http://www.30wonders.com/blog My little window on the Big World Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:47:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was having dinner with two very good friends of mine yesterday and we had a very interesting discussion about religions and since it was an important aspect of my trip (more about that another day hopefully), we ended up going over the pictures of some of the holy places ... http://www.30wonders.com/blog/2006/12/16/happy-holidays-bonnes-fetes/ As I got my computer back, I stumbled on the bookmarks I had done while I was planning my trip and I started opening some I remember liking. It is when I realized how much websites of people that have traveled or are traveling have inspired me to go through ... http://www.30wonders.com/blog/2006/09/15/source-of-inspiration/ Today is a great day :). No, no, I did not sign for a new job yet ;). But my camera (Canon SD400) is finally fixed and working like before with a sparkling new LCD screen. The screen had been broken since the day I left Turkey for France rendering the whole camera ... http://www.30wonders.com/blog/2006/09/12/working-again/ One subject of conversation that came back often when I was in France and England was about the size of my backpack. Most of the people were amazed that I travelled for 4 months with so little. Well, if you have read this website from the begining, you know I spent ... http://www.30wonders.com/blog/2006/09/08/packing-list-review/ My black backpack has finally made its way to Mountain View from London thanks to Rav and Fedex. The bag was locked and it took me some time to figure out where I had put the key :). But everything is fine. The bag was only weighting 2.5kgs (5.5lbs) so I ... http://www.30wonders.com/blog/2006/08/24/30-cents/ We're back, we're back in San Francisco We're back and you tell me I'm home If anyone wonders, this is what I was singing in my head as I was walking out of the plane as I had just landed at San Francisco International Airport today. Around 12 hours earlier, I had said ... http://www.30wonders.com/blog/2006/08/17/back-in-san-francisco/ The first time I came to visit my friend Rav in London in January 2003, I did not have much time so we did an accelerated visit of the main sites. It got a bit fuzzy actually and while I remember most of the places we visited, I was not ... http://www.30wonders.com/blog/2006/08/16/dalimania/ I have visited the British museum twice before today. I first visited in January 2003 concentrating on the Ancient Egypt collection back then as I was on a very short visit to London. I came back with Rav last Sunday but we did not stay very long and again, we ... http://www.30wonders.com/blog/2006/08/15/enlightenment/ One of my plan while coming to England this time was to go checkout Stonehenge that is considered a major wonder. So, with some help from Rav, yesterday, I booked a round trip train ticket to the city of Salisbury (South-West of England) for today. From Rav's place in Southall to ... http://www.30wonders.com/blog/2006/08/14/magna-carta/ OK, first not to worry anybody, I made it to London safely. I arrived in Roissy early as I knew it would take longer to get through the formalities. I was right! It took about 2 hours to go through the check-in process. To make matters worst, the hostess requested I only keep ... http://www.30wonders.com/blog/2006/08/12/a-bit-worried/