International Travel and Photo Blog Overview

As of November, 2010, I've seen about 210 of the 1,000 "must see" places. It is somewhat a matter of taste, of course. I think I'd take some of the cathedrals in England off the list, and add some things in the American West. Click on the book to see how many of the places you've been to.

The Allure of International Travel

Are You A Citizen of the World?

Meditating on What It Means to be an American

Americans Bickering Over Small Differences, When We Actually Have So Much in Common, So Much to be Proud Of 

Don't Write Obituary for American Empire Yet. We Are Less Like Rome Before the Fall Than Pessimists Assert

Thinking of Ourselves, Americans, And Our Nation As A Powerful Empire

America's Basic Values, Which We Hold in Common

What I Miss About America, What We Americans Take for Granted

Nationality Matters

Americans Rank Next to Last in Knowledge of the World

And as an American in Turkey, I've thought about the similarities and differences between the two countries:

We've Discovered A Handful of Americans in Kayseri, Turkey 

Turkey Is Culturally Similar to America in the 1950s, 1960s or early 1970s

Americans As Adolescents on the World Stage.

Nationality Matters

Thinking of Ourselves, Americans, And Our Nation As A Powerful Empire.

Can America Match the Glory That Was Rome?

To Understand What It Means to be American, Travel

PLACES I'VE VISITED

visited 29 states (12.8%)
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WHERE THE HELL IS MATT (HARDING)?

Background on "Steam of Life," the song in the video

CANADA

Niagara Falls: Misty, Mystical and Magical

CARIBBEAN

Matthew Buie-Nervik's Blog and Photos

CHINA

Jianli Yang Walks 500 Miles to Draw Attention to Human Rights Abuses, by Bella English in The Boston Globe

Teaching English in Taiwan, by Newley Purnell

RUSSIA

. St. Petersburg: Introducing Alexander the Great.

BBC Page on Russia includes country profile, major links, news highlights, and even an audio clip of the Russian national anthem. |Whither Russia? Democracy or Autocracy?

 Russia, A Deeply Conservative Society

RWANDA

Going into the Mist: A Wild, Tiny Haven for Gorilla Makes People Earn Their Every Visit, by Bella English in The Boston Globe

President Paul Kagame: The Man Who Brought Ruanda Back, Book Review by Bella English in The Boston Globe

SOUTH AFRICA

At Only Black Family-Owned Vineyard, Wine Flows, by Bella English in The Boston Globe

THAILAND

Newley Purnell's Blog, Newley.com. Newley is a former colleague and a journalist in Thailand.

UKRAINE

Matthew's journal and photos | Blogging the Ukranian Revolution | Oksana Arkhypchuk's Blog

I've visited Kiev and Babi Yar