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Ellen and I started travelling in 2001.

• 1

  The Costa Rican Canopy   Rincon de la Vieja, Costa Rica on Apr 7, 1998 2 pictures 2 comments
• 2

  Eastern European Word Games   Bratislava, Slovakia on Aug 9, 1998 0 pictures 1 comment
• 3

  Food or Maya Temples?   Playa del Carmen, Mexico on Nov 21, 1999 0 pictures 0 comments
• 4

  The Road to Budapest   Budapest, Hungary on Aug 10, 2000 0 pictures 0 comments
• 5

  More Eastern European Word Games   Poprad, Slovakia on Aug 12, 2000 0 pictures 0 comments
• 6

  Driving the Nicoya Peninsula   Playa Santa Teresa, Costa Rica on Jan 5, 2001 0 pictures 1 comment
• 7

  Nicaragua By Local Bus   Granada, Nicaragua on Mar 3, 2001 2 pictures 0 comments
• 8

  The Moroccan Frontier   Ceuta, Spain and Canary Islands on Apr 17, 2001 0 pictures 0 comments
• 9

  The Road to Merzouga   Merzouga, Morocco on Apr 24, 2001 3 pictures 0 comments
• 10

  Accident in Morocco   Er Rachidia, Morocco on Apr 26, 2001 0 pictures 0 comments
• 11

  No Ritka for Me   San Andreas , Colombia on Nov 4, 2002 0 pictures 0 comments
• 12

  Studying Spanish in the Mountains   Quetzaltenango aka Xela, Guatemala on Feb 3, 2003 0 pictures 0 comments
• 13

  A Trip to Chichicastenango   Chichicastenango aka Chichi, Guatemala on Feb 8, 2003 0 pictures 0 comments
• 14

  Guns 'N Guatemala   Xela, Guatemala on Feb 14, 2003 0 pictures 0 comments
• 15

  School's Out Forever   Xela, Guatemala on Feb 25, 2003 0 pictures 0 comments
• 16

  Heavenly Semuc Champey   Semuc Champey, Guatemala on Feb 28, 2003 0 pictures 0 comments
• 17

  Guatemalan Reflections   Antigua, Guatemala on Mar 10, 2003 0 pictures 0 comments
• 18

  Sailing From Honduras to Guatemala   Utila, Islas de la Bahia, Honduras on Mar 25, 2003 0 pictures 0 comments
• 19

  Beer Ratings and Marc's Place   Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica on May 21, 2003 2 pictures 1 comment
• 20

  On the Way to Bangkok   Bering Sea, AK on Dec 5, 2003 0 pictures 0 comments
• 21

  Still in Bangkok   Bangkok, Thailand on Dec 7, 2003 0 pictures 0 comments
• 22

  Floatin' Down the Mekong   Luang Prabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Dec 11, 2003 0 pictures 0 comments
• 23

  From the Nation's Capital - Vientiene Laos   Vientiene, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Dec 20, 2003 0 pictures 0 comments
• 24

  'Twas A Few Nights Before Christmas   Ko Chang, Thailand on Dec 24, 2003 0 pictures 0 comments
• 25

  Ho, ho, ho from Bangkok   Bangkok, Thailand on Dec 28, 2003 0 pictures 0 comments
• 26

  Burma/Myanmar and the Trick of Getting There   Pagan, Myanmar on Jan 3, 2004 2 pictures 0 comments
• 27

  From Burma with Love   Rangoon, Myanmar on Jan 7, 2004 4 pictures 0 comments
• 28

  The Jungles of Thailand   Khao Sok National Park, Thailand on Jan 15, 2004 0 pictures 0 comments
• 29

  Chill Out in Southern Thailand   Ko Lanta, Thailand on Jan 21, 2004 0 pictures 0 comments
• 30

  Just Outside Angkor Wat   Siem Reap, Cambodia on Jan 28, 2004 0 pictures 0 comments
• 31

