http://blogs.bootsnall.com/windowseats My BootsnAll Travel Blog Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:32:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en South America Aug-Dec 2009 Mexico Jan-Apr 2009 Thailand November 2008 Nepal October 2008 Vietnam/Cambodia September 2008 http://blogs.bootsnall.com/windowseats/hello-world.html Here we are, finally back in Canada after our 3 1/2 month excursion through the Middle East. Being home has been a blast so far, which is why this blog is so late. I've been spending most of my time getting drunk and golfing, not necessarily in that order. http://blogs.bootsnall.com/windowseats/better-late-than-junk-punched.html Hotter Than Fag-Tags and Converse Shoes http://blogs.bootsnall.com/windowseats/a-collection-of-turkish-stories.html Welcome aboard the Miriam-Sophie where you'll enjoy 4 days and 3 nights of exotic splendour. You'll cruise the beautiful Mediterranean coast, swim in the calm blue waters and laze around like a degenerate bum. Don't forget your unearned sense of privilege. http://blogs.bootsnall.com/windowseats/a-29-from-the-russian-judge.html There once was a family of Lockes. Laynni, Lyle and Nadine blazed a merry sightseeing trail right through Istanbul, on to the famous ruins at Ephesus and finally back to Fethiye where they were rescued by a handsome fellow with very becoming facial hair. This fellow then interviewed them about ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/windowseats/five-questions-with-the-locke-family.html A brief record of my daily thoughts and feelings as I make the difficult transition from little girl into bigger girl... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/windowseats/dear-turkish-diary.html Istanbul or Constantinople? Europe or Asia? Proud independent nation or clumsy hideous bird? In fact, Turkey would prove to be all of these. http://blogs.bootsnall.com/windowseats/not-too-early-but-still-morning-express.html Miscellaneous notes wrapping up Jordan, Syria and Lebanon: http://blogs.bootsnall.com/windowseats/the-random-triumvurate.html Five women, three men, two taxis, a long weekend, a war-torn country attempting to reinvent itself. Does anyone else smell a new ABC sitcom...? http://blogs.bootsnall.com/windowseats/even-knights-should-flush.html Despite the best efforts of Syrian Immigration and a border crossing seemingly designed by group consensus at 4 am on Rennie's couch we somehow managed to gain entry to Syria. Their tourism motto appears to be "We want your money but we're still going to play hard to get." http://blogs.bootsnall.com/windowseats/trust-us-youll-love-having-us-in-your-country.html