Cairo, Egypt

Cairo is Egypt's capital and largest city. With a metropolitan area population of over 15 million, Cairo is around the 15th largest city in the world, the largest in Africa ...
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The Pyramids of Egypt

When you think of Egypt, you almost always think of the Pyramids as well. It's hard to believe the Egyptians built them almost 5000 years ago - way before the ...
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Egypt & Jordan: Trip Overview

Happy new year! I just returned from a fabulous three-week tour of Egypt and Jordan. It was a great feeling to walk around and experience the "Cradle of Civilization" in ...
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Bryce Canyon National Park

Bryce Canyon is a beautiful and unique national park. It is known for its large amphitheaters full of rock formations called hoodoos. It's not a huge park like Yellowstone, but ...
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Southern Utah – Bryce Canyon & Zion National Parks – Trip Overview

Most people don't hear too much in the news about Utah. Aside from Mormons and the Utah Jazz, what else is in Utah? I would say it's nature. Northern Utah ...
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Florence, Italy

Wow, summer breezed by really fast! I've been traveling and shooting photos, but I haven't been keeping up with the travel blog. Now that it's cold and rainy, it's time ...
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Ana’s Chicago Photo Shoot

Ana visited Chicago from Mexico this last August. It was her first time in the Windy City. She asked me to take a few photos of her around town. Ana ...
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Hall & Oates piano cover: “I can’t go for that” – by Nguyen-Anh Le

Here's a live piano cover of the Hall & Oates hit song "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do): Direct link to video on Youtube I've been taking this ...
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“Kids” (MGMT cover) – GarageBand on iPad – by Nguyen-Anh Le

For my next Internet music video - here's a cover of the fun and catchy song "Kids" by MGMT!  I recorded and arranged it all on the iPad, using the ...
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Rome, Part Due

Let's go back to Rome. There's so much to see and do in Rome, and you can't easily cover it all in a single article. In my previous Rome article, ...
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A quick excursion to Italy’s Amalfi Coast

My blogging rate has slowed to a crawl. Sorry! Back to Italy...Italy's big cities of Rome, Venice, and Florence are excellent destinations for tourists. But the smaller towns are also ...
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Rome: Ancient capital of the world

Wow, it has almost been a month since I visited Italy. Time to get the blog articles going! Rome was the first destination on our trip.  What a city!  So ...
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Italia, here we come! Trip preview

Well, it's about that time - time to travel the world again! This trip's destination is Italy. I'm leaving later today. There's a nice-sized crew of us going - seven ...
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All is good in the world again: I finally got an iPad 2!

When the iPad 2 was released in March, I wasn't that excited. Yes, it's a newer, better product, but was it worth shelling out another $600? No way.But a few ...
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Lovesong (The Cure) – Live guitar & vocals cover

Hi all!  Here's a live video of "Lovesong", featuring my own fingerstyle arrangement on the guitar.  It's kind of a blend between the guitar and bass parts of the song ...
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