Surrounded in a Stampede
A cloud of dust and a thundering herd was coming straight at me—what would you do? Continue reading Surrounded in a Stampede
The Golden Age of Frequent Flyers
When you start being enthusiastic about whatever it is you like, that is the golden age for you. – Michael Winterbottom In the early 1900s, the … Continue reading The Golden Age of Frequent Flyers
Crossing Borders 2: From Russia with Love
Second in a three-part series entitled “Crossing Borders” I recently wrote about a three-day train journey from Kazakhstan to Russia. While getting there was half the … Continue reading Crossing Borders 2: From Russia with Love
What Kind of Traveler are You?
“I’m on vacationnnnn!” – Billy Crystal in City Slickers It was about midnight when the clouds burst. My friend Joe, sleeping outside on a cowboy adventure … Continue reading What Kind of Traveler are You?
Crossing Borders 1: Trainbound in Petropavl
“Ever since childhood, I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it,” writes Paul Theroux in The Great Railway Bazaar. … Continue reading Crossing Borders 1: Trainbound in Petropavl
My Favorite 5 – US National Parks
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and … Continue reading My Favorite 5 – US National Parks
Over the Glacier and Through the Mud: The Antarctica Marathon
I had a dream when I was 22 that someday I would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till … Continue reading Over the Glacier and Through the Mud: The Antarctica Marathon
