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two women all wrapped up sitting on the back of a donkey cart

October 10th 2006
So I have allowed myself a few days buffer to try to wrap my head around my last experience in Siwa and try to figure out HOW (as implied by my last entry) nature is so intoxicating and, even more difficult, HOW to explain its effects. Unfortunately I haven't really figured either out...but I at least wanted to give you all an idea of the rihla (journey) before it leaves my head: Siwa is way ... read more

Africa » Egypt

The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more

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"I feel about travel the way a happy new mother feels about her impossible, colicky, restless newborn baby--I just don´t CARE what it puts me through. Because I adore it. Because it´s mine. Because it looks exactly like me. It can barf all over me if it wants to--I just don´t care." -Eat, Pray, Love "You cannot judge the beauty of a particular path just by looking at the gate." -Paul Coelho My bro and I are driving the PanAm with our Toyota 4Runner and Captain Dan's primary rules of travel to guide us: 1) EAT WHEN OFFERED 2) SLEEP WHEN ABLE 3) DON'T GET IN A TAXI THAT LOOKS LIKE... full info

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