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 | Ocean to Ocean Part 4 - Surprises in Panama 03/08/2010
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 | Ocean to Ocean Part 3 � The People, Plants and Animals of 03/01/2010
Biodiversity is the single word that best sums up the country of Panama. We have always considered the United States to be a major melting pot of peoples and cultures, but, mile for mile, Panama certainly has us beat!
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 | Ocean to Ocean – Part 2 – The Panama Canal 02/22/2010
From the time of Vasco Nuñez de Balboa’s discovery and naming of the Pacific Ocean in 1513 explorers dreamed of and searched for an easy route between the oceans. In North America it was the anticipated Northwest Passage. In Central America it was across
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 | Ocean to Ocean�An Adventure in Panama, Part 1 02/15/2010
A canal cruise, a tour and much, much more � it was a 9-day Panama adventure that will be difficult to summarize in words. Perhaps including some photos will help.
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 | A 50th Class Reunion Amidst Award-Winning Architecture & Cornfie 09/04/2009
I need to confess something right up front. I loved growing up in my hometown. In fact, I loved living there so much that except for the four years of my undergraduate college days and the three years my first husband moved us all to Maine, I lived ther
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 | Istanbul’s Spice Market, Orient Express, & a Cistern—Last Day i 07/27/2009
he only bad thing about this day was that it was to be our last one in Turkey, as we were to fly back home the next day. Actually, another bad thing was that we had to have our luggage outside our door by 6:30 a.m. that morning before breakfast, which wa
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 | Ataturk�s Mausoleum & a Museum with Paleolithic Treasures 07/20/2009
After breakfast, we departed for Ankara, the very modern capital of Turkey with a population of three and a half million. Believed to have been the site of a Hittite city, there is evidence of Phrygian settlement here in 1200 BC, when it was known as Anc
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 | Fairy Chimneys, Magic (to Me) Carpets, & Whirling Dervishes... 07/06/2009
Many in our tour did something very special before breakfast our first morning in Cappadocia. They took a hot air balloon ride over the very unique landscape in this region. And to a person, they all loved it. The weather was great. The scenery was sp
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