Ancient library with a side of brothel – Ephesus, Turkey
Only the facade of this magnificent bulding still stands, and that only because it was reconstructed in the 1970s. Built...
Who knew: A single tree in India grows nearly 300 different types of mangos
In the north part of India, in an area filled with mango farms, there is a giant mango tree that...
Swimming with otters!
Anyone who knows me knows how excited I was to find a meerkat experience in Australia. Well, I just found...
Morocco's colorful fiber art
Morocco’s colorful fiber art In Morocco, in addition to visiting an ancient pharmacy (or whatever they are calling an argan...
Begpackers, an undesirable tourist plague
The word begpacker is a combination of begging and backpacker. It’s when people go to other countries and expect to...
Travel food: Specialty food on Kangaroo Island, Australia – the best ice cream I've ever had
Clifford’s Honey Farm on Kangaroo Island has the last genetically pure population of the Ligurian honey bees anywhere in the...
1 day, 2 castles, 3 steep climbs, 1 giant blister and 1 single-serving friend (King Ludwig’s Castles; Germany)
Fussen I went to Fussen for one day to see the two castles there: Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein. Fussen is a...
Don’t go to China without a VPN (unless you don’t want the outside world to find you; or see the outside world)
In China, you can’t get access to the websites most of us use on a daily basis. Things like Facebook,...
More critters from Yosemite/Sequoia area
A previous post covered some of the larger animals in the Yosemite/Sequoia/King’s Canyon Natoall Parks areas. There are also many varieties...
Swimming with living sparkles (Puerto Rico)
Puerto Rico has a few bays that have bio-luminescent dinoflagellates in them (they often just refer to these as “biobays”...
