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08/13/10--07:36: Dancing the world of Borough Market (chan 1631573)

Beneath the railway viaducts and flanked by the river Thames and Borough High Street in South East London – just south of the London Bridge - you will find Borough Market, a wholesale and retail food market in South East London. Probably the most renowned food market in London, it spreads itself any which way in an adventure packed series of mazy streets and walkways . All this is housed under a Victorian-style warehouse roof. Continue reading →

Borrough market

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Borrough market

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08/14/10--11:58: What to do When Things Become Ostentatious In London (chan 1631573)

You realize Harrods is the thing to do in Knightsbridge even if you have to settle for the green shopping bag with the word Harrods emblazoned on it, or perhaps the iconic little teddy bear bearing the shop’s name. Continue reading →

Mermaids

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08/20/10--21:41: Thinking of the white man’s burden: what did Kipling not experience in Mandalay? (chan 1631573)

Rudyard Kipling has been vilified as the jingoistic poet of Empire, a reputation Kipling lovers have tried to re cast for many years. But in 1899 Kipling wrote two poems which seem to map his thinking for us:"Mandalay" and "The White Man's Burden." Continue reading →

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08/25/10--04:23: Following your Bliss or your Blisters? – The Monastery in Myanmar (chan 1631573)

I was thinking of Joseph Campbell when I visited a Monastery in Myanmar, especially since tourists were allowed to ogle and watch the young monks during their meal time. I found this quite extraordinary and contrary to the monastic lifestyle I thought would be the hallmark of their life. But the young monks went on with their rituals in spite of the small band of tourists and never spoke a word to us. It was a fascinating event. Continue reading →

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09/01/10--08:33: Gone fishing – Schooling the seas of life (chan 1631573)

Schools of people can be funny, trying, challenging, and always fun. Schools of managers may define (or ruin) what the school will be, schools of students will keep it challenging, but it is the school of teachers that provide (or not) the soul of the people school. Schools of fish on the other hand provide a universe so beautiful and baffling. It is not only the fish, but the boats, the oceans and the fisher folk that come together on those early, early mornings, ready to start the rituals of folk that live symbiotically with sea. Continue reading →

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09/09/10--08:43: Istanbul and Kusadasi: A Double Take in Turkey (chan 1631573)

There are countless beauties to love about Turkey (Türkiye), but what I love most is the fact that is authentically Eurasian. Turkey spans across the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and Thrace (Rumelia) in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. The beautiful country is embraced by eight countries which border it : Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. Continue reading →

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09/18/10--19:46: One with the Gods: the Parthenon, the Temple of Apollo and the Temple of Athena (chan 1631573)

It is a pleasant boatride from Kusadasi to the Greek Island of Samos, said to be the birthplace of the goddess Hera. After a plane ride you are in Athens and the embrace of Mythology. Greek mythology tells you that … Continue reading →

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09/24/10--09:26: In Lourdes: Finding the prayer in spite of the kitsch (chan 1631573)

The path to the Lourdes sanctuary is an amusing display of honky tonk religious shops lining Boulevard de la Grotte where you must pass in order to get to the sanctuary. The shops are quite tacky and display Virgin Mary night light statuettes, a bijouterie of rosaries in wood, plastic and porcelain, Lourdes water bottles in every shape possible: cross shaped, May shaped, round, square, octagonal, plastic, glass, vinyl. But suddenly you are the end of the boulevard, at St. Michael’s Gate. The gate is topped by three archangels and you get the feeling you are now free of the tourist trap Continue reading →

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10/01/10--21:10: Peeling the layers off Bangkok (chan 1631573)

I love Bangkok because it is never the same, yet it is never different! Grand palaces and magnificent temples lie side by side with street markets that peddle the cheapest goods on the planet. The sharp contrast can be heady, … Continue reading →

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