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The Silk Road: marketing spin or classic adventure?
Blog: 501 Places - 25 May 2011
You may remember a while back 501 Places featured an excellent guide to learning languages with a host of unorthodox but highly effective tips. James Willcox is back with a second post, this time on the subject of the famous Silk Road. He explores whether the route has managed to retain its sense of mystery and adventure despite [...]The Silk Road: marketing spin or classic adventure? is a post from: 501 Places
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Afghanistan: The bad and the good
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 9 May 2011
Books for the Arab World in Troubled Times Destination: Afghanistan Reading: The Afghan Women’s Writing Project, initiated by author Masha Hamilton Just when we are beginning to think we might finally withdraw from Afghanistan–renewed fighting breaks out. The U.S. military went to Afghanistan because of the ruling Taliban’s support of Al Quaida.
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Afghanistan: Rebuilding the Bamiyam Buddhas
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 11 April 2011
A Video for Arab Countries in Troubled Times. WIN A BOOK! Although there were several comments, no one entered the drawing to win the travel memoir, The Minaret of Djam, so this is your second chance. Subscribe to A Traveler’s Library,( by RSS feed or e-mail), and tell me in a comment that you have subscribed [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library.
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In Search of a Treasure in Afghanistan
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 28 March 2011
Books for the Arab World in Troubled Times Minaret of Djam, Afghanistan Destination: Afghanistan Book: The Minaret of Djam: A Journey Into Afghanistan by Freya Stark (Org. publ. 1970; new paperback, December 2010 released by Palgrave MacMillan) Another in our series of places that we would like to visit in the Middle East, if the [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library.
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Video: Skateistan – To Live and Skate Kabul
Blog: GoBackpacking - 17 December 2010
SKATEISTAN: TO LIVE AND SKATE KABUL from Diesel New Voices on Vimeo.
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Infrastructure War: How Trying to Fix a Problem Can Sometimes Become a Fight
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 21 October 2010
by Sam Kendall KF12 Tajikistan Currently there is a conflict brewing in Central Asia. The conflict is between a few different countries, and the cause is infrastructure. We've learned how infrastructure can raise costs of microfinance. Learn how it can raise costs of regular items, and the cost of nationalistic tendencies. (with videos)
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World Travel is Risky – Get Travel Insurance
Blog: Vagobond.com - 8 October 2010
World travel can be dangerous and expensive. One thing you don't want to do is get stuck somewhere with no money, no options, and no chance to save yourself. That's where travel insurance can really come in handy.
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Day 462: The Herat of the Matter
Blog: The Odyssey Expedition - 29 May 2010
Wed 7 Apr: Part of the reason I’m doing The Odyssey is to prove that the world is a lot more open than people think. If I, an ordinary bod from Liverpool, can step foot into every country in the world overland using just my British passport and a winning smile, then I think we [...]
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A Short Recent History Of Afghanistan
Blog: Travel-Junkie.com - 16 December 2009
Afghan farmer in Helmand | Image by isafmedia Why should we care about Afghanistan? It’s a valid question. You probably haven’t heard any good news from that place for a long time. It’s been at war since 1979. That’s as long as some of us have been alive. Maybe even longer. I read a lot of stories [...]
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Mongolian Military to Send Troops to Afghanistan
Blog: Yurts, Yaks and other adventures on the Silk Road - 24 July 2009
Mongolia has proven eager to flex its muscles on the international stage. The army recently announced that it would deploy about 150 soldiers to Afghanistan. About 120 of these will help guard a military base and then around 25 will be training the Afghan army in weapons use and maintenance. Apparently Mongolia is good at this sort of work because they were trained to use Soviet weapons back in the day and the Afghans still use Soviet hardware left over from their war with the USSR. You can read all about it here.
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Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
Blog: Yurts, Yaks and other adventures on the Silk Road - 10 December 2008
loI went to the San Francisco Asian Art Museum last week to check out their temporary exhibit on Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 1 November 2008
*This blog entry is in no way an endorsement for independent travel to Afghanistan!
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