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Two days in Northern Iraq

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Welcome to Iraq!
My jet lag and mini-bar finally caught up with me today. I went back to the hotel to research a good place to eat and fell into an afternoon coma. Miraculously I still got some nice shots of “slices of life” and met some nice people. Tomorrow I’m getting up early and I’m filming it right. Check out the slide show above.

11 Things You Need to Know Before You Visit China

I’ve been traveling through China for the last 2 weeks. It’s a fascinating country with amazing archaeological treasures, breathtaking scenery and pandas. Yes, pandas. Although I’ve been here half a dozen times, I find travel here to be some of the most challenging in the world. It can be extremely frustrating because of language barriers and customs that westerners...

Getting to Mongolia the Long Way

I’m going to Mongolia.  In a couple of weeks I’m hopping on a plane to fly to LA  at the crack of dawn and lingering for 12 hours in California before I catch a flight to Shanghai. A couple days later I’ll jump on the Maglev high speed train and travel 800 miles to Beijing. From there I’ll catch another flight to the border of China and hire a taxi to...