A Day in Chichicastenango
Chichicastenango Guatemala Arriving in Chichicastenango Early Sunday morning I found myself on an uphill shuttle scaling winding roads and crossing lush terrace fields on my way to Chichicastenango....
View ArticleWeaving Magic Across the Generations in Matangi, Fiji
Hot news flash from the Coconut Wireless is that I have found a Garden of Eden private resort in Northern Fiji! Matangi is a luxury, adults-only resort and a perfect romantic escape in the South...
View ArticleWalking Montepulciano
“Hear, all ye drinkers! Give ear, and give faith, to our edict divine – Montepulciano’s the King of all Wine!” – Francisco Redi, 1685 The Wine Vino di Nobile has been celebrated since Etruscan times,...
View ArticleWelcome to a Yòrubá Engagement
A Yòrubá Engagement Preparing for the event Rain fell before our Yòrubá engagement. Not hard but just enough to give us a few minutes to collect ourselves and observe the world through tinted windows....
View ArticleSparkling Caves and Baby Dragons in Slovenia
Postojna Caves and Baby Dragons in Slovenia My underground journey began with an open-air train ride. I felt like I was in an Indian Jones movie as I flew through narrow subterranean passages, and past...
View ArticleAn Ode to Life Magazine and Gordon Parks
An Ode to Life Magazine and Gordon Parks As part of my trip to Brazil, I wanted to pay homage to one of my favorite photographers, Gordon Parks. In 1961, Parks released a photo series for Life...
View ArticleWhy The Rocky Mountaineer Should Be On Your Bucket List
The Rocky Mountaineer is no ordinary train. This epic journey, which stretches from Jasper or Banff in Alberta to Vancouver, British Columbia, has been featured on lists of the “World’s Greatest Train...
View ArticleThe Experience of Walking Beside Laotian Monks
One Buddhist morning with the Laotian Monks. The colour of the air is infused with orange and pomegranate. And still, it is before dawn. Nothing can be heard except for the quiet barefoot steps of two...
View Article“No Time for the Lion Park” Nairobi Airport, Kenya
Kenya Airways Customer Service Counter – Nairobi Airport, 6:00 a.m. “Good morning. I’ve just arrived on the delayed flight from Antananarivo in Madagascar and need to rebook …” “Welcome to Kenya, sir....
View ArticleEating Ireland
Food in Ireland Fish and Chips in Ireland I am an unapologetic travel addict. So it’s no surprise I jumped at a recent, last minute invitation to stay with friends just outside of Limerick, Ireland. I...
View ArticleThe Last Stronghold of the Navajo, Canyon de Chelly
Exploring the History and Beauty of the Canyon The last rays of the setting sun painted the canyon walls a deep orange as they turned the bottom of the clouds reddish. I was at Tsegi Overlook taking in...
View ArticleLe Crete Senesi – The Italian Road Trip
In his classic road movie La Strada, Anthony Quinn finds adventure driving Italian roads. On the Crete Senesi I found this adventure too. Driving Le Crete The starting point for the trip begins in...
View ArticleWhitney Plantation: A Different Kind of Tour
The Southern Plantation A Slave Past I’ve visited plenty of plantations in the southern states. Most are beautifully restored homes and the tours focus on the gentility of the antebellum south where...
View ArticleSailing over the Myanmar’s Plains of Bagan
Bagan Archaeological Zone More than 2,200 eleventh to thirteenth century temples and stupas pepper the forty square miles of Myanmar’s plains of Bagan. Why are so many of these graceful, exotic...
View ArticleThe Sixth Village of the Cinque Terra
The ferry boat glided out of the harbor of La Spezia beginning my journey to the famous 5 villages of the Cinque Terra. The weather was perfect and water an indigo blue as we cruised along the Ligurian...
View ArticleFollowing the Footsteps of the Beatles in India
Back in 1968, music sensation “The Beatles” visited an ashram in Rishikesh, India. During their time there, they wrote over 50 songs and brought Eastern influences to the mainstream like never before....
View ArticleFlorentime in a Tel Aviv Neighborhood
Florentine, the Neighborhood The rooftop where I currently reside is of a shop that I walk past nearly every day, a woodwork shop which, like all of Florentine’s numerous manufacturing outlets, is...
View ArticleResponsible Tourism in Nairobi
Responsible Tourism I woke up in Nairobi, Kenya, fully rested after 13 hours on a bus to arrive there. I had been living in Tanzania doing aid work, and was eager for a long weekend in a new country....
View ArticleIslas y Huacas, Bolivia
The harbor waters are still. Beyond the sheltered inlet a stiff wind whips the lake into whitecaps. I don’t much like choppy waters. Lake Titticaca This body of water sits just over two miles above sea...
View ArticleHow I Spent Six Hours in Versailles
Versailles – there really aren’t words to describe it. Amazing, magnificent, dazzling, over-the-top, breathtaking just don’t do it. I had to see it for myself. And it is everything I ever imagined. I...
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