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Ephesus

One day we got up early and drove the two-plus hours to Ephesus, Turkey's best known ruined city. Inhabited as early as 3,000 years ago, much of the town has…

Bodrum and the Aegean

After leaving Istanbul we flew south to the Aegean coast in the southwestern corner of the country. We rented a car and toured the town and the surrounding area.

Istanbul

We began our trip in the megametropolis of Istanbul. Best known as the only city that spans two continents, there were definitely times where we felt we were in Europe…

Portland birthday ’06

For my birthday in January we spent the rainy weekend in Portland. The highlights of the trip were the restaurant Andina and the submarine at the science museum.

Capetown

Unfortunately for me, I had to fly back to Seattle after we left Zambia. But lucky for Kim and most of the rest of the group, she got to carry…

Victoria Falls

The highlight of trip to Zambia was a visit to Victoria Falls, the largest waterfall in the world. At one mile wide and over 100 meters high, the falls are…

Zambia

We left Botswana by boat, crossing the Zambezi river into Zambia. From there we took a bus to a resort named the Zambezi Sun. It was nice, but it lacked…

Our second safari camp

After a few days at Sandibe, we flew to a different camp in a wetter area of the delta. Nxabega had fewer large animals, but had more varied bird and…

Our first safari camp

After taking three days to travel from Seattle (first to Atlanta, then to Johannesburg, then to Maun, then to the camp) to Sandibe Safari camp, we spent the first three…

Washington DC Spring ’05

In April of 2005 Kim made her first trip to our nation’s capitol. We spent a wonderful week touring the sites and even ran into a power broker or two….