Wham Bam I’d have just 29 hours in Bucharest, so I’d hit the ground running. Actually, sleeping…as I landed at 3AM. My taxi got pulled over for speeding on the way to the hotel, so I wasn’t asleep as soon as I wanted to be, but it was finally lights out at 4:30AM. I packed…
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I’ll never forget my first memory of Serbia and the very first thing that caught my eye as the taxi barreled down the highway from the airport into Belgrade: Towering over the city was this massive, gray building, consisting of two towers and a huge circular disk on top that looked like a giant flying…
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First Impressions I’ll never forget my first memory of Serbia and the first thing that caught my eye as the taxi barreled down the highway from the airport into town: Towering over the city was this massive gray building consisting of two towers and a huge circular disk on top that looked like a giant…
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The Quick Info There is a ferry! However it’s not the type of boat that most Americans envision when they hear the word “ferry.” It runs between Puerto Ita Enramada in Asunción, Paraguay and Puerto Pilcomayo in Clorinda, Argentina. Taxi drivers can get you there easily. For more details, including my story about crossing, read…
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Reporting Live from Sarajevo I grew up watching Dan Rather and Peter Jennings dole out updates on the “war in Sarajevo” as a kid. Of course, at the time, I had no real conception of war, much less even where Sarajevo was even located. And of course, never in a million years did I ever…
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London, We Meet Again! See, I knew I’d return! London was the last stop on my April 2019 trip around the world, which went like this: San Diego – San Francisco (connection) – Singapore (connection) – Maldives – Sri Lanka – Bangladesh – Kuwait – Bahrain – London (connection) – San Diego! I had a…
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Extreme Layover The flight from Rome to Sarajevo included an almost ten-hour layover in Croatia and I couldn’t wait to see the town. Most tourists travel to Dubrovnik, Croatia’s famous walled city, but this connection would introduce me to the capital, Zagreb, and that was fine with me: The fewer tourists, the better. Love Štruk…
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I met Hodan, digitally, after returning from my first trip to Mogadishu. I sent her the blog I wrote on my visit to Somalia. Though it was a risky venture, I found the Somalis I encountered to be friendly, warm, loving and anxious to get to know me. Hodan fit that description as well. She…
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