Saturday, February 26, 2011

A visit to Roi Et.

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Bordered by Cambodia to the southeast and by Laos (and the Mekong River) to the north and east, 'Isaan' is what the Thais call the l...
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Sunday, September 12, 2010

A visit to Inazusa.

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Now part of the city of Shimoda, Inazusa is a peaceful countryside village on the Izu Peninsula, the easternmost part of Shizuoka prefecture...
Saturday, July 24, 2010

A glimpse of the Philippines from Negros.

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In early March, I had the opportunity to visit Negros Occidental province in the Philippines, thanks to Dr. Yasuhiko Kamiya at Nagasaki Univ...
Sunday, June 27, 2010

What do airline alliances and consolidation lead to?

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Having earned almost 80,000 miles on a SkyTeam member airline, the addition of Romanian national carrier TAROM and especially fast-growing V...
Tuesday, May 4, 2010

A visit to Quneitra.

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Located at the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains lies the Golan Heights, an area surrounded by four countries: Syria, Lebanon, Jord...
Saturday, April 3, 2010

Returning to good old Philly.

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Philadelphia. It's like my second home, or the first. It's where I spent my young days, my middle school years, and where I made man...
Friday, March 12, 2010

Savoring Polish cuisine and Żywiec.

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When my Polish friend's family took me around the country, I had the opportunity to savor a variety of Polish cuisine, both at their hom...
Friday, March 5, 2010

A visit to Auschwitz, Oświęcim.

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70 kilometers west of Kraków lies the town of Oświęcim. Although a quiet, countryside town with a population of just over 40,000, this place...