http://zachmorris.com Travel Notes and Photos Sun, 04 May 2008 00:53:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have finally started to work through some of the video from South America. I have a total of about eight hours of raw footage to sift through and decided to start with the wild life refuge stuff and work my way backwards once I put together the documentary ... http://zachmorris.com/?p=70 I'm sure most of you are aware of the recent tornado that ripped through downtown Atlanta. The following article is about my very close friends, and a three month old puppy, who survived the close brush with death. Here is a quick video clip of the interview, but the article ... http://zachmorris.com/?p=65 Yesterday I woke up and made my way to Haifa to visit a school there, Yemin Orde.  A family friend of mine had helped with the creation of some of the facilities and they arranged for me to have a VIP visit and tour.  A taxi was sent to pick ... http://zachmorris.com/?p=63 I took a taxi to the border of Egypt and Israel from Dahab.  Upon arriving, I sent my bags through a big X-ray machine and I had to empty my pockets to go through the metal detector....which was comforting considering that every metal detector I went through in Egypt was ... http://zachmorris.com/?p=62 The above picture is the wreck that I returned to Dahab to explore.  After two days of waiting for the weather to calm down on the Red Sea, we met at 11pm and took a mini bus to Sharm (a nearby dive town that is much more touristy than Dahab).  ... http://zachmorris.com/?p=61 In Cairo I spent two days doing nothing but uploading photos and watching TV. I know this sounds lame, but I was pretty tired from the past week of sight seeing and I didn't think I could jump right back into exploring the crazy streets of Cairo. The second night, Will ... http://zachmorris.com/?p=60 Trailing by about a week now on the recount of my experience I have to re-post a quote from "Into Thin Air", one that I had previously introduced when I was taking a long time to recount the story of "Trekking in the Andes".  ¨I distrust summaries, any kind of gliding through ... http://zachmorris.com/?p=59 After the train station, I had some drinks at Paul's place with some of his friends who taught at the school with him, before packing and heading back to the station. I know that I have met a lot of people who were very friendly and helpful during my travels in ... http://zachmorris.com/?p=58 The day before I left for Aswan I spent about four hours at the train station.  One thing that is different about the Middle East (which is also found in Chile) is that people dont wait in lines. Sure, they have to wait if there is more than one person ... http://zachmorris.com/?p=57  Well....after eight days in the wonderland of Dahab I am back on the road.  As always, it was sad to leave the friends I made there and there is no way to make saying goodbye easy.  A common trend in my travels has been feeling like I have known people ... http://zachmorris.com/?p=55