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Ironman Texas 2012: Just Spectating IM Texas swim leader Brandon Marsh approaching swim finish IM Texas lead group "drafting" behind Marsh near swim finish I got up early to drive to the Woodlands to watch some of Ironman Texas today. A year ago, a group of friends More...Crown of Palaces: The Taj Mahal in Agra, India If you get up early in Agra, skip the most popular viewpoints near the reflecting pools, and hurry around to the west side by the Yamuna River, you can find yourself mostly alone, watching the sun rise over the More... →Mandalay, Myanmar: Maha Muni and more The last of a dozen or so posts from a long stay in Burma. The first was here. Only males can approach the golden Maha Muni Buddha in Mandalay. It’s one of just a handful of Buddha statues More... →Laundry Day: Peten, Guatemala Between the archaeological sites celebrating ancient Mayan grandeur is the real world of modern-day rural Guatemala. I took a short diversion off the highway between Tikal, Guatemala and the Belize border, heading down a randomly chosen side road just to More... →Grindelwald: Alps Rock! It must be true that the Swiss eat a lot of chocolate. You can go in a tiny food market with only a handful of aisles, and one of those aisles will be wholly dedicated to offering up 100 kinds More... →