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En route in Los Nevados National Park and on to the peak of Santa Isabel in the Colombian Andes, 1995. We rode in the back of “Narco Willy”, a 4WD vehicle of a type favored by traffickers. This one was not involved in the trade. There were several mechanical repairs
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The arts in Sophia, Bulgaria were in bad shape in 1994.
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Ephesus (Efes), Türkiye, March 1994
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Rhodes, Greece. March, 1994. After a very unpleasant exit from Haifa, Israel, by ship and lunch at a port call in Limassol, Cyprus, this was our first visit on Rhodes: The Grand Master's Palace, a crusader edifice.
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Aswan, Egypt, January, 1994. A few weeks here was a thorough antidote for any boredom with concerns of the 20th century. Aswan was a hinterland, quiet and unhurried. It was the off-season, so even the few tourists who ventured that far south from Cairo and Luxor were of the adventurous
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Kom Ombo, Egypt, January 1994.
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A lively group of American ex-pats and Czech locals got together to share the traditional foods and a postprandial stroll by the river.
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Sayulita, Nayarit, Mexico, March, 1989. Telephone service had not yet arrived; electricity had only been available 15 years or so. This was a working beach for the local fishermen. An artist colony was dispersed in the jungle around the town. A new shelter for the fishermen was needed. Community members,
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Duisburg, West Germany, February, 1977. I was required to present myself at City Hall to have my passport stamped as a registered foreigner during my sojourn as an exchange student. This gave me leave to remain in the city for 2 months until a new stamp was required. They ran