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Travel, Change, and Social Conscience — Why I Currently Wouldn’t be Traveling to Egypt

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Tweet Interesting discussion lately on Twitter about a country that I truly love, Egypt, and am looking forward to visiting again and again. I had the chance to spend over a month in Dahab, one of my favorite beach towns in the world earlier this year on my second trip through and have loved a [...]

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The First Annual Dahab Festival

The First Annual Dahab Festival

Tweet I was pretty lucky with my timing on my month-long respite in Dahab, in that I was here for the First Annual Dahab Festival.  Like most “firsts,” there were some organizational problems, but I think all-in-all it came off well and with a bit more practice, it is going to be a nice draw [...]

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Things to Do in Dahab, Egypt

Things to Do in Dahab, Egypt

Tweet I am writing this quick post from the wonderful little beach town of Dahab, Egypt on the Red Sea, following my 2011 travel plan so far. The question I got most often before my little jaunt over here to the Middle East from everyone back home was twofold, “why go the Middle East at [...]

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Cairo Scam: Lesson Learned Again

Cairo Scam: Lesson Learned Again

Tweet Sometimes you have to relearn life lessons over and over before they stick with you. Yesterday, with my good friend David Roberts (who was nice enough to come join me for about a week on my trip), we both relearned one of the classics. Always, always ask how much something is before ordering/buying/getting in [...]

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Italy via Photography: A Small Photo Journey

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I have said for quite a long time that if I ever make any real money, I will live in [...]

Interview with Andy Hayes, a.k.a. @andrewghayes: Lucky 13 Questions

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Andy Hayes is someone that I have be following for a while, but until I sat down and listened to [...]

Bette, Freddy, Madonna, Louie, Joe… a Show of a Lifetime

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An celebrity impersonation show combines nostalgia, campiness and hilarity. They are a fun sing-along and also a gentle laugh-at, all [...]

Jerusalem, the Most Historical City in the World?

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Jerusalem simultaneously confounds and amazes. In the list of “Cities Unlike Any Place Else,” it has to be right up [...]

Asking for a Little Help from You, My Loyal Readers

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I could use a little help — and will hopefully not only make it easy for you to do so, [...]

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