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Yoga!

Posted in Yoga, tagged , , on 31-December-2009 | Leave a Comment »

So, one of the reasons I planned to visit Tel Aviv was that there are two Bikram yoga studios here in the city!  I did my first class yeasterday since leaving Budapest back in October and it felt really good to get back into the heat and my body! I was able to get in [...]

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Travel Note: Jerusalem

Posted in travel note, tagged , , , , , , , on 31-December-2009 | 2 Comments »

What can I say about the single most important city in the Western hemisphere?

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I’m Back

Posted in news on 28-December-2009 | 1 Comment »

To commemorate my return to posting on my blog, I have some photos from my time in Israel. In a bit I will post some comments on my absence from blogging as well as sharing some experiences from my time in Syria and Israel to date. Tomorrow (Tue the 29th) I will travel to Tel [...]

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Travel Note: Head Space

Posted in Uncategorized on 16-December-2009 | 3 Comments »

The News Of My Demise Has Been Greatly Exaggerated. Especially so since there has not been any news of such kind.  Rather, I have not been posting much since leaving Athens.  To be frank, have been (still am) in a bit of a weird head space and not really feeling all that up to sharing [...]

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Athens Protests on Demotix

Posted in demotix, photography, tagged , , , , , , , , on 8-December-2009 | 2 Comments »

It has been a busy last few days, but I have survived unscathed and not any worse for the wear. Being Athens during the protests has been a very interesting experience and I’m not sure yet what I think about it all. Anyway, I have published 4 stories on Demotix and I invite you to [...]

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Athens Photos

Posted in photography, tagged , , , , , , , on 6-December-2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here are a few photos from last night.  There was some sporadic action with protesters overturning some dumpsters and setting them on fire.  What was interesting how mundane of an action this was as none of the “average citizens” reacted as if anything special was happening.  There is a real resentment towards the police here [...]

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Travel Note: Athens

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on 5-December-2009 | Leave a Comment »

Getting to Athens has been an interesting experience, but I made it safe and sound although a bit wet as the weather has turned a bit.  While Athens may be a big destination for a normal tourist I am really here for one just reason: to cover the demonstrations (riots) to commemorate the one year [...]

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The Trip So Far

Posted in meditations, tagged , , , , , , on 4-December-2009 | 1 Comment »

Some stats about my trip and some personal reflections on my 68 days of being on the road so far.

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Camp Bondsteel

Posted in Reportage, demotix, tagged , , , , , , , , on 2-December-2009 | 2 Comments »

For the next nine months, home for the men and women of US Army National Guard 141st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade will be Camp Bondsteel located in Eastern Kosovo. Camp Bondsteel, built in 1999, has facilities to house, feed and entertain up to 7,000 soldiers serving in the 10 year-plus NATO KFOR mission. Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo. 23/11/2009. Photos and text by David Mark Erickson.

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The Peek & Poke Computer Museum

Posted in Reportage, tagged , , , , , , , on 1-December-2009 | Leave a Comment »

The PEEK & POKE computer club and museum has on display over 1,400 vintage computers and calculators in Rijeka, Croatia. The museum is the result of the efforts of a group of enthusiast who maintain the museum as a labor of love.

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