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  • “Good Thinking” by Denise D. Cummins

    I(Chris) have not read a non-fiction cover to cover for a long time (in fact, I can’t remember the last one). Recently, while I was in Boston, I toured the bookstores of MIT and Harvard (see earlier posts here and here). This book “Good Thinking” was displayed on the “staff’s pick” table in the MIT

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  • The Pickpockets of Barcelona

    The following incidents happened a year and a half ago when we were visiting Barcelona (the post was half-written and forgotten in the draft folder). I(Chris) lived in NYC for many years (even before Giuliani became mayor) and had not been a victim of crime.  I walked through Times Square with thousands of tourists daily for

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  • Snapshots from Thailand (paired): Part 2

    Before we finish our run of photos of Thailand, here is another set of paired snapshots from Thailand.  The idea is that the paired snapshots, while taken at different occasions, share a common theme. Part 1 is here. Recap: two weeks in Thailand at the end of 2012, from Chiang Mai to Bangkok and then

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  • Wat Pho, Bangkok

    Wat Pho is a temple located adjacent to the Grand Palace in Bangkok, and is very popular with tourists. See our earlier post about the Grand Palace complex here. We visited the temple after our tour of the Grand Palace. It is famous for its gigantic reclining gold buddha. The temple, being a historic place

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Jungfrau, a must-see in Switzerland

Art and Architecture on Naoshima 直島, Japan

Morocco Adventure: Sand, Sea and Souks

Venice, its canals and carriers

Notable Bookstores of the World – Series 1

Familiar food we (as travelers) ate while in Tokyo

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