My plans were to explore and photograph NYC so my day pack was packed with my DSLR, NYC Subway map and book to read. As I was about to walk out the door to start my day my phone rang from an unknown number. I normally never answer unknown numbers, but my gut told me…
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Jun
11
My top 10 travel destinations.
Mar
20
The last goodbye.
Goodbye… a word that when I backpacked around the world become all too common in my vocabulary. Saying goodbye was something that with time I got used to saying, because the circumstances backpacking the world put me in. I met people from all over the world and knew that at some point I would have to say goodbye to them. Some were people I met for a moment in…
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Feb
20
Why hasn’t “The Revolution Museum” in Tahrir Sq. made the news?
It was already 1am and we were at a cafe drinking tea and playing dominoes… the usual night out in Cairo. While we were playing we saw huge trucks transporting the big blocks that are used to block off the streets around Tahrir Sq. to keep protesters away from important government buildings. None of us had…
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Jan
31
What if the walls at Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum could speak?
On April 17, 1975 the Khmer Rouge Regime took over Phnom Penh (the capital of Cambodia) and implemented a new way of life for the people of Cambodia. This new way of life meant death for more than three million Cambodians. The new regime wanted a peasant dominated society untainted by anything that had come…
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Jan
15
Hanoi, the perfect introduction to Vietnam.
Vietnam is one of those countries I feel like I only hear about in extremes. People either love it or hate it and they all have their reasons for why they feel that way (kinda like India). Before arriving to Vietnam I heard both extremes from other backpackers on the road and many of my…
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Dec
20
Observations of Singapore: Is it a utopia or police state?
Getting to Singapore from Malaysia is supposed to be just a bus ride away and very simple to do. I purchased my ticket to Singapore from the Melaka bus station the morning of with no problem. I then read the “TOURIST CONDITIONS” on the back of the ticket and rule #3 stood out to me:…
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