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2025 Trip to Dubai

The Largest Beach Towel in the World (Or So It Seemed)

October 16, 2025 Neil Peterson 3 Comments

After weeks of writing about the deep contrasts between Bhutan and Dubai — mountains versus skyscrapers, meditation versus ambition —…

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Happiness and Success: Two Definitions of Fulfillment

October 15, 2025 Neil Peterson Leave a comment

After spending time in both Bhutan and Dubai, I found myself thinking not only about their visible differences — the…

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Heights and Depths: Geography, Architecture, and Ambition

October 13, 2025 Neil Peterson 3 Comments

Few journeys could offer a starker contrast than traveling from Bhutan to Dubai. One sits in the thin air of…

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Culture Shock: From the Himalayas to the Desert

October 12, 2025 Neil Peterson 5 Comments

  It’s hard to imagine two places on earth more different than Bhutan and Dubai. One, a Himalayan kingdom built…

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Neil’s Trips

  • 2025 Trip to Dubai
  • 2025 Trip to Bhutan
  • 2025 Trip to the Netherlands and Denmark
  • 2024 Trip to Alabama
  • 2024 Trip to Costa Rica
  • 2024 Trip to Panama and Colombia
  • Meandering Musings
  • 2023 Martha's Vineyard
  • 2023 Trip to Albania and Montenegro
  • 2023 Trip to Slovenia and Croatia
  • 2023 Trip to Paris
  • 2022 Trip to the American Midwest
  • 2022 Trip to New England USA
  • 2021 Trip to Iceland
  • 2021 Death Valley
  • 2019 Road Trip to Branson, MO and Oklahoma
  • 2019 St. Oswald's Pilgrimage
  • 2019 Trip to Sicily
  • 2018 Trip to West Coast of Vancouver Island BC
  • 2017 Morocco
  • 2017 A Summer in the Desert
  • 2016 Trip to Cuba
  • 2016 Trip to Italy
  • 2015 El Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage
  • 2014 Baja California Trip
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