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Back to Morocco, Back to Turkey
I leave Morocco with the two bags I arrived with. Of course, there are a few things that we are leaving at the in-laws house that we would like to…
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Hotel Ayasofya – Top Suite – End of trip luxury
We do alright traveling on the cheap! It’s really a matter of choosing where to suffer and where not to. As I said before, I don’t like to suffer at…
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From Fetiye to Goreme, Cappadocia – Moonlight Cave Suites
Before he would tell me the price, the owner insisted on showing me the room. We walked in and I knew it was beyond our range. A beautiful cave room…
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Couchsurfing in Istanbul and Turkey
Our first hosts, Alp and Serap were the only one’s that actually came through though so we ended up booking an additional nine nights of hotel accommodations and didn’t know…
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Arriving at the Hotel Ayasofya in Sultanahmet, Istanbul
One of my hard and fast rules (which I often break anyway) about travel are that a journey should begin with a small amount of luxury so that you can…
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Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in Istanbul
Our flight from Casablanca landed about 50 km from Istanbul in the Sabiha Gökçen International Airport. It’s not nearly as convenient as Ataturk Airport but it services a lot of…
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From the Gare de Fes to Mohammad V International Airport by Train
The new train station in Fes is beautiful. It’s so different from the dark and dingy little place I arrived at the first night I was in Morocco what seems…
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Istanbul, Turkey Vagabonds
Istanbul is a wonderful city to travel to. It’s so nice for me to be in an international city that is clean, modern, and intellectually progressive. As a world travel…
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Vagobond – Lonely Planet – Travel Blogs
Some have you may have noticed the small badges on the right hand sidebar that say Lonely Planet and Travel Blogs. A few of you have asked me what they…
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Guest Blog: Huntington Beach Fun
My friend James Zosobo is the guest blogger this week as he takes us to Huntington Beach and tells us how to have a great beach day. If you would…
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Interesting Travellers Everywhere I Look
As I get ready for this trip, I realize just how much the world has changed since the days when traveling was for the most part, a solitary affair. I’m…
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World's oldest stash of weed found with blue eyed bastard
Thanks to Sky for pointing out this very cool story. On a blue eyed note, it appears that all people with blue eyes have a common ancestor. That must have…
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Magic Mushrooms are good for you, More than the 4th in July, Wes Clark vs. John McCain, and don't be these stupid drunks on the holiday!
I was just totally surprised and stoked to see this story from the AP. The obvious reason is that if you follow this blog, you have probably noticed that I…
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Great Depression Coming and Prozac Won't Help
This comes as no surprise to me, but maybe the rest of you might want to brush up on your hobo skills. The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) is warning…
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Ten Smartest Dog Breeds
#10 Australian Cattle Dog -The Australian Cattle Dog is a very active breed. They need to be exercised on a regular basis, both mentally and physically. As they were originally…
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I love you to death….the real world version
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – A woman was arrested Tuesday after her husband woke up in the middle of the night with a terrible headache and later learned he had…
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Tidal Power
Tidal power systems have been under investigation for many years. The earliest method to generate power was with ‘barrage’ systems, which required the construction of dams across inlets and bays.…
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20 Muslim Inventions that Changed the World
This is an amazing article…think the ball point pen is recent, try 900 AD, think the Wright Brothers were the first to fly…you have to go a lot earlier than…
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Exxon's Vivoleom
EXXON PROPOSES BURNING HUMANITY FOR FUEL IF CLIMATE CALAMITY HITS Conference organizer fails to have Yes Men arrested Imposters posing as ExxonMobil and National Petroleum Council (NPC) representatives delivered an…
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Da Vinci's Daughter
I got an email from Derek Bair a little while ago. He has been doing some fascinating work that reveals a real life Da Vinci Code. Here’s a link to…
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Your money is worth less today if it is in dollars
Remember back when the exchange rate was .8 Euros to the dollar? Or when a dollar would buy almost two Canadian dollars and four kiwi dollars? Well…those days are gone…you…
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One in five American children is overweight.
(From the picture below I think it must be two out of three) ———————————– (Thanks Mark!) Americans who live in sprawling towns where the car is the only reliable form…
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Leonardo Da Vinci Sceintific Library going online
from Wired The tiny brick library in Leonardo Da Vinci’s hometown is putting 3,000 pages of the genius’ work online in a high-resolution, searchable archive. The Leonardian Library in Vinci,…
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You know it's 2007 when…
1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave. 2. You haven’t played Solitaire with real cards in years. 3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach…
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