Monthly Archives: November 2009

Throughout our travels in China, Beau and I were surprised to see so many new modern cities with flashing neon lights and tall skyscrapers in the middle of nowhere. So after our Yangtzee river tour

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Yangtzee River Cruise and the 3 Gorges Dam

During our Yangtze river cruise, we took a day trip up the Long Men Gorge. This was a nice excursion up a tributary that may have given us a glimpse of what the Yangtze looked like prior to D

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A cruise on the Yangtze -kind of like downtown Vegas?

I can compare our Yangtzee river cruise to downtown Las Vegas. I'm not talking the strip with the pretty hotels and even prettier people. I'm talking downtown with Casinos like

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Just being Koi in Chengdu, China

Wandering around the lush bamboo forest of Chengdu Giant Panda Research Center in search of the next cute panda was hard work. Ok not hard work, just slippery and hazardous when you are wearing

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Thankful for Pandas: Chengdu, China

For Thanksgiving (a US holiday), we thought we would give you something warm, cuddly and cute.... Pandas! Who doesn't love pandas? They are so cute that they don't even look real. It was hard fo

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Where’s your food vortex?

Food vortex? Yes, food vortex, I just invented a term. (I Googled it, no matches... it's mine) I was surfing the internet taking full advantage of the rare occurrence of fast internet and &

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A look through our lenses; a photo essay of Barkhor Square in Lhasa

Beau and I did go to Tibet. We understand that there are strong political issues surrounding Tibet. We do have our own opinions on these issues but we are choosing not to discuss them on this foru

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Beautiful Colors In Thin Air

Tibet was easily one of the most anticipated places in our journey. We arrived Lhasa in the early evening and were immediately aware of how special of a place we were in. The city of ove

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Terracota Warriors, Rusty Bikes and Sweet Potato Doughnuts. Xi’an, China

Both my grandfathers were farmers, I wonder would it would be like if one of them stumbled upon one of the world's greatest archaeological discoveries. I bet they would have gotten a litt

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The Great Rehearsal. Beijing, China

October 1st was to be a big day, a very big day in China, the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. This celebration would be on the same scale as the Olympic celebration.

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The Great Wall and Good Luck in Beijing, China

Looking out the train window as we arrived in Beijing, we prepared for cold and possible rain by how gloomy it looked outside. Then we walked out of the train into the haze to be hit with extreme he

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Travel Design : Peek into a Mongolian Ger

I am not sure if I could be a nomad and live my whole life in a ger but I would have enjoyed staying longer. Beau and I stayed in a ger hotel for two days in the Terelj National Park. Te

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Wide open spaces: the Mongolian countryside

We've been experiencing the extremes of personal space. Spending some time in the most wide open country we've ever seen was a shock to our systems after being confined to a train ca

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It’s Chinggis, not Genghis. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Just after the train rounded one of the rolling green hills of Mongolia we could see the haze of Ulaanbaatar on the horizon. Ulaanbaatar is a city of well over a million people, but it's

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Video: The Trans Mongolian Express

The World Effect travelogue video 23: Trans Mongolian Express from The World Effect on Vimeo. This is our video of the first 24 hours of our ride on the Trans Mongolian Express from Moscow

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Life on a train: The Trans Mongolian Express

Our adventure on the Trans Mongolian Express would take us from Moscow to Ulaanbataar to Beijing. The actual time spent on a moving train would be 6 days, 2 hours and 13 minutes covering 7,622 kil

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A flashback to 1950’s Moscow

Just a stone's throw from the Red Square and Kremlin you can purchase that Bentley you've had your eye on. Right in the center of Moscow, next to one of the world's most historical

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Moscow: A Knack for the Dramatic

A dreary day made a dramatic backdrop to a afternoon of sight seeing in Moscow. Moscow has a knack the dramatic. The massive churches with gleaming cupolas, the imposing concrete towers

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Coming back to Moscow, Russia

My memories were blurry, but the more Beau and I drove into Russia the more they became clear again. When I was 12 years old my dad brought me to Moscow. The band my dad plays in was tra

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More than just crystal blue waters in Kas, Turkey

Kas was everything we had been dreaming of when we decided to board a plane south, rent a car, and follow the coast. Finally, we found the Turkey that you see in all the pictures and advertisem

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Road Trip! The southern coast of Turkey

After a nice few days in Istanbul, we decided to fly south to Antalya, rent a car and drive along the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. The plan was to stay only the first night in Antaly

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Always make time for a Market: Istanbul, Turkey

We made time for the Grand Bazaar, in Istanbul, twice! The first time Jevan, Casey, Beau and I went to the Bazaar we were so distracted by all the food and spices that we became too exhausted a

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Second serving of Pera, please! Istanbul, Turkey

As Beau described in his food post, the Pera neighborhood is the place to go when your belly starts talking to you. It is also a place to fill your appetite for design. Several of the re

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Istanbul: one of the best cities in the world to EAT.

Picking a favorite thing about Istanbul is difficult, but I will anyway. It's the food. The diversity of Istanbul is represented in its food. Foodies will never be far f

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The Gateway to Asia: Istanbul, Turkey

From old to new, trendy to traditional Istanbul has it all. The architecture, design, food, culture and entertainment are all created with a rich history in mind, while at the same time bei

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Luxor: many amazing sights to see in a mild 104 F

Stepping out of the airport in Luxor was a breath of fresh air, really fresh air. Luxor sits in what they call upper Egypt which actually means up river or south on the map. It has a n

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