After a few days in the Caspian Sea Oil Boom Town - Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, I am now in Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan. This is the country where...
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Aug 17, 2002 6:13 pm
Moscow: A New Age Buddhist Preaches the Bible to a Corrupt Policeman on the Red Square; And About Police Racism in Russia Back in Moscow from Kaliningrad, I...
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Aug 15, 2002 1:25 pm
Kaliningrad, Russia: In search of long lost Konigsberg, East Prussia If you look at the map of Europe, you would notice a small chunk of Russian territory...
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Aug 14, 2002 8:40 am
Newsflash: Back in Singapore; Journey disrupted by family bereavement Dear All, I am now in Singapore. Last Thursday night in Yaroslavl, north Russia, on...
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Aug 6, 2002 3:26 pm
Moscow: Three nights on a bus looking for Lenin's corpse Moscow. Capital of Russia, the largest country on Earth. This is a country that has always...
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Jul 29, 2002 1:59 pm
WeeCheng's Russian Adventure Starts Today! Tonight I will be taking a three-night-two-day bus journey across northern Europe to Moscow. This is the beginning...
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Jul 27, 2002 7:51 pm
Albania: Land of Teletubbie Bunkers ; Surviving An Accident and What It Meant Albania, some say, is a dangerous country. Many remember the period in the late...
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Jul 18, 2002 5:47 pm
In Kalabaka, central Greece now. Started off the day in Gjokastar, southern Albania. Got onto the early mornng bus or Greece. 10 km away from the border, my...
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Jul 15, 2002 9:10 pm
I know this story is somewhat long, but the part of my journey it relates to was unusual. It tells the story of a people currently under siege and very...
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Jul 13, 2002 1:59 pm
Montenegro: Beach Bums, Mountain People And Dreams of Independence I arrived in Bar, Montenegro, now Yugoslavia’s only port, and perhaps not for nuch longer....
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Jul 13, 2002 12:51 pm
Montenegro or Bust: A 1,500 km Rush Around the Balkans in 48 Hours After sunny Croatia, I decided to proceed to Montenegro, the junior partner in what remains...
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tanweecheng
Jul 13, 2002 10:50 am
Croatia: Croatia: Tales of Tragedies, A Grand Old Republic and 21st Century Mass Tourism "I am 56 and my two sons were killed in the war, aged 20 and 26" ...
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Jul 12, 2002 9:08 pm
Sarajevo & Mostar, Bosnia-Herzogovina: Paradise Lost and Recovering Imagine a mini-Istanbul with all its Ottoman minarets, throw in some Catholic spires and...
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Jul 9, 2002 2:16 pm
Bosnian Serb Republic (Republika Srpska): A gentle people at odds with the world WeeCheng travels to the Serb Republic expecting to find some battlehard...
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Jul 8, 2002 11:49 am
Just a quick one: Finally entered Montenegro after travelling 1500 km in past 48 hours. After denied entry on the Croatian-Montenegrin border - the...
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Jul 6, 2002 6:17 pm
Since my last update from Belgrade, Serbia, I have been having a nice time in Bosnia and Herzegovina *Banja Luka, Sarajevo, Mostar) and southern Croatia...
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Jun 29, 2002 9:23 pm
Belgrade, Serbia: Broken dreams and phoenix rising from ashes Belgrade, the White City. Capital of Serbia and the soon-to-be-abolished Yugoslav Federation, at...
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Jun 24, 2002 4:10 pm
Thessaloniki, Greek Macedonia & Skopje, Republic of Macedonia: A Tale of Two Macedonias Thessaloniki, old Salonika. Pearl of the Aegean, Second City of the...
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Jun 19, 2002 4:27 pm
Tonight, I am flying to Athens, Greece, from where I would begin my one month journey through one of the past decade's hot spots, the Balkans of southeastern...
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Jun 19, 2002 4:18 pm
Tonight, I am flying to Athens, Greece, from where I would begin my one month journey through one of the past decade's hot spots, the Balkans of southeastern...
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tanweecheng
Jun 13, 2002 2:42 pm
Note: Apologies, for I have no time completing my Miami story right now. Maybe next week. I was in Faroes Islands a few days ago and here's the story of this...
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Jun 4, 2002 7:58 am
Bahamas: Love Portions, Bad Stomach and Rainy Weather in the Sunny Isles WeeCheng at a beach resort ? That sounds like a recipe for a disaster story. Indeed,...
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May 28, 2002 3:55 pm
After one week in Bahamas and Miami, I am now in London preparing for the next stage of the journey. During my stay in Miami, a rogue salesman deleted 200...
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May 17, 2002 10:45 pm
After Latin America, what's next ? So, it's end of Month Five. A bit of recap. I began my odyssey in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Sped across southern Brazil...
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May 16, 2002 8:23 pm
Mexico: Tacos with Ants Eggs, Pretending to be a Beijing Commie and lots of Dead Bodies I am now in Puerto Veracruz, almost at the end of my journey through...
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tanweecheng
May 8, 2002 8:46 pm
Chiapas & Oaxaca, Mexico: Mayan Gods, Fried Grasshoppers & Beheaded Saints The incense has blackened the ceiling of the cathedral. The worshippers chanted...
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Apr 26, 2002 10:18 pm
For the Maya, time was born and had a name when the sky didn’t exist and the earth had not yet awakened. The days set out from the east and started walking. ...
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Apr 20, 2002 1:22 am
Mad Rush Through Honduras, El Salvador & Belize Late, late, late. WeeCheng is behind schedule, and so he had to rush through Honduras, El Salvador and Belize....
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Apr 10, 2002 11:23 pm
Nicaragua: Bulls’ testicles in the land of fire and revolution Nicaragua may be yet another land of volcanoes (remember how tired I have become of volcanoes...
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Apr 6, 2002 12:23 am
Costa Rica: Rice and Beans, Beans and Rice. "In Macondo, nothing has happened, nor is happening, nor will ever happen." Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred...
