Monthly Archive for June, 2007

A manta ray glides silently by in the turquoise-green water, flapping its arms as gently as a butterfly. A silver fish leaps out of the water, creating an arch in the sunlight. A few glass-bottom boats sail off in the distance. They are full of eager tourists in search of whale sharks and manta rays [...]

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Perth, Australia: We need a visa?

“You need a visa to enter Australia. Where is your visa?”
We made it a total of 25 miles in our 39,000 journey before we encountered our first hiccup. With a row of our bookshelf already devoted to Lonely Planet travel books, we had decided to forego purchasing the book for Australia – after all, it’s [...]

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Huaraz, Peru: One Year Before…

“Ah, estás enamorado,” she says with a teasing smile. “You are in love.” “What? No…” Mark refuses to believe this bit of woman at the US Embassy in Peru. She instinctively identifies the source of Mark’s troubles–me.
“Sí,” she says. “Estás enamorado.” She hands Mark his new passport, stamped for [...]

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