Peru. I wanted to see the Nazca Lines. On the way, the striking miners had blocked the roads with rocks so that I was heading away from the Nazca Lines. Now I was another day away from them. It was…
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Motion Sickness
For people who find themselves a bit shaky after a hard day of travel, I recommend you consider motion wrist bands. I’ve heard of people wearing them to guard against sea sickness. I find these are great for bouncing and…
Posted in Travel Know How
Township Trip
in 2005, I took a township tour outside of Cape Town in South Africa. The local bar was a one-room hut without any windows. Inside, very low benches lined the walls. The bar is open from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.,…
Posted in World Glimpses
Portland, Oregon
Portland, 1997. That city has some good ideas. There is a lot of interesting art work around the city and a lot of it is built into the buildings themselves. That is because Portland has a one percent tax on…
Posted in Found in the USA
Hagia Sophia
In Istanbul, stands Turkey’s most popular tourist site, the Hagia Sophia. The original Hagia Sophia was build in approximately 300 AD by Roman Emperor Justinian to commemorate his conquest of Constantinople. Wikipedia says this was the first construction to use a fully pendentive…
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