January 30th, 2021 After yesterday’s introduction, today we’re back at Thaipusam. This post is refreshed from 2014, my second year viewing the event. Tomorrow, we’re back on the magic carpet. See you then, Kelly Post of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from
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January 29th, 2021 With yesterday’s reverence, today we’re revisiting my post from 2013 about Thaipusam in Singapore, with updated and additional photos. Depending on when you’re reading this, pour yourself a cup of coffee, tea or wine. This is a lengthy post of first impressions, explanations and historical background of an event I knew nothing about at the time.
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January 7th, 2021 Twelve more days, and I am not talking about Christmas. Today, we’re exploring the last stop on our virtual tour of Morocco: Chefchaouen. A closer look reveals a maze of paths, doorways, nooks and shops… one after another, up and down the hillside. Enjoy your walk around! More tomorrow, Kelly Post of the Day: Adding a bit
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January 4th, 2021 Today we’re going behind the scenes in Fez to see the raw origin of Morocco’s leather products. The tanneries present the unpolished reality of an industry using the byproduct of what’s served for lunch and dinner around the country — which is no different than any other country in the world. The difference here is that technology
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January 2nd, 2021 Today we’re exploring Fez in northern Morocco, through a post I wrote in 2018 with a handful of extra photos I just finished adding. Throughout the post, you’ll find the words of author Paul Bowles, an American expatriate who lived in Tangier, Morocco for 50 years. He wrote an essay called “Fez” in 1984. His thoughts on
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December 13th, 2020 If you’re just tuning in, this is my final post about the Grand Canyon. Over the past week I’ve been sharing photos, section by section, of a one-day Rim-to-River-to-Rim trip I completed in October. On that day, we drove to the South Rim, parked the car at the Bright Angel trailhead, rode our bikes to the South
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October 31st, 2020 Happy Halloween and Full Blue Moon! Today I’m sharing my experience at the Firewalking Festival at Sri Mariamman Hindu Temple in Singapore in 2013. This year’s festival is happening right now and livestreaming online if you’re interested in watching. (You may also watch the edited video on Singapore’s Hindu Endowments Board Facebook page.) Tomorrow, I have a
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October 10th, 2020 We’re out of bed at 4:30 a.m., dressing in layers and stuffing the last few necessities in our backpacks. Do I really need my headlamp? I’ll take it just to be safe but hopefully we won’t be hiking in the dark. We drive to the south rim of the Grand Canyon and park in front of Bright
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