As I get older, it’s harder for me to distinguish one calendar year from the next. Unless, of course, it’s bad; 2004 sucked, for instance. On the other hand, 2008 was such an amazing year that I felt sad counting down its last seconds, as though saying goodbye to a friend who had been particularly […]
i’ve traveled more this year than i ever will again. places i’ve visited in 2008 (roughly chronological):
santiago, chile
pucon, chile
sao paolo, brazil
rio de janeiro, brazil
buenos aires, argentina
dar es salaam, tanzania
arusha, tanzania
kigali, rwanda
volcanoes national park, rwanda
zanzibar, tanzania
philadelphia, pennsylvania
st. thomas
british virgin islands
raleigh-durham, north carolina
los angeles, california
las vegas, nevada
venice, italy
split, croatia
crete, greece
santorini, greece
corfu, greece
kusadasi, turkey
florence, italy
siena, italy
cinque terre, italy
milan, italy
bay […]
this spring i went to tanzania. it is a beautiful, unspoiled country which relies largely on tourism to fuel its economy. we traveled in open-air jeeps and sat on the roofs to take in the scenery. as we passed small villages, children would run out to the road, shouting and waving hello. at times it […]
