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  Saturday 2004-02-14 - Groningen, the Netherlands

Birthday present

While in the travel bookstore in Groningen, my eye was caught by a large book: photographic journey following Marco Polo’s footsteps by National Geographic photographer Michael Yamashita - one of the Marco Polo books on my wish list. My dad bought it for my birthday present. But my birthday is still more than a month away… I can watch it being wrapped up but I’m not getting it yet!

posted: Wednesday 2004-04-28 20:44 UTC books, preparations

  Wednesday 2004-04-28 - Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Documentation complete

I’d seen a Lonely Planet guide for the Middle East; there’s a nice one for Iran, too, with more extensive information about that country, but I can’t bring a pile of books. This one covers Syria, Turkey and Iran (and more for later trips). I went to one of the travel stores in Amsterdam, the JoHo Company, and was glad to find they had this book. I got manageable maps of Turkey and China as well: not too large so I can actually use them during the trip and leave my huge (but very detailed) map of Turkey at home.

My travel documentation is complete now.

posted: Wednesday 2004-04-28 18:59 UTC books, maps, preparations