Video: Here’s a view from the Angkor Complex that you don’t often see…enjoy! We had been sitting at lunch during a group tour two years earlier in a completely different country. As is inevitably the case, the conversation among fellow travelers turned to favorite destinations. Italy. London. Hawaii. All the usual suspects came up. But…
Read More Posted in: Asia, Asia - Southeast Asia, Opened Minds, Broadened Horizons, Sensory Overload, World Playground
Video: The fascinating experience of visiting the DMZ Flying into Gimpo International Airport, we didn’t know what to expect. Having arrived by night, I’ll admit to the utterly dorky and ignorant impression that Seoul seemed sort of like Tokyo, only with more random elevation changes and lots of Kias and Hyundais instead of Toyotas…
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I’ve got a weird confession to make. I have an unnaturally strong fascination with commercial air travel. So much so that I keep a list of the airports I’ve flown through (180), the aircraft types I’ve flown on (71) and—of course—which airlines I’ve flown with (89). I’m so much of a geek that I actually…
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Video: Tirane Under Construction “Holy crap. We’re actually in Albania, huh?” Emily’s 15 year old son Dave was taking it all in. Surely, no sooner than ten minutes after crossing the Albanian border from Montenegro (without drama), there we were about to be served a “national dish” of carp (not for the dyslexic) at a…
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Video: A 360-degree view from behind the Pyramids, featuring our tour guide Amina A lot of help the television documentaries are, right? All they ever show you are the “mysteries of King Tut’s tomb” and the “secrets of the Great Pyramid”. But once we’re all hot and bothered to come see the land of the…
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Video: A little “bucket list motivation” from atop The Great Wall (where else?) Before we went there, I knew few people personally who had ever been. Yet, as a part-time world traveler the allure of China was unmistakable. Yes, there was all of that history. Plus there was the irresistible intrigue surrounding a culture so…
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