Year: 2014
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“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” – Charles Dickens
Dubai and Abu Dhabi – All That Glitters…
The last stop on our 2014 Around The World trip was the United Arab Emirates (UAE), specifically Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The UAE is the result of a union of … Read More
Singapore Slinging
Modern Singapore was founded when Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, a British statesman, landed in the area in 1819 and negotiated a treaty with a previously banished sultan to establish Singapore as … Read More
Bangkok in a Day
“Red shirts warn of civil war.” Normally a headline that would keep one out of ‘red shirt’ territory. But since we’re safely in Singapore now, we’ll admit that we did … Read More
Everest from the Air
Our lucky monkeys worked again. On our very last morning in Nepal, the weather cleared and we were able to take a mountain flight along the Himalayas. We got clear … Read More