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On the Run

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Far-Flung Travels creator wins 5 awards

The winners of the 2011 Society of American Travel Writers‘ Central States Writing and Photography Contest have been announced and yours truly won five awards, including “Photographer of the Year.” According to organizer Kelly Earnest, the contest had “a record 399 entries, including 147 writing submissions and 252 photography submissions.” The judges were Dr. Thomas…

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Safe travels after bin Laden

A couple days before I sat up watching the news waiting for President Obama to announce that Osama bin Laden was dead, a friend forwarded me a story with this headline: “Bomb blast hits popular cafe in Morocco, kills 15.” It was in that cafe a few years ago that she and I sat together…

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Lured into the New Year

How in the world do you explain a New Year’s Eve event in which a big fish is dropped from a crane at the stroke of midnight? I suppose quirky comes to mind first. While millions of eyeballs are tuned in to watch a sparkly ball of light descend on a pole in New York’s…

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Photo contest finalist

My photo of a Tuareg man in Timbuktu, Mali, has been chosen as a finalist in a Travel & Leisure magazine photo contest and I would appreciate your vote by December 31. The magazine leaves it up to the world at large to vote on the finalists. Unfortunately, that means the photos with the most…

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Video: Dogon Days

The highlight of my trip to Mali was a multi-day trek along the Bandiagara Escarpment, otherwise known as Dogon country. The Dogon, an ethnic group living in this region, are best known for their mythology, their mask dances, wooden sculpture and their architecture. WATCH THIS VIDEO ON YOUTUBE.COM: Dogon Days

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