New African Exhibit at the International Crane Foundation
This weekend was the grand opening of the four new habitats at the International Crane Foundation. If you want to
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Birthday and Travel Ambition
It’s not just Johnny Depp’s birthday today…Egypt just before I turned 30. Cuba when I was “the age of Christ”
Read MoreA Pils-grimage to St. Louis: Beer Heritage Festival
Back in St. Louis for the first time in perhaps 10 years?!? Hard to believe. I am visiting an old
Read MoreGangsters in Wisconsin – Capone, Dillinger
It’s tough researching much of this stuff, because frankly all is hearsay. Capone didn’t exactly always sign the guest registry
Read MoreGreen Bay – Titletown Beer
I am off to northern Wisconsin in search of gangster sites – Al Capone, John Dillinger, and many others often
Read MoreGrumpy Traveler installment
Often what travel writing leaves out is the travel. I write about temples and ruins, museums and beaches, and hotels
Read MoreJapan Whirlwind: My Final Week in Asia
Tokyo. Osaka. Nagoya. Four days of appointments and then each night I rush back to the hotel, gather my luggage,
Read MoreAngkor Shopping List – Itinerary and Photos
This about wraps things up for Cambodia. I am already in Japan and in fact stealing wifi from the Sakura
Read MoreRats, Nuts, Chickens and Aliens in Angkor
Hop on the bus y’all. It’s like a… a… jet ski! On land, with a dozen people in the back,
Read MorePub Street in Siem Reap – Cambodia
In Siem Reap when you’re not out at the Angkor temples, the place to hang is Pub Street. Fifty cent
Read MoreAngkor Wat (Ta Prohm actually) and Postcards
Oh man I wish I could have come here years ago, when Raiders of the Lost Ark was still my
Read MoreTraditional Thai Puppets
As usual I am blogging from a few days past the event… so we interrupt this Cambodia story to give
Read MorePhnom Penh, Cambodia – Day at the Palace, Night on the River Tonle
After the first shocking introduction to Cambodian history, I found Phnom Penh to be a pretty nice up and coming
Read MoreCambodia: S-21, The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
“It is better to arrest ten people by mistake than to let one guilty person go free.” Some things just
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Final Days in Bali – Amed area
And the last stop on our week in Bali was the Amed area. If you are looking for nightlife like
Read MoreBali Banter
I think one will hear plenty about how friendly the Balinese are and I am sure in many cases that
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A Week in Bali: Day 2-3 Lovina Beach
Lovina Beach is volcanic black sand and from the central community of Singaraja, smaller communities line the roads in either
Read MoreA Week in Bali: Day 1 – Ubud
The first thing I ordered in Bali was a lassie. We had just arrived and I was starving. Food was
Read MoreA Great Cheap Day Spa in Bangkok! Foot Massage!!
I don’t wait too long for an excuse to go get a foot massage in Thailand. A bus ride of
Read MoreShanghai Surprises: Beware! REVISITED
Confirmed! There’s nothing like a bit of confirmation of one’s sixth-sense to make you feel like a travel god. Which
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