February, 2006 Photo Contest

Where was this photo taken? See May, 2006 photo contest for answer.

Follow in the Footsteps of IBN Battuta

Our friend Carolyn McIntyre will shortly be stepping out to re-create the epic journey of famed 14th century Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta. Carolyn has been contemplating this trip for 15 years and is leaving her post at Geographic Expeditions (where as Regional Director for Central, SE Asia, and the Middle East, she has been traveling and scouting the area since 1998) to focus on it. The entire journey encompasses some of the most stirring names on any map: the Nile, Isfahan, Hindu Kush, Samarkand, the ...