Greek Easter Feast in the Mountains

LAMB, LAMB, and more LAMB. We were on our way to Meteora .......... recently of James Bond fame

Our Typical Egyptian Dinner

Essam's family with Steve before dinner. They lived at the base of the Giza pyramids. Sunset over the Pyramids each night........I spent two hours that afternoon helping Essam register with a Dating service over the internet.....tried three sites.......problem was Essam did not have a credit card. I offerred my credit card but it is an ongoing committment. Essam owns three houses, is in high demand for taxi services, yet own a credit card???

His deceased father was in National Geographic Magazine in 2002 as the best Cairo guide. His daughter is completing her University degree as a Travel Guide

Cairo Natives??

Tibetan Refugee Children at School

We bought all of these children rulers, pencils, erasers, and other school supplies. They were polite and were learning the English language!

Eliphant Riding in Nepal

A little later I took a bath with an Eliphant in a muddy parasite infested river. You have never seen someone swim thru the air have you? After my Amazon experience I left only one orifice exposed!

Beijing Smog

This is from one of Beijings tallest hills looking down through the awful Smog at the Forbidden City

Memories of Beijing

The famous Peking Duck being served to Steve and I at Beijing's extremely popular restaurant. This was our second night of the trip, after visiting one of the seven wonders of the world (The Great Wall)......little did we realize at the time that this would be our best meal and one of a small handful of dinners as we did not go out for many meals on the entire trip!

Pictures

Victory

My partner Steve and I received our beautiful trophies today in Toronto at the CN Tower (150 stories above the city?).........we had just watched most of the Blue Jays/White Sox Baseball Game in the indoor stadium (Yes, our final scavenge)......it is raining here today so roof to stadium was closed for the game. Also went to the Hockey Hall of Fame and saw the original Stanley Cup (it is in a vault yet the current larger Stanley Cup isn't)////
Still can't get pictures to blog will try again tomorrow
Bart

Friday afternoon in Amsterdam

Now were talking my type of competition. I've been riding bikes for the last two days and it counts as a scavenge!! I am always happy to come back to one of the truly great cities of the world and, obviously, one of my favorite big cities. Steve and I have been busy runiing around Amsterday (and The Hague) completing scavenges. This is Leg #9 and the competition ends in Toronto tomorrow night. None to soon for this haggard team! It has been a LONG, hard, difficult 23 days and we are happy to see the finish line. Hopefully, a secure victory for our team would be a great accomplishment! Weather has been good here but rain is forecast for Toronto. The city of Amsterdam always has that "Weed" smell (we visited the Weed Museam as a scavenge) and the North American air will smell good once again. Regards to all ......... Bart