Photo Friday: Newport, Rhode Island
On the last day of our whirlwind tour of New England last summer, we drove the hour from Providence down… [more]
An Almost Snow-Less Snowcial
I nearly didn't go to Snowcial this year. There was the little issue of getting out to Tahoe from Tennessee… [more]
R&R in Costa Rica
When we were headed toward Central America last month, we originally had planned to do a vacation home… [more]
Photo Friday: Angkor Thom, Cambodia
I've ridden camels. I've pet sharks. I've been thrown off an ostrich. I've had my lunch swiped by a monkey.… [more]
On Sports and Haka Dances
I grew up a very sporty kid. My parents had me in tee-ball and soccer before the age of 5---on boys'… [more]
What’s Next…
We're all set up here in my parents' house in Tennessee, unwinding from the last year and turning our… [more]
Murder in Cambodia
Rith was only six years old when he was taken from his parents and sent by the Khmer Rouge to the fields… [more]
Photo Fridays
Photo Friday: Monterrico, Guatemala
I never did much coverage of our 2008 trip to Guatemala, primarily because neither of us were wild about the destination. We found Antigua too touristy, the Puerto Quetzal area too run down, the rainy season (which lasts much of the year) a bit too … [Read More...]
Photo Friday: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tomorrow marks the anniversary of when a Vietnamese army toppled the Khmer Rouge regime from Phnom Penh---a topic I will write about in greater depth next week---so I thought it fitting that today's Photo Friday come from the Cambodian capital … [Read More...]
Photo Friday: Kyoto, Japan
The last stop on the Asian leg of our Semester at Sea voyage was in Japan. We docked in Kobe, but SVV and I immediately hopped a train from there to Kyoto for the night (about $10 each and a 45-minute ride). News flash: Japan is expensive, y'all. … [Read More...]
Photo Friday: Shanghai, China
The whole four days we were in Shanghai, a curtain of cold and gloom hung heavy over the city in an ominous sort of manner. But at night, it was a different story. This fog only served to enhance the skyline lit up along the Bund and over the … [Read More...]
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Flying Down the Frenchman at Keystone
It feels weird to write about snow when I’m currently sipping POG juice on my lanai at the Fairmont Orchid in Hawaii, but California and Colorado are having such record-breaking snow seasons that I’d be a terrible travel writer and blogger if I … [Read More...]
The Jewel of Tasmania
This is the occasional part of my job that I'm kind of embarrassed to talk about. You see, the whole purpose for the jaunt to Tasmania---and as quickly as we were in and out, it was just that: a jaunt---was for the opening of this uber-swank resort. … [Read More...]
Israel: We’ll All Float On
Back in November, when I was trekking it across the Israeli desert, I got the chance to see one of the world's wonders.* After driving for miles and miles through brown rocky terrain and placid, sandy desert, it truly is magnificent to see muted … [Read More...]
Estonia: Exploring the Quirky Baltic Country
The thing is there is just oh-so-much to tell about my two weeks back in Europe that I'm not sure exactly where to start. It's not that it wasn't thrilling, surreal, fantastic and unforgettable---it was, trust me, it was---it's just that I'm so … [Read More...]
