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Today's Daily Escape is from Venice Italy. Take a ride on a vaporettos (ferries) and be in the moment.

No rain

Day two of no rain its starting to feel like Summer

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Puerto Rican Day Parade 2015 Denver Colorado

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Exploring the 16 Street Mall downtown Denver and we ran into this Mini Donut stand and you know we had to have some. Made fresh right there. OMG they are so good. I promise I only had 1. Yes 1. LOL

Weekend roadtrip

Finally get a chance to do a little road trip to Denver visit some friends and partake in a friends College graduation. Work as been holding me hostage from traveling but the travel gods have open the road and I'm on it with the wind in my face and the sun in my eyes. Its travel time somewhere.

Just hope the weather plays along. No rain and hail today please

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Traveling to the Middle East

I was having a conversation with some friends about traveling to the Middle East region and whether or not I should go if given the chance to visit. My answer was yes, yes and yes! I’m so ready to go. But for many, as with some of my friends. When we think of the countries in the Middle East, we automatically think violent, War, Death! The possibilities of being kidnap, injured or have some horrific things happen to you or those traveling with you. Putting yourself in harm’s way unnecessarily or playing with fire as they say, is how many people sees it. 

But there’s another side of the Middle East Region that are far more different from what we hear and see in the news. There’s a culture, people, history, food, music lifestyle and so much more waiting to be explore. For those who believe in the Bible, it will come to life when you get to visit, see and touch some of those historic things or places that you’ve heard about all your life or read in the Bible. 

When I had the chance to be in Kuwait, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar; I had the opportunity to experience a little bit of Middle East culture and see how a predominantly Muslim country operates. I must tell you it was way more than I expected. Kuwait is one of the riches country in the world. Their malls are amazing and they have some great road. The food is so good. fresh and spikey. Qatar is like a party central. You feel like you’re in Manhattan New York on a weekend night ready to party and explore the city. Abu Dhabi and Dubai is like a fairytale come through. All these magical and amazing buildings in the middle of the desert that you would never expect to see there. 

For example, these seven countries are so rich in early civilization history, way of life, religions, and birth of so many things we do today are an example of missed opportunities to explore and see the beginning of time and where we as a people have come from through the years;

1.Egypt; which dates back to the time of the pharaohs with Millennia old monuments that are still along the Nile River; the colossal Pyramids; the Valley of the Kings tombs in Luxor, and The capital Cairo, which is home to the Ottoman landmarks such as the Muhammad Ali Mosque. Currently, there are major Conflict in some areas at the moment since the ousted of their countries leaders and the division of different religious groups.

 2.Jordan; home to the famed archaeological site of Petra, the Nabatean capital dating to around 300 B.C.E. , and Jerash is one of the best-preserved Greco-Roman towns in the world. Having some unrest at the moment in some areas.

 3.Iraq; home to the oldest civilizations in the world with its capital Baghdad ( known as Babylon the great city). You can still see many of the temples there today in great condition. The moon god temple; UR of the Chaldean where Abraham is from, and the city of Nineveh where Jonah was swallowed up by the big fish and spit out on land. Currently there is a brutal war on the people as the country tries to take a stand against extremist groups. Lot of fighting and killing with the extremes group terrorizing the people. Would not recommend going there at this time.

 4.Iran; with one of the world’s oldest civilizations beginning with the formation of the Proto-Elamite and Elamite kingdom in 3200–2800 BC. Also known as Persian. Have a bad hobbit of arresting and charging western tourist with being a spy. Taking a big chance going there.

 

5.Saudi Arabia; the birthplace of Islam and home to the two most sacred mosques in the Islamic religion, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca which is the place of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, and Medina’s Masjid an-Nabawi, the burial site of the prophet Muhammad. These two sites are considered to be the two holiest places in Islam. Very strict Islamic rules which are regulated by religious police. Women have no rights and they conduct a lot of  executions for crimes.

 

6.Turkey; Mount Ararat (Ağrı Dağı), at 5,165 m is the country’s highest point and legendary landing place of Noah’s Arkand also the area where the Hittites people are believed to be from. Constant conflict in some area.

 

7.Syria; where agriculture and cattle breeding appeared for the first time in the world. The capital Damascus, is mentioned many times in the Bible. In the middle of all the fighting from other countries that surrounds them, they are dealing with their own conflicts.

This small window of opportunity to visit these areas has left me hungry for more and so looking forward to the day when I can visit other areas just like that and get to explore and experience like I really wanted to.

For many years millions of people have dreamed of traveling to Cuba, but wasn’t able to do that because of relationship with the US and other countries who had embargos on the island. If it can happen in Cuba after many years of embargos and bitter relationship between , I do believe it can happen there. What’s your thoughts on this?

Luminous Lagoon in Trelawny Jamaica

The Luminous Lagoon located in Trelawny, Jamaica is on my number one must see places when I visit Jamaica again. I wanted to witness and experience this for myself on my last visit but time just didnt permit. Seem I just couldnt find myself in the area at night. A friend who was visiting and able to see send me these pictures.The brackish water which is a mixture of salt and river water from the  Caribbean Sea and the Martha Brae River creates the perfect evironment for the Algae to thrive because of the mixture of nutrients from red mangrove tress. The algae are not piosonous  and sometimes contain high levels of ammonia

River water

Until you get to experience swimming in a crystal clear, cold, fresh river water. you haven't truly had a river experience yet!