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Dulles Customs Fiasco

June 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Horror story about my experience with customs at the Dulles International Airport.

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London Calling

June 10th, 2008 · No Comments

As a follow up to my previous post regarding video footage from Dubai, here is all 2 minutes 30 seconds of video from London. It will just give you a sense for the area of the city we were staying. You will also see the “Traditional English Breakfast” that we had several mornings. The breakfast [...]

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Photographer Who Doesn’t Take Photographs

June 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Before going on a vacation I always get excited about all of the photography opportunities I will have. I try to keep my camera bag to a minimum of gear but can always think of a reason I just might need this or that gadget. I end up with a bag absolutely stuffed with everything [...]

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Travel is Grueling

May 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I have not blogged in several days. Tuesday was a travel day, hot, crowded, uncomfortable flight at the back of the plane. The only positive out of the flight was watching “I am Legend” for a couple of hours. It turns out I was starting to get ill on this flight and have been fighting [...]

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Travel Blog Inspiration

May 8th, 2008 · No Comments

As I prepare for the trip to Dubai and London I am inspired by the travels, writings, and travel writing of Susanne Salvo. Her Salvo at Large blog is a great read; humorous, informative, with great pictures and skillfully written. I heartily recommend you take a look! She, along with her photographer husband, have been [...]

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Countdown to Dubai

May 5th, 2008 · No Comments

We will be heading for Dubai, UAE in 17 days. Stacy and I are very excited and if it were not for the hundreds of things left to do we would wish we could leave tomorrow.
Stacy is finishing up her revisions to the training materials she will use for the Marcus Evans internal communications training [...]

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