Tag: travel
member name: Sean Paul Kelley
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November 10, 2006 09:51 AM EST --
The Islamic world is filled with magnificent cities. Samarkand, Bukhara, Damascus, Cairo, Istanbul and Mecca are all at the top of any top ten list, but Isfahan is in a class of its own. A city where the . . .
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September 07, 2006 03:33 PM EDT --
The last hurdle has been hurdled. Our passsports now have valid visas for the Islamic Republic of Iran in them. All I need to do now is buy the airline tickets, pack and wait. I am actually going to see . . .
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November 11, 2006 11:20 AM EST --
We passed through the Qeysarieh gate (see previous post for location), a pair of Parthian horsemen turning backwards, bows drawn, ready for a final shot, stand at opposite ends of the tympanum. Was the . . .
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November 12, 2006 10:30 AM EST --
We left Yazd early in the morning for our date with the Dasht-i-Kavir. We made good time; stopping only once for a picnic in the middle of some salt flats 300 kilometers outside Yazd. Bread, feta cheese, . . .
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August 05, 2006 10:41 PM EDT --
Just a short notice: odds are now in my favor that I will go to Afghanistan in the October-November timeframe (Iran is pretty much a done deal before Afghanistan). I don't think I'll travel from . . .
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November 01, 2006 06:14 AM EST --
Before Father and I left for Iran I told myself I would not post about politics. I'm still very hesitant to do so, mostly because people will think I have 'gone native' if I do. But sometimes . . .
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December 06, 2006 09:20 PM EST --
First days are always about impressions. So are first posts. I’m glad I waited until I had time to process what I’ve so far seen, otherwise I’d have misled you and me.
Please excuse . . .
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December 06, 2006 09:23 PM EST --
Before I departed for Oaxaca I was told, point blank, by several people that I was endangering my life by coming here. I have no doubt that had I wandered into Oaxaca three weeks ago I would have been. . . .
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May 15, 2007 10:29 PM EDT --
Tehran's Mehrabad Airport is a cheerless backwater, especially at four in the morning, after enduring a 10-hour flight to Amsterdam, a nine-hour delay, followed by the six-hour flight to Tehran. . . .
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September 07, 2006 08:56 PM EDT --
I find myself with a dilemma, albeit a fortunate one. I am traveling to Iran to further research on a book and to accrue more personal experience with the people of the old Inner Asian trade routes. That . . .
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September 23, 2008 11:00 AM EDT --
Tomorrow morning when I awake, walk out of my flat and head to the bus station I will begin the adventure of a lifetime. I will get on a bus and head off towards Malaysia and the famed spice trading city . . .
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October 03, 2008 06:59 AM EDT --
I learned an annoying lesson today: pay attention to where you park your moped. If there are red and white stripes on the curb, no matter how many other mopeds are parked int he same space, don't . . .
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November 24, 2008 01:51 AM EST --
PLEASE COMMENT, VOTE AND SEND THIS TO FRIENDS HERE AT GATHER. COMMENTS AND VOTES EQUAL CASH FOR ME AND CASH KEEPS ME ON THE ROAD AND KEEPS THESE POSTS COMING.
I've had a few readers ask me . . .
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February 23, 2009 10:25 AM EST --
Nandi, a local Mysore cow (technically a bull) recently learned of California's 'Happy Cow' Campaign and auditions for a 'Fresh Face.' Nandi wants the part.
"Every cow . . .
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December 09, 2006 05:29 PM EST --
Wanna see what the Federales, graffiti and general damage to the city of Oaxaca looked like?
I’ve posted some photos here.
The day I left Oaxaca, the Federales were leaving too--not all of . . .
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July 15, 2008 09:57 PM EDT --
One thing I have never understood about Americans is their love of cars and I am from Texas--SUV country par excellence.
To me a car is like a prison sentence, once all the real costs are figured into . . .
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December 16, 2008 02:51 AM EST --
I just uploaded about fifty new Penang photos. Most are of everyday life. There are a few architecture and scenery shots too. But the majority are of markets, people and foods.
My favorites . . .
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December 16, 2008 03:11 AM EST --
Beyond the blues, beyond the shadows, beyond the rain
Beyond the darkness and all the pain
When you're walking in circles, with holes in your shoes
Love is the road that leads out beyond . . .
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January 02, 2009 12:06 AM EST --
I haven't been writing much about Lake Toba lately for two reasons: one, I'm still recovering from my unfortunate encounter with the water buffalo and two, there really isn't much to . . .
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January 02, 2009 09:35 PM EST --
Note to self: next time you ride a moped a.) make absolute certain there are no farmers pulling out around blind curves and b.) that there are no water buffalos in your path once the farmer has hit . . .
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