Australia: Ayer's Rock
January 2001 Ayer's Rock (Uluru) is striking. Uluru is an inselberg, meaning "island mountain". An inselberg is a prominent isolated...
Philippines: a slum with a view, Bacolod
July 2017 On one of my many visits to Bacolod, JRC took me down to the moribund Bacolod Baywalk Recreational Park. Unlike the...
Argentina: San Carlos de Bariloche
February 2001 We were late to learn about South America. Brian had done a World Bank project in Peru and loved it just after Georgetown....
Portugal: Boca do Inferno, Caiscais
August 2017 On my "atypical for Europe" small white van tour out of Lisbon to visit Sintra, a lot of other smaller stops were included. ...
England: Chapel at Eton
April 2012 On a very strong recommendation from my cousin/sister EHJ, I just had to see Windsor on my next trip to London. Since it was...
Italy: aperitivo, Bologna
July 2016 In Bologna I cemented my relationship with aperitivo. Throughout the city's medieval alleys and piazzas on late summer...
Istanbul: Column of Constantine
August 2020 The column was dedicated on May 11, 330 AD, with a mixture of Christian and pagan ceremonies. In Constantine's day the...
Vietnam: The Marble Mountains, Danang
December 2007 Marble Mountains is a cluster of five marble and limestone hills located in Ngũ Hành Sơn District, south of Da Nang city in...
Morocco: Kairaouine University, Fes
December 2019 Underappreciated On my day of wandering in Fes, I stumbled across this complex of buildings. The Kairaouine Mosque and...
Germany: Esslingen
March 1993 remnants Esslingen was occupied by U.S. troops starting in April 1945, at the very end of World War II. During the war the...
Sri Lanka: Galle Face Hotel, Colombo
December 2003 We had been exploring Colombo and it was our last night there before our big tour of Sri Lanka began. South of the old...
Israel: Shabbat in Jerusalem
Jaffa Road. June 2018 Shabbat in Israel is legendary. Everything shuts down. I had heard tales from New York City where...
Malaysia: Pasar Seni, Kuala Lumpur
June 2015 On my first trip to KL with Masaaki in the mid-80's, the old Central Market of KL was just being renovated and reformatted into...
UAE: Irish Village, Dubai
March 2016 A little piece of Irish Sanity I was so excited when my good Singapore-days friend, SL, got a job at Emirates Aviation College...
India: Kovalam Beach, Kerala
February 2010 On our trip to Kerala, it was the first time back to India for Brian and me (well, he had been back for work, but that...
Laos: Visions of Heaven and Hell, Luang Prabang
August 2007 we knew it all along By the time we had visited Luang Prabang, Brian and I must have seen a thousand temples due to our...
France: Clock, Musée d'Orsay, Paris
June 1997 On my first visit to Paris [see: first trip to Paris], MAP and I discovered the big clock and cafe on the rooftop level of the...
USA: waterfront, Newburgh, NY
October 2009 [from FB post: May 7, 2010] I had a GREAT lunch today with my good friend (and local FAMOUS PERSON -- LOL) Lori G. down on...
Oman: old Salalah
June 2016 Ancient vs Old I had blundered upon an archeological dig on the fringes of modern Salalah [see: Al Baleed, Salalah]. After...
Slovakia: Nitra
July 2019 Nitra is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. It is located 95...
