Erin | March 9, 2010
September 2007 – Jinga, Uganda
After volunteering for a few days with an amazing organization called Mifumi, in Tororo, Uganda, I was looking to chill out and have a little fun. I had heard of some fairly radical white water rafting at the mouth of the Nile (the “White Nile”) in Jinga, on the Uganda side [...]
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Erin | November 28, 2009
July 18, 2009 – Kaş, Turkey
Check out this new video of me paragliding over the Turkish Mediterranean. Me and my ex-Turkish Army pilot, “Whiskey,” set sail from the mountains high above the town of Kaş.
The term “paragliding” was first coined in the 1970s to refer to a free-flying, foot-launched aircraft. The pilot sits in [...]
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Erin | October 29, 2009
July 13, 2009 – Cappadocia, Turkey
While visiting Turkey this past summer, I spent a day riding around Cappadocia on the back of a scooter — fun! Our day trip took us from our home base of Ürgüp, past the small Greek-inspired town of Cemİl, to the Keşlik Monastery.
Keşlik Monastery is one of the biggest monastic [...]
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