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Tour of Southern and Eastern Turkey, May 2005 O.K. It*s one of those Arabic typewriters again but here’s the report from Turkey Here’s the thing Turkish Airlines have created the worlds hardest surface for their seats on their airliners Honestly at as revolutionary how hard these seats are I admittedly have no natural cushion so after an 11 hour flight which was delayed for two hours on the runway at O’Hare wafting for available runway space my bottom hurts Missed my connecting flight from Istanbul to Ankara and had to try to book a later flight Everyone on the tour group got on this particular flight and they wearing boarding The ticket agent sad he could not book my ticket until I clamed my two pets an customs I told him I didn’t have two pets an Customs and he sad that Yes you do and ıt ıs an my computer He kept delayıng me and I told him I had one pet Edna the Siamese and she doesn’t travel well and could he please give me a ticket He was insistent and sad maybe I was tryin...

been in some form of motion for more than 37 hours. need sleep. got to our hotel in croatia after long bus ride from Venice. will see 15th century cathederal and what is called one of the most beautiful tiny mountain villages but have no waz of spelling it at this point.žž The national Beer is something like Gloriaigotyou....named after a townžž the national soccer shirts are red and whitež the currencz is kuna which is a little animal like a mink and their currentcy was at one time based on fur....interesting....not gold...but little kunas.....žž 5 equals one dallaržžž ž croatia has become a huge tourist attraction and it is full of folks now. Cold weather and lots of tourists at a seaside resort žž will be in touch and be looking for more kuna to spend. life of borat tour Saturday, November 22, 2008 11:24 AM From: This sender is DomainKeys verified "Larry GoddardGoddard" " View contact details To: "Larry Goddard" mz ...

Solo Travel in Texas Returned recently from a trip in Texas which doesn’t sound as exotic as Bora Bora, Africa or Antarctica, but honestly, the places were just as remote. Drove the first day all the way to Odessa, Texas, which some say is the armpit of Texas (I always think El Paso holds that distinction, but there are two armpits allowed, I suppose.) It was ironic (or is it properly called ‘tragic’—always confused about that rule) that Odessa is in the middle of all these oil wells and gas prices were close to $2 bucks a gallon. Odessa is full of friendly people, great steakhouses, and is literally an oasis in the middle of the West Texas desert. Traveled the next day to Fort Davis, an old Calvary fort town in the middle of the Davis Mountains, and visited the McDonnell Observatory which is a research station of the University of Texas. The largest telescope is located on either the highest or second highest peak in Texas. It was focused on the sun that day and I witnessed severa...

Friday, 1 December 2006 Getting to Morocco Leaving DFW Airport during an ice storm involved begging and pleading; cancelled flights; de-icing the plane twice and finally getting a flight to Atlanta; then to New York and an overnight flight to Casablanca: All a long but adventuresome journey. Got booted to first class since the many changes to the original schedule…free drinks…sat with a mega wealthy mega drunk Brit who cussed like no one I had every heard....it was the filthiest conversation but because of his accent it seemed quite proper.... He told me that the Brits drown all the children who have good teeth.....Raucous flight conversation as you can tell. The happiest moment was seeing my luggage at the Casablanca airport....the traffic is a mix of Mercedes and Ox Carts....and horses....the Moroccan horses are beauts. I was here only 15 minutes when I saw the first dead body....poor soul was crossing the street during rush hour and he didn’t make it across....I’ve never seen a dea...

THE FLIGHT FROM DFW TO TOKYO WAS 14 HOURS OF CRAMPED SEATING AND MANY MANY MEALS. I ATE EVERYTHING PUT BEFORE ME....FORGET ABOUT THE SOUTH BEACH DIET. JAPAN IS COMPLETLY ORGANIZED. I KNOW THIS SOUNDS STEREOTYPICAL BUT MAN ARE THESE PEOPLE METICULOUS. EVERYTHING RUNS SMOOTHLY AND I CAN:T UNDERSTAND A WORD THEY ARE SAYING BUT WE ARE TREATED ROYALLY. AS PART OF THE SISTER CITY ORGANIZATION, WE WERE GIVEN A LETTER TO SHOW CUSTOMS AND I DID AS THE FIRST ONE OFF THE PLANE. ALL 33 OF US WERE PASSED THROUGH WITH SMILES. DINNER TONIGHT AT OUR AIRPORT HOTEL AND THEN TOMORROW A FULL DAY OF SIGHTSEEING IN TOKYO INCLUDING AMERICAN EMBASSY VISIT. TOMORROW NIGHT...KAREOKI BAR...I HEAR THE BEERS ARE GOOD HERE BUT HAVE NOW WAY OF ORDERING...HOPE THERE ARE PICTURES OF BEER ON MENUS. HAVE TRAVELED WITH SOME OF THESE FOLKS BEFORE AND WE HAVE A FUN ADVENTURESOME GROUP. I HAVE PLENTY OF AMERICAN/JAPANESE FLAG LAPEL PINS TO GIVE AWAY AND HAVE MY SPEECHES WRITTEN AND GIVEN TO TRANSLATOR FOR THE TAL...