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Midair: An Epic Tale of Survival and a Mission That Might Have Ended the Vietnam War

Midair: An Epic Tale of Survival and a Mission That Might Have Ended the Vietnam War

A pilot’s remarkable tale of survival after B-52s collide at 30,000 feet over a category 5 super typhoon during the outset of the Vietnam War.

2020

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That Time I got Blasted in the Face with Whale Snot

Ewww! Whale’s breath is both funky and fresh

4 min readJun 13, 2024

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That Time I got Blasted in the Face with Whale Snot

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The Bread Men of Uzbekistan

Give us this day our daily bread … (and coffee, too)

6 min readJun 5, 2024

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A white van is stuffed with hundreds of loaves of fresh-baked bread.

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Haunted by the Ghost of Timur

A Visit to Samarkand’s Gur-e-Emir Triggers a Moral Dilemma

7 min readMay 26, 2024

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Haunted by the Ghost of Timur

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The Pickpocket and Me

Vultures, vultures everywhere!

8 min readMay 20, 2024

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The Pickpocket and Me

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I visited Santorini. It was Totally Awesome. And it Completely Sucked.

Some places in this world are too beautiful for their own good.

9 min readSep 17, 2022

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I visited Santorini. It was Totally Awesome. And it Completely Sucked.

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52 Week Photography Project

June Edition

3 min read2 days ago

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52 Week Photography Project

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Amid Disaster in Turkey, a Message of Resilience and Hope

Traveling in the wake of the Great Quake

8 min read2 days ago

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Amid Disaster in Turkey, a Message of Resilience and Hope

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I Got Scammed in Morocco … and Kinda Liked It

In a Battle of Wits, Don’t be a Rube

9 min readJun 19, 2024

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I Got Scammed in Morocco … and Kinda Liked It

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Digital Global Traveler

Jimi Hendrix Only Breezed Through Morocco, but his Spirit Never Left

All Along the Watchtowers of Essaouira, the Hendrix Legend Still Looms Large

8 min readJun 18, 2024

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Jimi Hendrix Only Breezed Through Morocco, but his Spirit Never Left

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A 14th-Century Islamic School for Girls was an Act of Defiance — And Remains so Today

Why the Bibi-Khanym Madrasa may be Central Asia’s Most Subversive Monument

5 min readMay 29, 2024

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Veiled women exit the Bibi-Khanym Madrasa in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

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Craig K. Collins

Craig K. Collins

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Author, Photographer, Former Tech Executive. Purveyor of thoughtful, hand-crafted prose. Midair: http://amzn.to/3lGFROD Thunder: http://amzn.to/3oA5wt3

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