I want to share with you a few of my photos, that have been taken while traveling around Panama, Georgia,
Ukraine, Russia, & Turkey. Enjoy!
Sumela monastery, Turkey
Michael's Photogallery & Travel Tips!
Church in Tbilisi, Georgia
Ancient church in Kutaisi, Georgia
Below is a photo of me in Rize, Turkey.  I loved visiting this very exotic and friendly town on the coast
of the Black Sea in eastern Turkey.  Turkish Tea and Baklava is a great refreshment, and in this
area, the best I've experienced in my lengthy travels around the world! It's a great area to do some
hiking too, as well as see some beautiful nature, and awesome cultural and historical sites!!!
Rev. Dr. Michael Vanderpool in Rize, Turkey
The next photo below is of my trip to Poltava, Ukraine, as I lived in Ukraine for a year, interestingly
enough, during the Orange Revolution.  This was in late June 2004, as I traveled to Mirogorod from here
with my Chinese American friend Eddie, and Ukrainian buddy/interpreter Alex.  Poltava is a very nice
city, with a very nice underground modern mall in the center of the city.  Mirogorod is really nice, with a
sand beach on the river passing through the town, and some great sanitoriums, and a famous water
bottling center there.  Anyone spending time in Ukraine knows of this great water.
Rev. Dr. Michael Vanderpool in Poltava, Ukraine
Rev. Dr. Michael Vanderpool in Istanbul, Turkey
The Blue Mosque in Istanbul behind me a very interesting place to visit and the
gardens surrounding this are a great place to relax.
 
A NATIVE KUNA INDIAN WOMAN IN PANAMA SELLING HANDMADE CRAFTS AND
MOLAS NOT FAR FROM THE PANAMA CANAL
Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Kiev, Ukraine
A NATIVE KUNA INDIAN WOMAN IN PANAMA SELLING HANDMADE CRAFTS AND MOLAS NOT FAR FROM THE PANAMA CANAL
Panama City at Sunset
TRAVEL TIPS:

Search for Hostels in the city or
area you wish to visit if you want
budget accommodations and a fun
way to meet new people, often
from around the world.  Many are
modern, affordable, and offer
internet, kitchen use, laundry, etc.

IF YOU TRAVEL YOU MAY WANT OR
NEED EXCELLENT HEALTH
INSURANCE THAT COVERS YOUR
TRAVEL SITUATIONS:
http://www.worldnomads.com/

YOU MAY WISH TO LEARN THE
LANGUAGE OF THE COUNTRY YOU
TRAVEL TO.   I LOVE THE PIMSLEUR
COURSES ON AUDIO CD, AND THE
BUYBACK PROGRAM HERE, WHICH
SAVES MONEY AND ALLOWS ME
TO LEARN LANGUAGES WHILE
I USE MY IPOD OR ANY CD OR MP3
PLAYER:

http://www.ultimatelanguagestore.
com/home‏


EXPATS & TRAVELERS MAY FIND
THESE SITES OF INTEREST:
http://www.tridentpress.com.au/

http://www.hsletter.com/

http://www.escapeartist.com/

http://www.thetravelwriterslife.com/

http://www.toolsforfreedom.com

EARN $$$, Make Friends Teaching
English / LANGUAGE Abroad:

http://www.onlinetefl.com/


FREE ONLINE LANGUAGE
TRANSLATOR & TEXT TO SPEECH
http://translation2.paralink.com/

I use Yahoo Messenger Phone
In/Out Service at
1 cent a minute to
make phone calls worldwide as I
travel, from internet cafes in any
international cities! For FREE if they
have SKYPE or Yahoo Messenger!

I use a relaxation circuit &
melatonin for helping with  jet lag:
BIOCIRCUIT for Relaxation!
INSPIRING MUSIC VIDEOS
I personally took all the above and below photos (my wife may have taken a few).  However, am
inspired to travel more, especially when I watch this VERY cool vid  below "WHERE THE HELL
IS MATT?"
What I love about Turkey is not only the tour buses there, and the friendliness of the people,
and the sites like Rize, Sumela Monastery (which is a very mystical wonderful amazing location),
Istanbul, etc. but also the Turks have this baklava and turkish tea which we took breaks for,
and even the buses pull off to the side of the road, and we drank this tea for a break.  I love
visiting Turkey!  It's too bad more people from the west fail to visit this amazing place!  Of
course Turkish rugs are among the most beautiful and exquisite in the entire world, and yes,
they are world renoun for their bellydancing!
"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." -- Voltaire
Photos of Kiev & Poltava
Ukraine
A NIGHT OF FIRE IN KIEV UKRAINE ON MAIDAN & KRATSCHATYK
You may save a lot of $$$ by
checking multiple search engines
for flights, such as
www.bookingbuddy.com  
I personally check the general Magi
Astrology Calendar and personal
transits, as well as significant
personal planetary geometry, in
addition to astrocartography and
locational astrology when trip
planning, following intuition too.