The Via Dolorosa, or Way of Suffering, in Jerusalem is the path walked by Jesus from prison to the crucifixion. This is traditional 14th stations walked by pilgrims today, from the Lion’s Gate to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

Special thanks to all my friends who helped out on this episode:

Charles & Erin McFall
Dwayne & Annette Boring
Tim & Nanette
Jen & Dave
Jeff & Kelley Schultz
Julie & Dale

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After an interminable and wholly unconscionable delay, World Traveler Jim joins the Bear Crawling Nation and returns for show #010!

The seasons of Rocky Patel;
Digging mountains with John Henry;
And the realty of life after the Revolution.

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We visit the ancient city of Meggido.

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A golden Ligero, how to bribe your way out of a Russian jail, and a rousing elucidation of macroeconomic theory.

Book your tickets now for the big Bear Crawling party.

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Small Places returns to Istanbul, for a trip up the Bosphorus Strait.

The music for this episode is Rahks Port Said, by Mohammed El-Bakkar.

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The “I Am A World Traveler” polo shirt, more or less, is shown below. To get one, go to iTunes and leave a review before the end of June (2009). That’s it. Twenty reviewers (selected at random, assuming there actually are that many) will get a shirt in the size of their choice. If there are less then twenty, well, then everyone gets one!

Introducing some Travelin’ Music! This time, 16 Horsepower.

And we have the first installment of A Traveler’s Tales.

Some cigar talk rounds out the episode.

How about some modern Vaudeville? Jump on over to The Flatus Show.

Invaded by a horde of Gurkha’s Ancient Warriors …

Winston Churchill drops off his favorite scotch …

Some feedback, the FCC, and Ken of The Flatus Show drops by to discuss fairness.

You should be listening to both of Patrick E. McLean’s podcasts – The Seanachai, and How to Succeed in Evil.

Deep in the Sinai Desert is the oldest continually inhabited Christian monastery, Saint Catherine’s.

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Fire up the samovar and pour the vodka!

I am joined this week by Maya Vinogradova, naturalized US Citizen and native Russian, to talk about life in the Soviet Union and making the transition to life in the West.

Music this week includes clips from The Final Countdown by Europe; U.S.S.R. by Eddy Huntington; Moscow by Dschinghis Khan; and My Life by Kristina Orbakaite.