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Egypt: Cairo, up the Nile, to Luxor, Aswan, and Abu Simbel
A Travel Blog by jerrybreeze
... of going to Egypt to see the pyramids and the sphinx? One of my favorite books growing up was Sir Richard Halliburton's "Book of Marvels." I was particularly fascinated by the pyramids and ancient Egyptian civilization. That led to reading about Howard ...
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Finally On Halliburton Hill
A Travel Blog entry by venoth from Bukit Bendera, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Finally, we reached Penang and with the assistance of my GPS, I managed to reach the Jeep waiting area in the Botanical Gardens without a problem. Along the way, I had been calling my contact at the hotel to assist with the Jeep on the pick up time based ...
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Strange but true travel facts
A Travel Blog entry by happysheep from New York City, New York, United States
... campaign paid Enron and Halliburton for use of corporate jets during the 2000 recount: $15,400 Enron Corp. (Houston)/Halliburton (Houston) 1/09Number of box cutters taken from U.S. airline passengers since January 2002: 105,075 Transport Security ...
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How I would write a Travel Story.....
A Travel Blog entry by tysonrtw from Bangkok, Thailand
... Description, Bring Up Some Colorful Characters A. Think back to the beginning of your Annapurna/Nepal experience. Like Richard Halliburton, you started on the India side, in a village called Sunali. You, unlike herre, took a bus to ...
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Before a man dies, he must see...
A Travel Blog entry by oneyearaway from Carcassonne, France
(Jim) When I was a boy of about Jack's age (ten years old), my father gave me a copy of Richard Halliburton's Complete Book of Marvels. This book was written for children in the 1920s by Halliburton, the pre-eminent travel writer of his ...
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Offshore Life
A Travel Blog entry by joeld from Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
... that day to show up at the airport, you stick out really bad. Especially when you are the white guy in red Halliburton coveralls with an American flag patch on your shoulder in one of Malaysia's highest Muslim populations. 95% of the state is ...
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How we quit the forest... (and lost a passport)
A Travel Blog entry by abulia from Quito, Ecuador
... slightly lost because the embassy has recently moved. Second, get ignored at the reception desk and creeped out by some Halliburton guy. (the building the Canadian embassy is in is mostly occupied by Halliburton) Hold Case back from jumping the barrier ...
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A man a plan a canal Panama (read it backwards)
A Travel Blog entry by dospollos from Panama City, Panama
... weight, with the record being over $200,000 US for a french cruise ship. The smallest fee was $0.36 paid by Richard Halliburton who swam through the canal in 1928. A staggering 52 Million gallons of freshwater is released into the ocean with the passage ...
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Choppy water and pissing rain.
A Travel Blog entry by stevefn from Utila (Bay Islands), Honduras
... Fish, Honeycomb Cowfish, Hogfish, Spotted Drumfish, Spotted Trunkfish and the rather uncommon Southern Stargazer. And then I must say that the Halliburton wreck at a depth of about 25-30 meter was an experience as well. Have to go and sample some brew, ...
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Jungle adventure - caimans and card games
A Travel Blog entry by idarich from Bataburo Lodge, Tinguino River, near Coca, Ecuador
... endless rainforest. Quite a contradictory sight, and pretty disturbing when you imagine the damage this exploitation by international companies (Halliburton etc) can do/is doing to the environment and culture of the local people. After a bumpy ...
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The Great Wall - can you see it from space?
A Travel Blog entry by happysheep from Xichang, China
... notion began, no one is sure. But long before humans had the ability to get into space, people like adventurer/lecturer Richard Halliburton were making the claim that the Wall was the only human structure discernible from space. That was back in the ...
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Fish on!
A Travel Blog entry by dazzla from The Gulkana River, Alaska, United States
... There Past Canada Much of Which Is In The Artic Circle But Became One of the Fifty States in 1959 Because It Has Lots of Oil (© Halliburton/Cheney Inc). Alaska really is a big place, being one-fifth the size of the Lower 48 (2½ times the size of the ...
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Pura Vida
A Travel Blog entry by thymeoff from Santa Rosa, Costa Rica
... for a 300 m container ship; yachts pay a special fee of about $500; and the lowest fee was $0.36 paid by Richard Halliburton who swam through in 1928! There are extensive displays and videos at the Visitors Centre which document the history of the canal, ...
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First Entry
A Travel Blog entry by hope2go from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
... and let the kids stay in their own rooms for the two weeks that we were still at the house. Meanwhile I had taken off to Halliburton to work for my friend David doing some de-construction work. I think that I got the better end of the deal staying ...
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Als James Bond door Turkmenistan
A Travel Blog entry by maartenmarieann from Bukhara, Uzbekistan
... in het kort een regime zoals Noord Korea met dat verschil dat ze hier op een bom aardgas en -olie zitten (een medewerker van Halliburton met wie we spraken in Mary fluisterde ons toe dat de reserves tot de grootste ter wereld behoren) dus gaat het Westen ...
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Maple Syrup
A Travel Blog entry by jennandpaul from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
... the inevitable insulin crash. It was a great stop. We made it to Halifax before dinner, and checked in to the Halliburton - a very nice hotel downtown. We stopped by the Lower Deck, a pub in the Historic Properties with great ...
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Cap. 17 Trekking por la gran Muralla China.
A Travel Blog entry by abside from Beijing, China
... internacional han mirado hacia China afirmaron que era imposible divisar la construcción. El mito proviene del libro de Richard Halliburton, Second Book of Marvels, publicado en 1938. La Construcción esta hermanada con la muralla romana de Lugo ...
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One huge canal later
A Travel Blog entry by dave-mcgowan from Panama City, Panama
... boat with 3 distinct hulls and masts. We had a video presentation on the canal, its contrusction and planned expansion. Richard halliburton paid the lowest ever fee of $0.36 to swim through the canal. After the museum which was better than average we ...
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Panama Canal Crossing
A Travel Blog entry by rosaslovian from Colon, Panama
... 2008 for the Disney Magic cruise ship. The lowest fee charged was in 1928 (36 cents) when gay USA travel author Richard Halliburton swam the entire 48 mile canal system. The average vessel pays about US$54,000 per transit. Hey, it sure ...
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Gateway to Central America
A Travel Blog entry by mardow from Panama City, Panama
... hundreds of thousands of dollars to enter the canal, but the smallest amount ever paid was $0.36 in 1928 when Richard Halliburton swam through the canal. After spending a few hours watching ships and looking at the museum we decided to head back to ...
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Halliburton House Inn Halifax
5184 Morris Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
... downtown. They have a well-trained staff, comfortable rooms and a great chef who just keeps getting better! Plus, the Halliburton has free parking. Anniversary from anonymous We live in Halifax, NS so decided to spend our anniversary ...
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