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Friday Photo GalleryNovember 23, 2012

Pure Beauty in Berlin – Weekly Travel Photo

One of my favorite things about Berlin is Museum Island. It embodies the type of cultural dedication to art and history that I wish all cities, cultures and nations shared and emulated. For those unfamiliar with it, it is essentially an island in the heart of Berlin which has a number of Berlin's …

BackpackingNovember 20, 2012

Berlin’s Dramatic Contrast Explored Through Art

Berlin is famous for a plethora of reasons. Of those one of the most well known is its character. It is a wild city of contrasts both within the city limits and when explored alongside greater Germany as a whole. In A…

BackpackingNovember 12, 2012November 12, 2012

Biting Back – Bed Bugs, Treatment, Hostels and Hotels

Over the years travel has left me with a few scars. Small injuries, cuts and scrapes from various poorly thought out misadventures are responsible for a few but by and far the most prolific culprit is the common bedbu…

Friday Photo GalleryNovember 10, 2012

Zambian Village Life – Friday Travel Photo

This photo was taken along the Zambia/DRC border in Luapula Provice, northern Zambia. Connecting with my brother who is a Peace Corps Volunteer in the region we stopped at another volunteer's village for lunch. As we g…

AfricaOctober 15, 2012October 15, 2012

Travel Fears: Squat Toilets and Spray Hoses

[caption id="attachment_2457" align="aligncenter" width="614"] Photo by David Berger[/caption] I began this series of posts with a piece exploring the topic of race. In the 2nd I tackled disease, HIV and hypochondria…

AsiaOctober 12, 2012

Dubai’s Historic Estuary – Friday’s Weekly Travel Photo

Gentle waves rocking old Dhous as they line historic quays. The soft sound of bare feet on salt cured wood as old deck hands wander from sliver of shade to sliver of shade. The muttering putter of over-sized and oft-repaired engines pushing flat topped estuary taxis from shore to shore. The occasi…

Friday Photo GalleryOctober 5, 2012

Face in the Falls – Friday’s Weekly Travel Photo

Located in the midst of cascading sheets of water and behind a wall of thundering noise Victoria Falls boasts a variety of beautiful rock formations. A visit to the falls is never quite the same as everything from the …

AfricaOctober 1, 2012October 1, 2012

Travel Fears: Africa – Disease, HIV and Light Hypochondria

I began this series of posts with a piece exploring the topic of race. In this, the 2nd in the series, I will continue to share the concerns, uncertainties and revelations that led up to and culminated in my visit to …

Friday Photo GallerySeptember 28, 2012

The African Fish Eagle – Friday’s Weekly Travel Photo

When I hear the words Safari I think of Lions. Lots of Lions. Followed by Giraffe, Rhino, and perhaps Buffalo. One thing I don't usually think of is birds. In part because most birds are fairly small, delicate, and …

AfricaSeptember 18, 2012

Travel Fears: Africa – Revelations as A White Traveler

This is a hard and somewhat scary post to write. In part because the ideas and realizations I want to share are difficult to communicate and convey and in part because if I fail to convey them properly I'll come across…