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Travel: Hiking the Cinque Terra

Travel: Hiking the Cinque Terra

I am following the footsteps of a crusty, local woman while trying to take quick mental notes of my surroundings, for I will have to come this way again soon.
Grading the Great Wall of China

Grading the Great Wall of China

In my view, walls are seldom great. They’re actually pretty boring, more useful than awesome.
Travel: Devine figures of Nemrut Dagi

Travel: Devine figures of Nemrut Dagi

Walking amongst the gods atop a UNESCO World Heritage site
Travel: St. Petersburg (part 2)

Travel: St. Petersburg (part 2)

The splendor of czarist Russia is preserved in the city’s suburban estates
Travel: St. Petersburg (part I)

Travel: St. Petersburg (part I)

Russia’s window to the West is a unique blend of eastern and western cultures
Travel: Stretching out my skin suit

Travel: Stretching out my skin suit

Flesh-hanging in suburbia on hallowed hooks
Kizhi Island: The legacy of Northern Russia’s peasant craftsmen is preserved
in Kizhi’s open-air Museum of Wooden Architecture

Kizhi Island: The legacy of Northern Russia’s peasant craftsmen is preserved in Kizhi’s open-air Museum of Wooden Architecture

What, you might ask, is the connection between a modest Whistler cabin in Alpine Meadows and this strange church on a small island in northern Russia? Not much actually, except that both are made of wood and sheltered from the rain and snow by hand-m
Travel: Mother Volga gets a makeover

Travel: Mother Volga gets a makeover

Europe’s longest river has become a major shipping lane and source of electrical power
Travel: Skateboarding in Beijing

Travel: Skateboarding in Beijing

Another kind of openness in the Middle Kingdom
Travel: Impressions of Moscow

Travel: Impressions of Moscow

Three-days in one of the world’s greatest cities