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Tom Fleming - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Tom Fleming lives and works in Austin, Texas. Fleming graduated from California State University, Fresno with a BA in Journalism. His first book, 'Taxi to Tashkent - Two Years with the Peace Corps in Uzbekistan', describes the two years he spent teaching about HIV prevention to fundamentalist Muslims.
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- The Couch Potato's Guide to Running a Marathon - A Marathon Ain't Just For Athletes
[Recreation-and-Sports:Running] My philosophy: anyone who has ever imagined running a marathon should consider it. It doesn't matter if you're young or old, overweight, or if you smoke. Talk to your doctor first, and then follow my ten tips for completing a marathon successfully.
- Uzbekistan - The Hot New Travel Destination! 10 Things to Know Before Going to Fun Filled Uzbekistan
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] Uzbekistan - what is it? Where is it? One of the few Muslim nations where Americans are still warmly applauded.
- It Don't Take No Athlete to Run a Marathon
[Recreation-and-Sports:Running] Training for a marathon isn't just for athletes. Take it from a former beer swilling, TV watching couch potato. Warning: marathon training may lead to a running addiction.
- All Aboard! Train Travel Around the World
[Travel-and-Leisure] Everything about trains evokes the true essence of travel. You not only see the landscape passing by, but can feel it rattling under your shoes. Trains are the best way to experience a long distance journey.
- I Need a Restroom - and I Need it Now!
[Travel-and-Leisure] For those who travel extensively, getting sick is a rite of passage. At some point travelers experience Delhi Belly, Trotsky's Trots, or Montezuma's Revenge. Whether it's from bad food, a parasite, or a virus, if you travel long enough, you will eventually catch one of them, so grab the wastepaper basket or toilet seat and hold on for a bumpy ride.
- Camera Karma
[Travel-and-Leisure] I have the worst luck with cameras while traveling. I'm always dropping them or losing them. Before the era of digital cameras, when a roll of film was inserted into the camera, and then afterward taken to a shop for processing (remember those days?)
- Bitten by the Travel Bug
[Travel-and-Leisure] I was seduced at an early age by travel. My parents didn't understand what they were doing to me when they packed up the car every summer for our annual cross-country excursion. The hours - the days - of staring at passing landscapes mesmerized me.
- Fast Times With the Peace Corps in Uzbekistan
[News-and-Society:International] A Peace Corps volunteer facing a mid-life crisis teaches HIV prevention and sex education to fundamentalist Muslims in the former USSR. What could go wrong?
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