Days 344-348: Aegean Coast
April 10th, 2006Bergama, Selçuk, Ephesus
We hit a few ancient sights on our way south along the Aegean coast.
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Technical Note on “Web Accelerators”
April 8th, 2006If our pictures on this blog ever look really bad and grainy, then chances are you have some kind of web accelerator turned on. The way these things “speed up” your browsing experience is by turning pictures into very low-resolution versions of the originals. It should be pretty easy to figure out how to turn them off. And you have to refresh the webpage by hitting Ctrl-F5 because it thinks it’s already downloaded all the pictures.
And if the pictures are high-resolution and just plain crappy, then that’s our fault. 🙂
Day 355: Total Eclipse
April 1st, 2006Side, March 29, 2006
Yeah, we know this is out of order, but it was so awesome we had to skip ahead. When we were visiting Pasadena last month, Marcus’ Caltech workmate Peter said that he was going to Turkey to watch an eclipse. We hadn’t heard about it, and things worked out so that we ended up in the right place at the right time. And considering the eclipse was one of the coolest things we’ve ever seen, we’re really glad we did.
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Days 336-343: Istanbul to Troy
March 30th, 2006Istanbul, Çanakkale, Troy
After a great but way-too-short visit home, we headed back on the road to Turkey. Our first stop was the fantastic city of Istanbul: where East meets West in a fantastic blend of cultures.
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Intermission: California (and Oregon) Dreamin’
March 17th, 2006California, Here I Come
Right back where I started from
where bowers of flowers
bloom in the spring
each morning at dawning
birdies sing at everything
a sunkissed miss said, “Don’t be late!”
that’s why I can hardly wait
open up that Golden Gate
California, Here I Come
Here’s an Intermission blog that is short on text but has lots of pics of friends and family. Our apologies to those we failed to visit or get a good picture of.
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Days 325-335: Goa, Mumbai, and Delhi (again)
March 8th, 2006This entry wraps up our visit to India as well as the first half of our travels.
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Days 316-324: Southern India
February 8th, 2006Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mysore
We hit a few of the big guns of southern of India as well as the smaller town of Mysore. We got our first look at the future of techno-metropolis India and soaked in the warm weather.
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Intermission
February 4th, 2006Hi Folks –
Yes, the rumors are true. We will be returning to the States on the 10th of February for a few weeks. We’ll be visiting family, restocking supplies, and recharging our batteries before heading back out (probably to Turkey). So the Dream will continue and we’ll keep blogging so you can enjoy the ride. Thanks for reading.
Kelly & Marcus
Days 306-315: More Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra
January 29th, 2006Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Ahmedabad, Jalgaon, Ajunta, Ellora, Aurangabad
After completing our Rajasthani tour, we began heading south towards warmer climates and even hotter food. Lots of neat forts in this area along with some amazing cave temples.
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Days 294-305: Eastern Rajasthan
January 22nd, 2006Bharatpur, Sawai Madhopur, Pushkar, Jaipur
The western state of Rajasthan is a vast desert full of colorfully dressed people. The men wear enormous, cotton candy colored turbans and have huge handle bar mustaches. The women glide down the street in brilliant, multicolored saris. The holy sadhus roam the streets in saffron robes. Even the beggars are colorfully dressed. But we took pictures of other stuff. Doh!
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Kelly & Marcus