Archive for November, 2009

The Camel Jockeys of Cairo

In honor of finishing my first draft of my book Travels Through Egypt I am posting a section on the guys who rent the camels, which is a favorite story – enjoy! Everyone visiting Egypt wants their picture taken on a camel.  There is therefore no shortage of enterprising young men who hover as close as the Pyramid [...]

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November 30th, 2009
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Category: Dispatches from the Road, Travelers' Tips

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-29

is sharing some fun insight on Eat Pray Love filming in Bali, which just wrapped. http://ping.fm/dXnXk # is sooo tired! Have been working all day, but also getting ready to go camping in the AM for Greg's birthday! # Happy Thanksgiving! Interesting article: U.S. couple from Georgia experiences Hajj pilgrimage – http://bit.ly/7SFxpT #cnn # Had [...]

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November 29th, 2009
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Category: Ask the Expert

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-22

is in the Century City News with our Eat, Pray, Love Bali tour (in May). Please repost! http://ping.fm/a7JcZ # has had a new article posted on Self-Growth.com Top 10 Reasons to Take a Spiritual Tour: http://ping.fm/TBAGv # As if the airlines PR wasn’t bad enough already: Continental, American expand surcharges; US Air implements, too – [...]

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November 22nd, 2009
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Category: Ask the Expert, Travelers' Tips

Finding Spirituality Everywhere

About every quarter, we pack an overnight bag, leave the dogs with a housesitter, and drive the two-and-a-half hours from LA to San Diego to visit my favorite cousin, Randy, and his long-time girlfriend, Lisa. Wonderful people, warm, hospitable and friendly, Lisa is a Catholic who attends mass, well, religiously, and Randy is a bit of an atheist. In fact, he seems to have embraced food as his religion, and Greg and I inevitably come home with a “meat hangover” by Sunday evening.

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November 6th, 2009
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Category: Dispatches from the Road