Tag: “Cold”

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1. 

   Driftwood on A Beach in Northern Iceland

   My travel partner Sean kept referring to the driftwood hotel in Iceland and for some reason the detail stuck in my mind so that every time we passed driftwood on the beach i remembered his descriptions of Iceland - the ones that made me want to see it for myself. the funny thing is - there was no driftwood hotel, just the occasional pieces of driftwood on almost every stone cold beach we passed in Iceland.

2. 

   A journey to the DMZ

   In 2004 I visited the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea. This is my tale.

3. 

   Titan Missile Museum

   The Titan Missile Museum is home to the sole remaining Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) complex of the original 54 that were on alert during the Cold War. The Titan II carried a nuclear payload 600 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan!

4. 

   outdoor snooker in China

   Turpan lays in the province Xinjiang, the biggest province of China. Fifty procent of the population is Uyghur, a Muslim society with people who seem to have a mix of Turkish, Chinese and Russian blood in them.
   
   The Uygher frequent a game of snooker.

5. 

   The Titan

   The last remaining Titan II ICBM in its silo at the Titan Missile Museum in Green Valley Arizona.