Posted in Australia, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Greece, India, Israel, Laos, Nepal, Peru, Singapore, Tanzania, Thailand, Travel, Turkey, United States, Vietnam on Nov 30th, 2008
Hello! Well, the blog isn’t dead, yet. After returning to Denver last summer, Jen and I returned to our previous jobs. We bought a home (something about staying in a different place every other night), now own a dining room table and patio furniture, but honestly, the most luxurious item is still our very own [...]
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Posted in Egypt on Mar 19th, 2008
The Israelites wandered in the Sinai desert for forty years after escaping from their slavery in Egypt; we chose the four day option.
For four days, Mark and I wandered through the sands and canyons and mountains of the Sinai wilderness. The nighttime stars in the clear and cool desert air were absolutely brilliant. The land [...]
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Posted in Egypt on Mar 15th, 2008
I stand in the center of an enormous temple, my neck strained to see the remains of the massive columns towering above me. The smell of sand drifts across the air, settling slowly, softly, atop the piles of stones that once entertained the world’s most powerful rulers. I turn in circles just trying to absorb [...]
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Posted in Egypt on Mar 10th, 2008
It’s like being a kid again….think back to your 5th grade teacher and the really cool unit you did on Egypt. What is it about this country that so fascinated us as kids? Was it the ancient hieroglyphic language, like a secret code that we could write to our friends and our parents didn’t know [...]
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