amman jordan why didn't you cover life in jordan's capital as well, it's a bit boring to see just historical places, when amman is a modern city and there is alot going on there nowadays. why are there just pictures of bedouins and no modern young arabs from the capital. you can get the impression all are living in the desert! sorry my kids get annoyed about this.
Awesome! Your memories are great,I'm jealous of your experiences;)I enjoyed the polish yournal,because I'm from Poland:)How does jour present life look like?
Greetings
Lithuania - Glad you had a great time in lithuania [or so it sounds like it]
I'm actually from lithuania myself and i was born there.
Oooh yeah and i must admit, the hill of crosses is an amazing place, i was there when i was 7 [only about 5 years ago], its sagnificant !
thought you might be interested that one of the reason the hill of crosses began was because lithuanians BELIEVED that one day their country shall be independant and all the misfortunes that the russians and other countries have caused would go away. but lithuania was once a VERY strong country, if you've ever searched "ancient lithuania" under google images you'd see that lithuania once extended all the way out to the black sea dominating the now so called belerus,poland and so on, the people of lithuania were very strong warriors/knights.
Anyways just thought you'd like to know =p
any questions.. contact me on dirti.lil.secret@hotmail.com
What a trip! Great journal guys! I'm glad I could follow along on all of your adventures and hear your opinions on so many of the places I want to go. But I guess all good things must come to an end. It sounds like you are ready to wrap things up and join the real world again - until next time that is. Thanks for sharing!
Miss you! Hey guys! I am so excited for you both. John and I were JUST talking about you yesterday and then looked up your blog. We certainly miss you and hope you are having the life-changing experience that you envisioned. (We are alittle jealous, too!....okay, alot. ;>)
It looks like you are having more fun than can be had here, dealing with the misc. N.O. post-Katrina warzone issues. You MUST tell us when you come through town to get your stuff. In the meantime, we wish you both a happy and exciting holiday!!
Love ya, Paula and John
propaganda is everywhere hello, I read most of this large webblog, as I just finished mine from Vietnam and Bangkok, just wanted to make a comment about the ones you tow make about the Opium museum, you mention how the Thais avoid any information relating them to this drug misuse! well I can say that that kind of propaganda happens everywhere, just having returned from Vietnam the lies told there about history of their country is increadible, specially when it talks about the US war, in spite of everybody knowing that indeed the US did atrocious things there, their government educates them into believing even worse things! I guess all countries do so, The English like to give themselves the notion of having created much of capitalistic culture whilst the truth about the Capitalist system was created in the netherland whilst under the rule of King William of Orange who made England ( dont tell the English this as they'll deny it) a province of the netherlands under the greatness of the tulip trade...and m,erged theDutch banking system to Britain and Britain becoming the larger colonist in time took the notion of capitalism to its colonies...in the same way...Propaganda is something the USA is very guilty off and denies much of its realities concerning the destruction of Native American people's animals, biospheres, and War atrocities, including modern day ones, which I hope you two as U~S citizens are aware off whilst traveling the world and hopefully realising the unsympathy that there is Against Mr Bush!!! for just that... All the best in your travels
JM Akkerman
http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/J-M--Mickey/
Guys, this is just amazing writing. I feel like I'm there with you. Your earlier entry about Auschwitz & this one about The Killing Fields is moving and extermely educational. You find out and report back on everything I would want to know if I was there too. Great job you guys and we look forward to having you back in the Emerald City in a little over a month.
Nice... Really like your cambodian blog. Just exactly how i felt after my recent visit. Cambodia is a great for the temples, but really sad when looking back at their history and the people's life now.
Cambodia Hi guys, loved your blog, heading to Cambodia in Jan & still wondering how to handle the poverty... I am a huge softy! Your experience with the little boy and the noodles bought a tear to my eye... your analogy of the situation inspiring. Safe travels. xx
Amazing Photos I must comment on how great all of your photos look! Granted, throughout all of your very impressive travelblogs you have some very nice photographs, but I have seen growth as a photographer and as an artist as the blogs go on. I can only assume that this magic eye belongs to Shannon as Sean appears in most of the shots. Shannon... very well done. Even some of my co-workers have commented on how the pictures (even the food pics) look like they were snapped by professional shutterbug. I tip my cap to you and thank you both for teaching me about parts of the world that I may not have a chance to visit myself. Your blogs look and read so wonderfully.
