Monthly Archives: June 2010

After a week in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, I am finally moving back to a place with regular internet access, Sydney.  Hopefully there I will be able to (finally!) update the blog! Zach

The second half of my first day in London…as explained in the last post, I finished many of the main sights today with my friend Paul.  We walked along the south Thames from the London Eye to the Tate Modern … Continue reading →

For the sake of time and bandwidth, I have to split a post – which would normally be a single entry under normal circumstances – into many. After a long solo trip through the Middle East and the Balkans, taking … Continue reading →

Leaving Istanbul, I took a 10 hour night bus from Turkey to Sofia, the Bulgarian capital.  I know the last post was on Serbia, but I am just getting around to putting my Bulgaria pictures online.  Anyway, this bus was … Continue reading →

Tied with Pakistan, Serbia is the most anti-American country, with 56% of the population having a very negative view of America with at least another 20% having a moderately negative view.  So naturally that’s where I went today (I told … Continue reading →

My final day in Istanbul I visited the Dolmabahçe (pronounced dole-ma-ba-che) Palace, the residence of the sultans from 1856 until the end of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century.  The Topkapi Palace, shown in an earlier post, was … Continue reading →

I have a longer post about my visit to the Dolmabahçe Palace coming soon, but this may be the first post where the pictures are better than any description I could do.  This is basically a collection of some random … Continue reading →

Today I visited one of Istanbul’s most well-known sites, the Topkapi Palace.  This is where the sultans ruled the Ottoman Empire for the first 400 years before the construction of the Dolmabahçhe Palace in 1856.  The place is a giant … Continue reading →

With 8 days before I meet my friend Paul in London, my original plan was to visit Alexandria and head back to Tel Aviv, winding out a massive Egypt journey.   Instead, I was able to book a last-minute (9 … Continue reading →

Later that day (see earlier post), I explored the giant complex of temples, pylons, and a giant pool that are collectively known as the Karnak Temple.  This site is the largest religious structure ever built in all of human history … Continue reading →