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Ancient Lycia and the Lycian Way
High up in the North in the land called Svithjod, there stands a rock. It is a hundred miles high and a hundred miles wide. Once every...

Joseph Bowman
Nov 25, 202412 min read
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HIKING GRAND CANYON
A view of Grand Canyon's north rim from Skeleton Point. Photographer: Joseph Bowman Grand Canyon, located in northwestern Arizona, is...

Joseph Bowman
Jun 10, 20248 min read
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Mount Kilimanjaro
Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro stands 19,341 feet above sea level at its highest point, Uhuru Peak, which sits atop Kibo, the highest of...

Joseph Bowman
Feb 3, 20237 min read
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Tanzania
Lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, and the various animals they eat are a fascinating mix of action and beauty, like Serena Williams or...

Joseph Bowman
Apr 5, 20226 min read
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Croatia: Biking Dalmatia's Islands
Over two-thousand years ago, the Roman Empire colonized the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea and dubbed its new province "Dalmatia." ...

Joseph Bowman
Nov 3, 20214 min read
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The Great (February) Escape: Miami Beach to Key West
The ugly, February weather, pandemic, economic lockdown, even our house that we love, were getting to be a bore. Why not go someplace...

Joseph Bowman
Feb 23, 20215 min read
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An American Family Visits Turkey
In June 1996, my husband and I took our two sons, then 8 and 10, on a family vacation to Turkey. We accepted the generous offer of my...
Patricia McDonald Bowman
Dec 29, 20205 min read
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Cruising Around Tierra Del Fuego
In late January 2020, my wife and I embarked on a five-day cruise aboard the Ventus Australis (https://www.australis.com/en/why-australis...

Joseph Bowman
Mar 3, 20204 min read
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A Word About Santiago
In early February, 2020, I had an opportunity to visit Santiago, Chile. My wife and I had just completed a tour of Patagonia, the...

Joseph Bowman
Feb 21, 20204 min read
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Across Patagonia . . . on a Bicycle
Chiloe Island, home to a handful of rural villages, nature parks, penguins, and weekend cabanas where Santiagans can get away from...
Joseph Bowman
Feb 12, 20204 min read
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Lombardy! Cheaper than Switzerland
Lombardy has everything that’s good about Switzerland, but at about a third the cost. Best of all, Lombardy is in Italy. I was drawn...
Joseph Bowman
Sep 6, 20193 min read
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Venice, Italy to Dubrovnik, Croatia
Our bicycle trip started in Lido di Jesolo, a beach town just north of Venice, Italy, and ended 1,423 miles later in Olympia, Greece. We...
Joseph Bowman
Sep 2, 201911 min read
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The Nile
Our boat, the Malouka, tied up overnight at Gebel el-Silsileh, the narrowest point of the Nile. I was the first passenger to venture...
Joseph Bowman
Feb 10, 20187 min read
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