  Agent Orange Reporting for Duty   Toronto, Canada on Mar 18, 2004 0 pictures 0 comments
• 32

  Howler Monkeys and a Man Named Jerry   Bastimentos, Panama on Mar 22, 2004 0 pictures 0 comments
• 33

  A Canadian Thanksgiving in the Big Apple   Manhattan Island, NY on Oct 20, 2004 0 pictures 0 comments
• 34

  Pondering the Creatures of the Galapagos   Galapagos Islands, Ecuador on Feb 12, 2005 5 pictures 0 comments
• 35

  Our Final Morning on the Monseratt   The Galapagos Islands, Ecuador on Feb 14, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
• 36

  The Amazon Basin   The Amazon Basin, Ecuador on Feb 17, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
• 37

  Banos and Rainy Day Reflections   Banos, Ecuador on Feb 24, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
• 38

  Lost in Cuenca   Cuenca, Ecuador on Mar 1, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
• 39

  The Streets of Quito   Vilcabamba, Ecuador on Mar 14, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
• 40

  Oil Barons and Memories of Ice Cream   Vilcabamba, Ecuador on Mar 17, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
• 41

  Strange Things That Happen at the Beach   Playa Canoa, Ecuador on Mar 28, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
• 42

  The Baseball Parks of Pittsburgh and Cincinnati   Pittsburgh, PA on May 21, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
• 43

  Our Trip to Motown - More Baseball   Detroit, MI on Jun 18, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
• 44

  Our First Few Days in Istanbul   Istanbul, Turkey on Sep 19, 2005 11 pictures 0 comments
• 45

  Turkish Reflections   The Train, Bulgaria on Oct 3, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
• 46

  Confessions of a Traveling Movie Nut   The Train...Further Along, Bulgaria on Oct 4, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
• 47

  Sofia - A Balkan Oasis   Sofia, Bulgaria on Oct 8, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
• 48

  Oops, Wrong City. I'm Sorry   Belgrade, Serbia on Oct 9, 2005 2 pictures 0 comments
• 49

  Salt Mines and Roman Catholics   Krakow, Poland on Oct 16, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
• 50

  Slovakia - And the Dominant Gender Study   Brusno, Slovakia on Oct 22, 2005 2 pictures 0 comments
• 51

  Loob-lee-yana - It's Easy   Ljubljana, Slovenia on Oct 24, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
• 52

  Venice   Venice, Italy on Oct 28, 2005 8 pictures 0 comments
• 53

  A Story of Poor Airline Service - All Wasn't Rosie   Toronto, Canada on Nov 10, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
• 54

  The Cities - From First to Worst   Toronto, Canada on Nov 20, 2005 8 pictures 0 comments
• 55

  British Columbia - As I Recall It   Vancouver, Canada on Jun 12, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 56

  Home Again   Toronto, Canada on Jun 19, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 57

  Vilnius, Lithuania   Vilnius, Lithuania on Sep 22, 2006 6 pictures 7 comments
• 58

  Riga and CNN   Riga, Latvia on Sep 25, 2006 19 pictures 1 comment
• 59

  The Night Train to Russia   Riga, Latvia on Sep 28, 2006 4 pictures 2 comments
• 60

  St. Petersburg, the Hermitage and Odd Breakfasts   St. Petersburg, Russia on Sep 30, 2006 29 pictures 0 comments
• 61

  Red Square and Some Nice Young People   Moscow, Russia on Oct 3, 2006 7 pictures 1 comment
• 62

  The Trans-Mongolian Railway   Ulan Bator, Mongolia on Oct 10, 2006 14 pictures 0 comments
• 63

  Having Fun With the Happy Beijingers   Beijing, China on Oct 12, 2006 14 pictures 0 comments
• 64

  On the Way to Lhasa   Xian, China on Oct 16, 2006 10 pictures 0 comments
• 65

  The Monastery, the Beggars and a Change of Plan   Lhasa Tibet, China on Oct 18, 2006 27 pictures 2 comments
• 66

