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Around the world in 80 seconds- with melina...: February 2011
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Around the world in 80 seconds- with melina. Monday, February 14, 2011. Looking for love in all the right places- Happy Valentine's day. So today is Valentine’s day.that dreaded day for so many who feel alone and are alone on this day of supposed romance and chocolate…. Hallmark Cards has a monopoly on this day and my hats off to every single marketing exec who had a part in this so-called “holiday” that claims to celebrate love and romance…. That’s right. I made a choice not to get sucked up i...8206;"Y...
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Around the world in 80 seconds- with melina...: Looking for love in all the right places- Happy Valentine's day...
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Around the world in 80 seconds- with melina. Monday, February 14, 2011. Looking for love in all the right places- Happy Valentine's day. So today is Valentine’s day.that dreaded day for so many who feel alone and are alone on this day of supposed romance and chocolate…. Hallmark Cards has a monopoly on this day and my hats off to every single marketing exec who had a part in this so-called “holiday” that claims to celebrate love and romance…. That’s right. I made a choice not to get sucked up i...8206;"Y...
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Around the world in 80 seconds- with melina...: November 2010
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Around the world in 80 seconds- with melina. Sunday, November 07, 2010. So it just really hit me that in 8 weeks time I will embarking on my 3-month adventure back to Southeast Asia again. It is my 6th year returning there and I feel the excitement already kicking in (and yes, I am already thinking of how little I am going to be bringing on this trip and am excited to live out of one bag again for awhile! Call me strange, or just call me a "gypsy" at heart but I absolutely love this part of my travels!
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Around the world in 80 seconds- with melina...: January 2009
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Around the world in 80 seconds- with melina. Friday, January 30, 2009. And let all the people say "Amen". According to the Webster dictionary, the word “amen” is an expression used at the end of prayers, and means:” So be it”. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief. When it introduces a declaration, it is equivalent to "truly, verily.". Another definition of the word says it is an expression “to approve warmly, to concur in heartily or emphatically; to ratify; as,. I say Amen to all!
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Around the world in 80 seconds- with melina...: "all Americans are fat and carry guns" and other ' grand conclusions' I hear on the road...
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Around the world in 80 seconds- with melina. Tuesday, February 01, 2011. All Americans are fat and carry guns" and other ' grand conclusions' I hear on the road. I am always wary of people who make sweeping generalizations of a country, its people, and its culture based on a visit that consisted of only a few days or even a week or two…. Say what you feel and feel what you say, of course, but for godsakes, please don’t speak for an entire nation and it people…. Please- tell me instead about the beautiful...
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Around the world in 80 seconds- with melina...: October 2010
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Around the world in 80 seconds- with melina. Friday, October 08, 2010. Happy birthday John Lennon. So today would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday.hard to imagine, really, what a 70-year old John Lennon would have looked like today. I suspect he wouldn't have grey'd much and would be still wearing his wonderful thin-rimmed glasses and still be smirking and shocking the cameras and media on a weekly basis with yet another wonderfully creative antic to bring attention to a world issue at hand.
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Around the world in 80 seconds- with melina...: April 2011
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Around the world in 80 seconds- with melina. Tuesday, April 12, 2011. 40,000 miles and a little bit wiser. In the past 4 months, I have traveled over 40,000 miles, flown on 26 different airplanes, slept in 18 different hotel/bungalow locations, visited 6 countries, lived on 8 islands (walked around one), taken 16 ferry boat rides, and traveled 100’s of kilometers on a motorbike. Nor do I think it is crazy that in 4 weeks time, I get on yet another plane for Greece to host another 2-week tour there before...
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Around the world in 80 seconds- with melina...: February 2009
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Around the world in 80 seconds- with melina. Friday, February 27, 2009. Pop gon mai, ka…"see you later " .goodbye to ko lanta. So after 7 weeks of living a near perfect lifestyle here, I am packing my bags for Bali and saying good bye to Ko Lanta… for now. The local gas station- a most welcome spot when you are low on gas- one learns to spot these plastic orange bottles from a great distance! A full tank costs about 2 US $! This need to spend quality time with friends has been a big priority for me this ...
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Around the world in 80 seconds- with melina...: February 2008
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Around the world in 80 seconds- with melina. Saturday, February 23, 2008. The spirit of forgiveness. It is rare that I find myself so inspired to write and share .I am up at 6 in the morning right now, my head spinning with thoughts, ideas, and memories already conjured from my 2 days of visiting Cambodia thus far…I have another week to go here before I begin my journey to Vietnam. My most basic (and very vivid) thoughts and memories of Cambodia had to do mostly with my sitting in front of the television...