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Introducing: Baxter Jackson

04/11/09  Print This Post Print This Post    2 Comments      Written by Tim Patterson
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My goal is to visit every country on earth before I die. I’m 36 now and have only seen 21% of it, think I’ll make it?

Hometown: Corpus Christi, Texas

Currently in: Ibri, Oman

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Who I’d like to meet on my travels: Sultan Qaboos, Vladimir Putin, the Brah Boys

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Traveling Next: Tanzania, insh’allah

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Matador Profile: Baxter Jackson

Matador Articles by Baxter: Arabian Bull Wrestling; Dreaming In Arabic, Learning In Yemen; Muslim Fear: How Teaching In Oman taught Me The Shades Of Islam

Tagged under: arabia, arabic, middle-east, oman, teaching English

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Tim Patterson is a travel instructor for Where There Be Dragons and a contributing editor to the Matador Network.

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2 Comments... join the discussion!

  • Baxter replied on April 12, 2009

    Thanks a lot for introducing me to the travel writing world, Tim.

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  • Hal replied on April 12, 2009

    Always nice to see a fellow Texan traveler get some props!

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