  From Hell to Heaven in Six Days Flat   Kathmandu, Nepal on Oct 27, 2006 19 pictures 2 comments
• 67

  In Transit at Bangkok Airport   Bangkok, Thailand on Oct 28, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
• 68

  Trekking - A Word with Two K's Must be Foreign   Sapa and Hanoi, Vietnam on Nov 6, 2006 19 pictures 3 comments
• 69

  Mahn's View of the World   Hanoi, Vietnam on Nov 7, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
• 70

  Singapore - Did I Mention it's Free?   Singapore, Singapore on Nov 10, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
• 71

  Ellen Says I Exaggerate, but...   Whakatane, New Zealand on Nov 12, 2006 2 pictures 2 comments
• 72

  Only One Right Hand Turn Into Oncoming Traffic...   Papamoa Beach, New Zealand on Nov 12, 2006 6 pictures 2 comments
• 73

  Long Live the 60's   Owera, New Zealand on Nov 17, 2006 5 pictures 1 comment
• 74

  Sunset Beach   Waya Island, Fiji on Dec 3, 2006 10 pictures 0 comments
• 75

  The Reef Off Drawaqa Island   Drawaqa Island, Fiji on Dec 3, 2006 8 pictures 2 comments
• 76

  Dreams, Empires and Unfortunates   Vienna, Austria on Apr 3, 2007 11 pictures 2 comments
• 77

  Easter in Slovakia   Kosice, Slovakia on Apr 8, 2007 15 pictures 0 comments
• 78

  Paris and that Damned Dan Brown   Paris, France on Apr 16, 2007 10 pictures 1 comment
• 79

  Wrigley Field and the Abbott   Chicago, IL on May 10, 2007 2 pictures 0 comments
• 80

  From Burma to New York   New York City, NY on Oct 11, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 81

  Thinking of Manuel   Boquete, Panama on Feb 23, 2008 5 pictures 3 comments
• 82

  Bob Marley and the Buses   Granada, Nicaragua on Feb 29, 2008 5 pictures 2 comments
• 83

  William Walker and the Ten Year Old Lad   Granada, Nicaragua on Mar 1, 2008 7 pictures 0 comments
• 84

  Black Jesus   Leon, Nicaragua on Mar 17, 2008 7 pictures 0 comments
• 85

  Deep Lakes, Old Fellas and Young Women   Laguna de Opoyo and Las Penitas, Nicaragua on Mar 21, 2008 8 pictures 1 comment
• 86

  Sex, Drugs and Soccer   Amsterdam, Netherlands on Jun 10, 2008 8 pictures 0 comments
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  From Brugge to Haarlem   Brugge, Belgium on Jun 17, 2008 23 pictures 0 comments
• 88

  Ballparks and Mud Baths   San Francisco, CA on Sep 1, 2008 40 pictures 0 comments
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  Ants and the Mimosa   Turrialba, Costa Rica on Nov 12, 2008 9 pictures 0 comments
• 90

  India - Our First Week   Jaipur, India on Jan 23, 2009 19 pictures 1 comment
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  India - It Seems to be Getting Better   Jodhpur, India on Jan 26, 2009 23 pictures 0 comments
• 92

  Robin Hood Meets Alice in Wonderland   Jaisalmer, India on Jan 31, 2009 16 pictures 1 comment
• 93

  Good Food, Bad Music and the Deal that Never Was   Udaipur, India on Feb 10, 2009 15 pictures 0 comments
• 94

  Stepping Back In Time With the Fishermen   Benaulim, India on Feb 16, 2009 20 pictures 0 comments
• 95

  Searching for Elephants-Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary   Mananthavadi, India on Feb 22, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 96

  Photos of Kerala   Vypeen Island, India on Feb 28, 2009 15 pictures 0 comments
• 97

