Boston MA, United States

Reindeer?

The three of us are exhausted, school and work and house renovations taking their toll. We race separately to the airport from different directions, the girls and I, and meet at the Icelandair desk just an hour before the flight to Reykjavik. A somewhat disapproving young woman assigns us the...

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roel krabbendam on May 24, 2007 from Boston, United States

from the travel blog: Heaven

T-Minus 10 hours...

After a full day of errands and sightseeing, Vivian and I are hitting the sack. Our bags are packed and ready for our 9:55 am flight to Chicago and the ensuing flight to Hong Kong. Our day began with the exciting task of spraying Permethrin mosquito repellent all over the outfits we plan to...

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GoBlue on May 14, 2007 from Boston, United States

from the travel blog: J-Mac's Junket

Denouement

The snow lies high outside the House and it feels good to pile, all three of us, on the big bed reading books or tapping on the computer. I’m cleaning my equipment, packing it in bins, and thinking about what comes next. Powerfully held, these memories of my trip, and I find myself...

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roel krabbendam on March 25, 2007 from Boston, United States

from the travel blog: Harmattan

Expectations and preconceptions

Results of a year spent reading up on Africa: 1. I will meet: kidnappers ("Niger captors threaten to kill Italians:radio", Reuters, 25 August 2006) child soldiers (www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/childrensrights) drug smugglers ("Austrian tourists missing in...

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roel krabbendam on December 14, 2006 from Boston, United States

from the travel blog: Harmattan

Foreword & Preface

First, I hope I'm not disrupting the spirit of Blogabond by posting (nearly five years later) from the comfort of my bedroom. In planning this summer's trip (as proposed, a Portugal through Turkey sweep of lower Europe), I thought it'd be instructive to review the previous (to this point, first...

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the-rune on August 21, 2003 from Boston, United States

from the travel blog: EuroTrip '03

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