroshima peace memorial park, japan
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Haeinsa Temple and the Tripitaka Koreana
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blog from abiverd, turkmenistan
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registan square, samarkand, uzbekistan
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reporting from queen elizabeth national park, uganda
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reporting from the grand place in brussels
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reporting from machu picchu, peru
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unesco sites
the roman city of volubilis
Located near Meknès between the cities of Fez and Rabat lies an impressive UNESCO-listed site - the Roman city of Volubilis. The city was...
palmyra, syria, part one: an ancient site under threat
This blog has been in existence for more than four years and during that time I have been able to chronicle my exploration of...
ancient merv, an archaeological gem in the karakum desert
Turkmenistan is a country full of unexpected surprises, and if you have nerve enough to navigate the quite complex and a bit costly visa...
a video blog: the grand place in brussels, belgium
As the flyingnorthblog ventures into the world of new media, you never know where I might show up. The Grand Place, the central square...
uganda’s queen elizabeth national park [video]
In the first in a series of videos featuring Uganda, this mini-report, from the roof of a safari vehicle, gives a brief introduction to...
polar regions
facebook heads to the arctic circle, and goes green
It was announced this week that Facebook will soon build its first server location outside of the United States – near the Arctic Circle....