  Photos of Varkala   Varkala, India on Mar 3, 2009 12 pictures 0 comments
• 98

  Memories of India & Backwater Pics of Kerala   Alleppey, India on Mar 8, 2009 16 pictures 0 comments
• 99

  A Day in Dubai   Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Mar 10, 2009 8 pictures 0 comments
• 100

  Just Dulce de Leche, Sorry...   Buenos Aires, Argentina on Nov 16, 2009 8 pictures 3 comments
• 101

  The Magnificent Iguazu Falls   Iguazu Falls, Argentina on Nov 18, 2009 21 pictures 2 comments
• 102

  Right Whales, Wrong Seals   Puerto Piramides, Argentina on Nov 21, 2009 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Pinguinos, Pinguinos and More Pinguinos   Trelew, Argentina on Nov 24, 2009 20 pictures 3 comments
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  Freaky Southern Patagonia   El Calafate, Argentina on Nov 27, 2009 8 pictures 0 comments
• 105

  The Wind and the Wine and the Pee   Puerto Natales, Chile on Nov 30, 2009 11 pictures 2 comments
• 106

  Das Boot   Puerto Montt, Chile on Dec 3, 2009 26 pictures 3 comments
• 107

  Santiago People, Good People   Santiago, Chile on Dec 5, 2009 5 pictures 1 comment
• 108

  What Do You Mean, No Coffee?   Mendoza, Argentina on Dec 7, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 109

  Cocaine, Machine Guns and Dirty Trousers   Bogota, Colombia on Feb 19, 2010 7 pictures 2 comments
• 110

  Ever Been to Sea, Ellie? Arrgh!   Cartagena, Colombia on Feb 25, 2010 11 pictures 2 comments
• 111

  Ave Maria - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly   San Blas Islands, Panama on Mar 6, 2010 22 pictures 1 comment
• 112

  Just Where Colombia and Panama Meet   Capurgana, Colombia on Mar 9, 2010 8 pictures 0 comments
• 113

  Medellin, Guatape - Guatape Medellin   Medellin, Colombia on Mar 12, 2010 14 pictures 0 comments
• 114

  Memories of 12 Not so Angry People   Narita, Japan on Feb 1, 2011 0 pictures 2 comments
• 115

  Just off Passwater Blvd   Manila, Philippines on Feb 2, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
• 116

  Bunnies and Geckos   Tambobo Bay, Philippines on Feb 4, 2011 13 pictures 4 comments
• 117

  Siquijor - Island of the Unknown   Siquijor, Philippines on Feb 8, 2011 6 pictures 0 comments
• 118

  The Tarsier   Panglao, Philippines on Feb 11, 2011 5 pictures 2 comments
• 119

  Manny and Danny and Mandy and Jackie   Padre Burgos, Philippines on Feb 16, 2011 8 pictures 2 comments
• 120

  Just Passin' Thru   Cebu City, Philippines on Feb 17, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
• 121

  There are Ferries and then there's SuperFerry   Visayas Sea, Philippines on Feb 19, 2011 11 pictures 3 comments
• 122

  Rafflesias 1 - Orangutans 0   Kuching, Malaysia on Feb 22, 2011 16 pictures 0 comments
• 123

  Trying to Keep My Mind on Bako   Bako National Park, Malaysia on Feb 25, 2011 24 pictures 3 comments
• 124

  Just Passin' Thru   Kuala Lumpur - Airport, Malaysia on Feb 26, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
• 125

  Just Passin' Thru   Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Feb 27, 2011 18 pictures 0 comments
• 126

  Learning to Walk Across the Street   Hue, Vietnam on Mar 2, 2011 10 pictures 0 comments
• 127

