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Admittedly I’m more of a sunset person than a sunrise person, which is ironic given that I’m a morning person. All of that aside, this is one of my favorite pictures from our entire trip. We’re sitting on the edge of calcium pools in Turkey, at a site called Pamukkale, which has been a popular [...]
The Aztecs are a civilization of legend. From enormous pyramids to human sacrifice to accounts of gold and tremendous wealth they’re a people and a culture that’s become a symbol of Mexico. Teotihuacan, their capital was likely one of the largest cities in the Americas before the Spanish came. At its zenith, the city may [...]
Luxor is the ancient city of Thebes. Sure, I had heard of Thebes but didn’t really know much more about it than that. Our only real priority in Egypt was to visit the Pyramids of Giza but little did we realize that Thebes was where the real action had been in Egypt. The city of [...]
Traveling in Ethiopia is a bit like traveling through a fantasy novel. Each town has its own spectacular draw, from the rock hewn churches of Lalibela, to the monasteries dotting the islands near Bahir Dar and the royal castles in Gondar. In each town you meet people you certainly wouldn’t otherwise, people whose personalities and [...]
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