Everyday Adventures…

Things you learn on the Road…

When traveling in South East Asia it is extremely important to always have:

An emergency toilet paper roll…
…always have it with you. At all times.

You know, just in case…

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They say Beirut is the Paris of the East… and in many ways – it is. But if that’s true, Lebanon is truly the Monaco of the Middle East. The country is sleek, glamorous and very very flashy. It’s no surprise that, for example, two sister cities of one of the country’s metropolises are - 1) Monaco and 2) Las Vegas.

Porsches, Mercedes and BMWs canvass the roads and appear as commonplace as they are in Redmond, WA. I even saw a few Aston Martins over there! … a true surprise and a stark contrast to the extreme poverty that exists and you can openly see both in the Middle East and Lebanon itself.

My first picture of Lebanon

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Hello from Sunny Jordan!

27 Jun

Hello from sunny Jordan!

I’ve been traveling for a little under 2 weeks now and wanted to write a quick update of the trip for friends and family. As some of you know – I am traveling around the Middle East at the moment before heading out to Asia and let me preface it all by saying – I am ok and I’m safe.

The past 12 days have been nothing short of great adventures and I cannot wait to tell you some stories in later posts. You may have seen some of the pictures and videos I’ve uploaded – and trust me many more fun ones are to come!

I’ve been very fortunate to meet some incredible people in the past 12 days, which has reminded me why I LOVE traveling so much! You never know who you’d meet on the road – especially in the Middle East – but one thing is for sure – all of the people you’d come across have interesting stories and very diverse backgrounds.

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Categories Egypt, Jordan, Middle East, Travel

Day 5 – Last Day in London

21 Feb

Written March 25, 2009

Good morning, friends and family!

I hope this blog entry finds you well! Today was my last day in London and I am somewhat sad to be leaving tomorrow, but very excited to come back again! I love, love, love, love London and could see myself living here in the distant future. But we shall see.

Today was another rough wake-up call – not because I did not sleep well – au contraire, I slept just fine, but because yet again, I felt like I was trapped in a grave or something of the sort. I literally woke up screaming “GET AWAY from ME! LEAVE ME ALONE”. No, I am not kidding!! This hostel’s bed situation is killing me! Anyway, I got ready and went down to have breakfast. At least the cappuccino was amazing!

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More on the flight cancelation and getting home

15 Jun

Hi again everyone!

I’m writing this from my home in Chicago to let you know that I arrived back States-side safely. As per the previous blog, our Friday flight that was supposed to take us to the US was canceled due to technical issues and the airline put all of us in a hotel with all expenses paid for a day – until they sorted out how they will bring us back home.

As it turns out, the Airbus plane we were supposed to depart with was experiencing the same issues that the Air France flight that disappeared in the Atlantic close to the shores of Brazil. The airline decided (wisely) not to take the risk of flying the plane and re-route us on a different flight home the day after. It is kind of crazy to imagine that because Air France’s plane crashed every airline is being a lot more thorough in their pre-flight airplane checks… and we got so lucky. Lucky enough that the company found the issue and decided not to fly. What if that crashed flight was us? Kind of puts things in perspective, doesn’t it.

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[Lisbon – Chicago] = CANCELED

12 Jun

Hi Everyone!

I hope you are doing well. This will be a quick update. As some of you know – today I was supposed to fly back to Chicago from Lisbon to attend our graduation ceremony on Sunday. There, however, has been a slight change in plans.

Our Philadelphia-bound flight has been canceled due to technical issues with the air craft and all passengers have been scheduled to return to the US tomorrow with the next US Airways flight. We are all staying in Lisbon for another day – and hey, there are worse things that can happen, right. The airline put us in a very nice hotel; my hotel room is the size of a one bedroom apartment! It is INCREDIBLE!

Alright, so that’s it for now. I’ll update you more on the situation as the day goes by, but for now – off to the beach!

See you all on Sunday!

-K