The children raced to the car, reached the wheel before Eddie and after Donald pealed them away one at a time, Eddie reached under the car, slipped on the washer and declared it a per fit. Now for the most important part, the nut. Eddie twists and turns and fiddles, but the nut is too […]
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It is not exactly a secret that most women of a “certain age” have gray hair. While some women accept this as a natural look, others, including myself, choose to cover the grey with hair color, a process usually conducted once a month. In 2004, I wrote an e-mail describing my experience at the beauty
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No time expended considering the possibility of walking up, we were happy to find the driver of a Toyota four wheel drive truck and I was placed in the front seat with the driver while Eddie and Donald climbed into the back. Today, the road up is under construction, being built with proper machines and
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This is an itinerary most suitable for those that have visited Egypt before when they had toured all the main archeological sites, including Luxor and Aswan. The tour focuses on a desert safari with an access via Alexandria. For an interesting read about the desert sites, Travels in Egypt: A trip to the White Desert.
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FORWARD: Donald, Eddie, and I made this trip to Preah Vihear in the middle of January 2011. Beginning February 4 and lasting until a cease fire on February 7 the Thai army and the Cambodian army fired upon each other, with the Thai army apparently damaging part of the temple. Cambodia brought its claim to ASEAN
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In the beginning, when tourism was still an abstraction, we would ride out to Tuit”s village on the back of a motorbike, each one of us having our favorite driver. In this way, we had direct contact with the land, riding through clouds of red dust while waving to the people who were not yet
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The villagers in Pom Prei call him Tuit, which translates into something that refers to being small. His real name is San Sab, and according to Asian tradition, San is his family name and Sab his first name. Part of the sound has to be sucked in and shortened, the other part sung out and
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The Australian made Airborne trike which Donald brought to Cambodia in 2002 had served him well and over the years he had many adventures, all of which I tried to describe. Then in January 2010, when Apsara no longer allowed him to fly out of the rice paddy at the village of Pom Prei, his career
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When Donald and I left Cambodia last February, Eddie”s future in Cambodia seemed to be on hold. After Donald”s plane had fallen off his trailer, Donald provided the additional parts and Eddie put the plane back together. As before, he would have the use of Donald”s plane but due to Apsara, the Cambodian organization that
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12-day itinerary with stay in 4-star hotels that bring you the main sites of Shanghai, Beijing, Xian and Lhasa, from where you can travel to Kathmandu in Nepal: Day 1: ARRIVE SHANGHAI Arrive Shanghai, you are greeted and escorted to check in to your 4 star Shanghai Hotel. MEALS: Dinner Day 2: Shanghai Sightseeing Shanghai”s
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