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Road Work Ahead
Tiger Balm Tales Vol. 6 Day 2 & 3 Bahundanda to Dharapani What is it about growing older that changes us? Not only do our feet get bigger, but we tend to also develop more irrational fears. I’ve...
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Many days while trekking I was overwhelmed by the beauty and sounds around me. I wished that everyone could see and experience what I was seeing. Here are some of my panoramic videos along the trail...
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A Mouse in My House
Ledar, Nepal - Annapurna Circuit Tiger Balm Tales vol. 11 Day 10 – A Mouse in My House After 10 days of decreasing temperatures and increasing wind my body is rebelling. My lips have become as dry as...
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The Longest Day – Annapurna Circuit
Dad going to Thorung La Pass Tiger Balm Tales vol. 13 The Longest Day KLOMP, KLOMP, KLOMP The sounds of hiking boots on wooden floor echoed outside my door. I poked my nose out of my warm sleeping bag...
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Going Up…AGAIN
Heading back up the terraces Tiger Balm Tales Vol 18 Going Up…AGAIN We had been on the trail now for 18 days. We no longer had that rookie look in our eyes. We were no longer surprised by cold...
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Coming Down to Reality
The Enchanted Forest Tiger Balm Tales vol. 19 Coming Down to Reality Down Dooby Doo Down Down, Comma comma Down Dooby Doo Down Down, Comma comma Down Dooby Doo Down Down Leaving Annapurna is...
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Have you heard the Midi Market?
What's in season at the Midi Market? I adore markets; they are my single favorite place in any country or city to photograph, visit, interact, and write about. By going to the market, you experience...
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Happy Holidays 2010
Ho Ho Ho It’s that time of year when I start to receive oodles of holiday cards in the mail with lots of little faces staring back at me. The family holiday photos have arrived en mass. Ok – I may be...
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Late Night Cravings
It doesn't get any fresher than this When you get those late night hunger pains, attacking your insides as if they miners in an empty cavern; when you can hear the echoing grumbles of your insides –...
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Entering Another World: Petra
The mile long Sik has irrigation drainage carved into the walls draining down into Petra Petra was the main topic in John William Burgon’s Poem Petra. Referring to it as the inaccessible city which he...
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Foreign Transportation
In the hands of my capable local driver I’ve been paying close attention to transportation lately. Sure, transportation has always been a particular fascination of mine while traveling, but recently...
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Preparing for the Mongol Rally
Preparing for the worst? It’s in my DNA to be prepared, to plan, to have a giant project plan that I can happily tick off the accomplishments. I’m happy when I can graph the critical path, and build...
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Telling Travel Stories Through Video
A Mongolian boy watches television in his ger in the Gobi Desert We are seduced by video. It’s everywhere – your tv, the internet, your phone, and in your car. You can’t escape it. And I’m willing...
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Do Things That Scare You
Warren, Betsy, and I I’ve been lucky enough to meet up with many friends in London in between doing Mongol Rally prep. One of the friends I met was Warren and Betsy Talbot from Married with Luggage...
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Slowing Down – Mongol Rally
Soakng up the Mongolia Landscapes Since we had made it into Mongolia – it was time to slow down and enjoy our surroundings. One problem, Rick had a flight to catch. He hitchhiked a ride with another...
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Sink or Float – Mongol Rally
Getting ready to go into the abyss with a little help from a local When I was a kid I used to have this thing called a ‘bubble’; it was made of Styrofoam in the shape of an oval about a foot long. It...
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Desert Illusions – Mongol Rally
You can see for miles in the Gobi Desert We slowly moved deeper into Mongolia where the foreign landscapes, people, and towns started to become normal to me. We were moving from western Mongolia into...
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My Holiday Video tradition lives on! Holiday Greetings to everyone has stumbled by my little online home in 2011. It was a really busy travel year – I go through the staggering numbers in the video –...
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Rome is the ideal place for a fantastic holiday. As the first official guest blogger of ‘Go with Oh’, I visited the historic city and enjoyed its warm climate, wonderful works of art and its many Roman...
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How to Eat Pizza Like an Italian
You've got this great looking pie in front of you, but how do you eat it? The waitress brings out my pizza straight from the wood oven. The smell of the bread and the wood from the oven makes me...
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