  Adventures in Cottons, Cashmeres and Silks   Hoi An, Vietnam on Mar 5, 2011 27 pictures 1 comment
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  Being By the Sea and Feeling Special   Quy Nhon, Vietnam on Mar 7, 2011 22 pictures 0 comments
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  A Very Different Vietnam   Nha Trang, Vietnam on Mar 12, 2011 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Just Passin' Thru   Can Tho, Vietnam on Mar 13, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Magical Mekong Delta   Can Tho, Vietnam on Mar 15, 2011 37 pictures 1 comment
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  Just Passin' Thru   Rach Gia, Vietnam on Mar 16, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
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  First There was SuperFerry, Then Came Super Dong   Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam on Mar 19, 2011 21 pictures 0 comments
• 134

  A Country for Old Men   Dumaguete, Philippines on Mar 24, 2011 17 pictures 0 comments
• 135

  Home Again   Toronto, Canada on Mar 31, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Doing it Like Our Forefathers...but with amenities   Fort Lauderdale, FL on Apr 28, 2011 0 pictures 1 comment
• 137

  The Solstice is OK   The Middle Of The Atlantic, International on May 8, 2011 0 pictures 3 comments
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  Sleepy Little Ponta Delgada   Ponta delgada, Portugal on May 9, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
• 139

  Just a Sniff of Lisbon   Lisbon, Portugal on May 11, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
• 140

  Malaga and Cadiz - Sometimes Just a Sniff is Okay   Málaga, Spain on May 12, 2011 0 pictures 2 comments
• 141

  Trans Atlantic Cruise Photos   Málaga, Spain on May 15, 2011 75 pictures 0 comments
• 142

  Good Gaudi   Barcelona, Spain on May 16, 2011 50 pictures 1 comment
• 143

  Walking the Streets with Steed & Mrs Peel   Helsinki, Finland on May 19, 2011 22 pictures 0 comments
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  Tallinn Was the Plan All Along   Tallinn, Estonia on May 22, 2011 41 pictures 0 comments
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  An Unexpected Layover in Riga   Riga, Latvia on May 23, 2011 3 pictures 0 comments
• 146

  Just Passin' Thru   Vienna, Austria on May 24, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
• 147

  I've Got a New Girl Now   Brusno, Slovakia on May 28, 2011 25 pictures 0 comments
• 148

  Portrait of an Unhappy Habsburg   Vienna, Austria on Jun 1, 2011 10 pictures 1 comment
• 149

  Home Again   Toronto, Canada on Jun 2, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
• 150

  Time Traveling - Massey Hall 1972   Toronto, Canada on Jun 23, 2011 0 pictures 5 comments
• 151

  The Best Way to get to Manhattan and Back   New York City, NY on Sep 4, 2011 1 picture 1 comment
• 152

  One in a Billion   Mamallapuram, India on Jan 19, 2012 6 pictures 7 comments
• 153

  Innovative India   Chennai Airport, India on Jan 21, 2012 0 pictures 0 comments
• 154

  Having a Robinson Crusoe Day   Havelock Island, India on Jan 22, 2012 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Indian Spiritualism?   Havelock Island, India on Jan 27, 2012 2 pictures 2 comments
• 156

  Don't Always Believe the Guidebooks   Port Blair, India on Jan 28, 2012 9 pictures 1 comment
• 157

  The Train from Chennai to Goa   Mangalore, India on Feb 5, 2012 3 pictures 3 comments
• 158

  Dentists, Waiters...and Sex Police?   Benaulim, India on Feb 10, 2012 18 pictures 1 comment
• 159

  Dr. Elvis is My New King   Benaulim, India on Feb 16, 2012 7 pictures 7 comments
• 160

  Cabina Critters, Dr Ranjeeta and the Barber   Benaulim, India on Feb 19, 2012 6 pictures 4 comments
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  The Young Indian and the Sea – A Fishy Tale   Benaulim, India on Feb 27, 2012 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Why We are Still at the Blue Corner   Benaulim, India on Mar 4, 2012 7 pictures 4 comments
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  The Creepshow Continues   Benaulim, India on Mar 6, 2012 1 picture 3 comments
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  Goa - All's Well That Ends Well   Toronto, Canada on Mar 11, 2012 11 pictures 2 comments