by | | Beirut, Lebanon, Terry Travels
Everything in Beirut has the forgiving blue light of the Mediterranean, its outstretched arms embracing the city’s spirit, and it offers an escape from its warring neighbors. The sea is at the heart of its culture and the people nurture that link to those countries...
by | | Beirut, Lebanon, Terry Travels
When I toured Byblos four years ago, there was a tiny shop tended by an distinguished gentleman who’d once bought artifacts from the workers at the dig for pennies and now he had a thriving small business selling them to tourists like me. I bought a small cobalt glass...
by | | Myanmar, Terry Travels
I had a 1:20a flight out of Yangon and I’m now nestled in an airport lounge waiting for the flight to Newark. The wound stings, especially when I walk on it, but hey, I guess that means it’s healing! Much of Yangon is lined with 19th Century colonial buildings in...
by | | France, Terry Tales, Terry Travels
For some reason, I’ve avoided Paris since I was twenty-four, a trip punctuated by my peeing the hotel’s feather bed after a night of too many beers. This time, though, couldn’t have been more different and without any urinary mishaps. The past three days captured the...
by | | Chernobyl, Terry Travels
More than 24 hours after the explosion of Reactor 4, the people of neighboring Pripyat were going about their daily business when three thousand buses arrived on the morning of April 27, 1986 and loaded everyone into them. The citizens were told it was only for a...
