The Seven Wonders of New Zealand

Charlotte Harbor New Zealand Wonders of the World

Ladies, gentlemen and Kiwis of all ages, it’s time to dust off our categorization of the Seven Wonders of World series, inspired by the New 7 Wonders contest years back, and take a close look at all that New Zealand offers! It’s no secret we find it a fascinating country (enough that we profiled it …

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Forget Obama and McCain. Vote Gary!

Top 10 reasons to vote for me over Omaba or McCain: 10) More foreign policy experience. 9) I don’t need no running mate. I’ve been doing it solo for a year and a half. 8) Unlike Sarah Palin, I have a passport. 7) Unlike Joe Biden, I write my own material. 6) I’m younger than …

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On Poverty

I have been meaning to write on this subject for many months now. The Blog Action Day (October 15) sort of gave me an excuse to go ahead and do it. Over the course of my trip, I’ve seen the most severe poverty I’ve seen in my life. From tin shacks in the Solomon Islands …

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It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine

Like everyone else, I’ve been paying attention to what has been happening to the financial markets the last few weeks. It is pretty easy to get depressed about how things are going down. Because of the profile of this website, I get a lot of emails from people asking questions about traveling. Recently, I’ve been …

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Pnow in Phnom Penh

I’ve made it to Phnom Penh. I took a boat from Siem Reap down Tonle Sap, which was interesting. It was a very leisurely trip with most of the passengers on the top deck the entire time. Almost the entire length of the trip had elevated homes (shacks) on the water. Almost everyone who lives …

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I NEED YOUR HELP!! Last Week for Voting!

This is the final push. You’ve probably seen the little black square on the side of my site for the last few months. They announce the winners on October 16, which means there is only one week left for voting. If you enjoy my site and what I’m doing, please take 30 seconds to vote …

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My Aching Ass (or, the Cambodian Motorcycle Diaries)

I’m going to write a more detailed account of my day with photos soon but wanted to post this quick summary of my trip to Preah Vihear. I spent 14 hours on the back of a small motorbike yesterday driving through Cambodia, and about 90% of the time we were on dirt roads. Some of …

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On To Preah Vihear!

I’ve pretty much seen all most of the temples in the Angkor complex at this point, including many of the smaller sites away from the main park which few people visit. I even went to one site located in a monestary where there were zero tourists, zero people selling stuff, and zero government officials. It …

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…And the Grinch’s heart grew 3 sizes that day

I’m not really an emotional person. Those who know me might even agree in more stark terms than that. I’m not into causes of any sort. I’ve seen poverty on my trip (Solomon Islands) and some places which it seems that God has forgotten about (East Timor). Nothing however, has quite had the impact that …

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