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This is the first photograph that I ever scanned on our new HP Officejet 95 - when it was new. I could not believe the quality of the copy. Who needed prints, if scans were this good?

This photograph of a temple in Singapore comes from Kathleen's trip around the world in 2001. October 2001. When everyone else was afraid to go downtown, Kathleen flew to Singapore and thence to Amsterdam. Because we were all still thinking that Heathrow was going to be the site of the next terrorist attack, Kathleen routed herself through Helsinki for the home stretch. Flying west all the way, she came home without having suffered jet lag. Or maybe it was this temple's beneficence.

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Heh. Amy and I went to Budapest in October 2001 on the rapidly disintegrating Sabena and Swissair, and once there, we mugged our would-be muggers on Gellért Hill.

It is true that Istanbul has left me feeling wanting in the Budapest department. But you must tell give your mugged/mugging story the breathing space that it needs. You have all the time in the world to tell the story well, given the snow outside.

My picture doesn't do justice to this magnficent and vibrant temple.

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