http://www.justinvela.com/news Justin Vela is in Amman, Jordan. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:07:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.justinvela.com/news/2008/08/15/cairo-begger/ Cairo-I'll be taking a break for the next few weeks so posts here will not be frequent. http://www.justinvela.com/news/2008/08/09/a-break/ Cairo-Old things are pretty cool. The Nile Meter has been used to measure the rise and fall of the Nile river for a thousand years. Its located on the island of Rodha, but now slightly more sophisticated devices are used to measure the swellings of the Nile. http://www.justinvela.com/news/2008/07/31/the-nile-meter/ Cairo-War criminal Radovan Karadzic is being sent to the Hague today. Radical party members were bussed into Belgrade yesterday and violent protests took place in the capital. Visiting a construction site near the Presevo valley (read my May 2008 entry on Presevo here) President Boris Tadic respond to the threats against him. “Everyone ... http://www.justinvela.com/news/2008/07/30/radovan-karadzic-sent-to-the-hague/ Giza-"You're a good rider," my guide, Ali, said before whipping my horse, causing it to gallop off again through the sand. It was a nice compliment, and Ali backed it up with an almost complete disconcern for how fast or where my horse went, letting me charge through the desert and ... http://www.justinvela.com/news/2008/07/28/the-pyramids/ Cairo-The horses that pull carts and carriages outside the apartment where I am staying clomp along briefly before rounding the corner and disappearing from earshot. I am in this apartment and am quite happy about that. I'm also trying to win the affections of Sasha the Cat, but that will be ... http://www.justinvela.com/news/2008/07/26/cairo-initial-impressions/ Amman-Serb war criminal Radovan Karadzic was arrested Monday in Belgrade where he'd been living and working as a practitioner of alternative medicine. NYT article. B92 reaction from Serbian politicians. This is pretty incredible. For a long time it has been unbelievable that the Serbian Government has not known where war criminals Karadzic and ... http://www.justinvela.com/news/2008/07/22/karadzic-finally-arrested-in-belgrade/ Amman-I've been sleeping a lot, which isn't too inspiring. Wednseday though I'm going to begin a lot of jumping around with a class and then will be headed to Finland and Russia in September. I found this post on successful blogging on the Web. 2.Oh...really? blog. Blogging does improve your writing and preception ... http://www.justinvela.com/news/2008/07/21/keep-on-blogging-its-a-good-idea-they-say/ Amman-Cooling off. That largely is what I'm currently doing in Amman. Its not that its so hot in Amman. It is, but not horribly so. People say that Amman is like an air conditioner in comparison to the rest of Jordan. Its more that I'm broke. A translator that insisted on charging ... http://www.justinvela.com/news/2008/07/19/working-with-the-aurora-agency/ Amman-The place to be if you are a foreigner and want to feel at home in Amman is Rainbow Street. There's the Good Bookstore, an English language bookstore with reliable wireless. I've been going there and checking my email for about a week and I have yet to see someone actually ... http://www.justinvela.com/news/2008/07/17/no-place-like-hometravel-the-great-equalizer/