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1. Red Dot Episode #16 - The Strip Flip
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The neon lights flashed nonstop, coins dropped into machines, sirens wailed, we heard people cheering and often cursing. Yup we were in Las Vegas. However the "strip" where we were located on this particular evening was a humble commercial mall located just outside the faux pyramids and counte
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public date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:11:00 GMT - (24 MB Type: X-M4V)
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2. Red Dot Episode #15 - Riverside Antiquity
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We almost didn't go. Another 22-hour train ride, this time through China's deep countryside. I remember thinking it would be easier to just go back to Shanghai. I kept my thoughts to myself. Maybe it was the visual in my mind's eye of a city on stilts, a green river flowing through its center.
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public date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 14:32:00 GMT - (23 MB Type: X-M4V)
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3. Red Dot Episode #14 - Kiwi Whitewater
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On this south pacific island nation God experiments in grand yet Lilliputian proportions. As I traveled across this enchanted country, my American sense of space and distance compressed. We drove quickly to our destination, from valley to peak in mere minutes. But around the summit: a vista tha
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public date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:43:00 GMT - (14 MB Type: X-M4V)
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4. Red Dot Episode #13 - The Extraterrestrial Highway
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I thought I saw it in the distance, but I wasn't sure. The day was windy with dust, plastic bags, and my hair, flying in every direction. I couldn't be certain of a lot of things in front of my eyes that afternoon. Leaving Las Vegas late morning and driving for hour after hour through compelling mo
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public date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:18:00 GMT - (24 MB Type: X-M4V)
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5. Red Dot Episode #12 - The Rafts of Spirits
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Typically, we allow ambiguous sentences in our guidebook to dictate our journeys. This particular afternoon we found words to the effect of: "this small country lake becomes aglow with lanterns that appear to float in air." We were sold. Intuitively, we knew it would be beautiful. Logically, we kne
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public date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:35:00 GMT - (17 MB Type: X-M4V)
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6. Red Dot Episode #11 - Through the Golden Gate
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Light in Gdansk rises on the horizon at 3am in summertime. Only a few hours earlier had I laid my head down for rest at a Polish hotel. Now I was struggling to pull my socks over my feet. I complain internally. If I've seen one middle-century-european fresco I've seen them all, dangnabit, "Unngh
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public date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 17:04:00 GMT - (17 MB Type: X-M4V)
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7. Red Dot Episode #10 - City of The Dead
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Everything we read told us not to go alone. They told us not to go at night. Brochures admonished to always enter with a group of people (safety in numbers). Don't wander astray! Curious warnings indeed for St Louis Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans. Heeding the cautions we took off anyway. I have to
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public date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 17:05:00 GMT - (18 MB Type: X-M4V)
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8. Red Dot Episode #9 - Sakura Snapshots
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Pink petals of velvet snow shrouded the April morning. I witnessed the wind carry soft pastel folds across the skies... and as they covered the ground in a light blanket of pink. Sakura snow. This season of warm color continued to romance me in a torrid yet all-too-brief liaison. The petal pathwa
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public date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 03:58:00 GMT - (29 MB Type: X-M4V)
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9. Red Dot Episode #8 - Isolated Outback
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Alone with white sand and white noise. Losing myself by design. The Indian Ocean's waves poured warm salt foam across my bare feet. I had been wandering along the coast for over an hour, capturing images of the seascape. The view gradually changed, but never became any less impressive. The is
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public date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:36:00 GMT - (22 MB Type: X-M4V)
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10. Red Dot Episode #7 - Coaching Canines
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"The Last Great Race on Earth" has a starting line, but that line seemed a long way from where I was standing; surrounded by a howling pack of grungy mutts on a warm and muddy mountain plateau. "These are the best dogs for the job," I was assured. "All they want to do is run," Matt Hayashida claime
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public date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:35:00 GMT - (14 MB Type: X-M4V)
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11. Red Dot Episode #6 - Towers on the Seine
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If you're a tourist like me who prefers walking to bus rides and subways, then a hike inside the City of Lights is perfectly historic; especially if you start at Notre Dame where all the roads, as well as the city, originated. Finding the first Parisian island in the middle of the Seine was probabl
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public date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 01:11:00 GMT - (17 MB Type: X-M4V)
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12. Red Dot Episode #5 - Stone Souls
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Bits of red would jump into the corner of my eye the first time I visited Japan; glimpses around corners and behind modest doorways. I saw that familiar color again on my second trip. I began to look closer at the vibrant crimson hats and bibs adorning cherubean stones. On my third visit to Japan,
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public date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:48:00 GMT - (28 MB Type: X-M4V)
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13. Red Dot Episode #4 - Traditional Patterns
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Textures, patterns and colors seem like they are haphazardly thrown together. Combinations that at first seem unfathomable come alive with grace and fluidity. Would you ever put indigo blue and pink orchids together with florescent orange and green embroidery? I couldn't, wouldn't even know how to,
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public date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:53:00 GMT - (25 MB Type: X-M4V)
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14. Red Dot Episode #3 - The Masked City Part 1
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If you visit Venice you probably leave with your own story of disorientation among the canals and foot streets. Confused wandering can be frustrating, but getting lost offers certain rewards. Walking aimlessly, and most likely in circles, through Venice we strolled into a rather strange studio, Olt
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public date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:30:00 GMT - (28 MB Type: X-M4V)
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15. Red Dot Episode #2 - Moto Milan
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Two wheels through the heart of Milan. Fun stuff for a scooting go 'round. Many times my eyes were closed, and my knees were usually squeezed tight as we crisscrossed through traffic. I struggled to keep my bag balanced in front of me. I really did try not to bump my helmet at every stop. I swear
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public date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 00:14:00 GMT - (37 MB Type: M4V)
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16. Red Dot Episode #1 - Osorezan The Gateway to Hell
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Eerie. Sulfuric. Hissing. A few of the words used in our travel guide, and more intriguing than those of a typical Japanese destination. We headed north to the Aomori prefecture to witness these curious adjectives first hand. Once in Mutsu, we boarded the local bus to Mt. Osorezen. The road up the
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public date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:00:00 GMT - (23 MB Type: X-M4V)
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