I'm really stoked to see you both in 7 weeks!
Be safe! Love, Rich
Kaixo (Sabaidee in Basque) Glad to read that you loved Laos, it is always in our top three when people ask us what was our favorite country. Sean, you need to work on your tan and drink less Beer Lao. Shannon, you will have to give me some photography tips because your pics are worth the National Geographic interest.
Warmest Regards from the now sedentary people.
Agur (Good Bye in Basque)
Terracotta Figures I first read your story about the mini figurines when I was in a small internet cafe in Brisbane, Australia. As I walked out, not even 2 minutes after reading the story, I stumbled across a stand in Chinatown selling the exact same set for $15. I was so tempted to try to bargain them down, but I don't think I could have gotten the same price you did!
Hey... It's a picture of Shannon! Hey... It's a picture of Shannon!
Wait a minute... this could be her in Seattle- cut out and photo shopped into the 3rd picture on this journal entry. lol.
Great job, still. This journal has taught me more than Globe Trekkers and the Discovery Channel put together could ever convey about these exotic destinations. Plus they rarely ever-so-casually use words like proselytizer or plethora.
Here's a question... I know Sean is an avid runner and usually runs many miles at least a few times a week. Has he put his running routine on hiatis while travelling?
Be cool...and don't get knifed...
-Rich
Hawker Banter My goodness, I laughed when reading the banter section of this blog about the camel ride - did you have a tape recorder going, or did you hear it that many times? Probably the latter - for it sounds exactly like the banter I received from feluccas owners in Aswan, perfume sellers in Cairo, and shopkeepers in Luxor. Perhaps they all attend the same course on sales techniques? Keep up your great blogs!
Visiting Scott I, too, visited Scott in Jeonju and had a wonderful time - unlike you, however, I never did get used to the Spicy Korean food. Scott loves it, but tried to find things for me that weren't spicy - hard to do in Korea!! Thanks for the nice comments about my son. I am enjoying very much reading about your travels.
Where's Shannon? Since I was assured that there would be more photo shots with my lovely sister in them, I can only assume since I haven't seen any that (1) Shannon took off and went to Rio or (2) this is a Testa version of Where's Waldo and I'm not looking closely enough. I give up. I didn't find any of the Shannon shots!
News from the Basque Country Sean, Shannon
It looks like you are making the most of it as usual, we think of you quite often here in the Basque Country.
Last week, the french couple we had met in Aqaba paid us a visit for a few days on their way back to the motherland.
Virginia found a job and I am enjoying the summer in San Sebastian...
Kind regards
dEM bONES, dEM bONES Great Blog, as usual. You are spoiling us with your fantastic writing and interesting photography. And now you are adding camara tricks! Are you saying my son is becoming transparent? (Hopefully, he will lose the "trans" soon after your return!)
Found a website that sells pics of the Church of Bones:
http://www.artgraphica.net/art-shop/prague-kutna-hora-bone-church.htm
Love and kisses,
Dear Old Dad
Thanks Thanks for your detailed blogging regarding Auschwitz, its history, and your experiences touring it. I have learned a lot about Auschwitz in school and via the media, of course, but I hadn't heard a firsthand account of visiting it in modernity. I appreciate the time you took to describe your visit. Reading about the history in context with what you saw there made the entry very enriching.
¨Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.¨ Mark Twain... full info
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amman jordan
why didn't you cover life in jordan's capital as well, it's a bit boring to see just historical places, when amman is a modern city and there is alot going on there nowadays. why are there just pictures of bedouins and no modern young arabs from the capital. you can get the impression all are living in the desert! sorry my kids get annoyed about this.