The Dusts of Kilimanjaro, Part III

Will I make it?

The Dusts of Kilimanjaro, Part II

The second installment of my ascent.

The Dusts of Kilimanjaro, Part I

A video account of my first attempt up Africa’s highest mountain.

Finding Anitha

If you are/were a fan of the PBS show “3-2-1 Contact,” you’ll appreciate this.

Rami the Camel Driver and I Share a Moment

A very entertaining camel ride through the Pyramids of Giza.

Kangaroo Mick

An homage to “Crocodile Dundee” and “Kangaroo Jack,” even though it really has nothing to do with either one.

Frankie Goes To Bollywood

My journey through India.

1000 Miles From Nowhere

I’m often asked what is my most favorite place that I have ever visited.  While I’ve enjoyed pretty much every place I’ve been to, the one that stands out more than the others is Papua New Guinea.  “Why?” you ask?  Because PNG (as it’s referred to) has probably changed less in the last 100+ years than just about everywhere else on Earth.  In fact, it has probably changed less in even the last 40,000 that humans have been living there.  That and the fact that it is the most linguistically diverse place on the planet, with more than 850 languages being spoken there.

This video that I made shows only a sampling of the 5 days that I spent in PNG (cut down from the almost 3 and a half hours of video and hundreds of pictures that I took).  I’ll be posting more video from my time there at some point.

The song is “1000 Miles From Nowhere” by Paul Hardcastle (www.paulhardcastle.com).

How I Came Up With The Name

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2xvzlSx86eAY1M3LU5ZZ1pMbkk/edit?usp=sharing

After completing a two-year mission assignment in East Africa back in 2012, I fulfilled a childhood dream of traveling around the world. I started in Egypt and continued east until I arrived in St. Augustine, FL a month later. I documented my travels and put them up on sites like YouTube for others to enjoy. This is the mini documentary I made about my experience in Egypt.

Here is everything else you need to know:

-I was in Egypt during the Arab Spring. Less than two months after my visit, Mohamed Morsi would be elected (and then deposed a year later).

-I stayed in reputable hotels and was always with a guide whenever I left the hotel. I was never in a situation where I felt my safety was compromised.

-Some of the sites I visited were off-limits to *any* kind of photography. My guides were even forced to confiscate all of my cameras before entering them. As a result, I was unable to document certain places I visited, like Tut’s tomb. I did, however, find pictures and videos on the internet from some of these places and decided to include this content to allow viewers to experience (in some small way) what I experienced.

-The video I made was nothing more than an attempt to make my vacation videos and pictures more enjoyable. I feel that the “borrowed content” that I used falls under “fair use” in that it promotes education about Egypt and is done so in an entertaining way. Additionally, I am not making a profit on this. I provide my entertainment for free. That said…

-I do not own the rights to the music, pictures, and video clips that are obviously not mine. I gave credit to those responsible for creating the original content.

-I hope this video provides at least somewhat of a different insight into Egypt than most people get by watching the news. I think people from Egypt would even appreciate it as a travelogue for their home country. As a matter of fact, when I posted this on YouTube several months ago, it was starting to get several views in Egypt. Unfortunately, YouTube stepped in and muted the entire soundtrack, so I decided to pull it.

Enjoy.