Australia: Sydney
Harbour Bridge, Sydney, NSW, Australia. January 1993 "Time, time, time - look what's become of me" - Hazy Shade of Winter (Simon &...
USA: Key West, Florida
Biplane ride over Key West. Winter 1990. Aerial Joy Ride I don't know if I can count my first trip to Key West as a true travel memory...
Philippines: Iloilo Riverwalk
Sunset, River Esplanade, Iloilo. January 2016 After Roxas City [see: Roxas City], JRC and I were based in Iloilo for a few days exploring...
Morocco: Asilah
Coffee by the sea, Asilah. December 2019 Street art, Asilah. December 2019 One of the recommended day-trips from Tangier was the little...
Malaysia: Penang Hill
Penang Hill View. December 2005 On my first visit to Penang back in 1986 with Masaaki, one of the highlights was Penang Hill. I have...
Italy: Vietri sul Mare
Vietri Sul Mare, Amalfi Coast. January 2019 Cold decisions As per my transportation bad luck on that holiday to Naples, Trenitalia and I...
Oman: palace
Al Alam Palace, Muscat, Oman. March 2015 Qaboos bin Said Al Said The people's Sultan was an absolute monarch and Sultan Qaboos was...
Qatar: Museum of Islamic Art
Museum of Islamic Art, Doha. March 2015 Wow! The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha Qatar proves that old adage - with unlimited money and...
New Zealand: Christchurch Cathedral
Old Cathedral, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand. January 1993 Christchurch, New Zealand was the last stop on our two-week, rushed...
Morocco: Meknes City Walls
Old City Wall, Meknes, Morocco. December 2019 Meknes is the forgotten sister city of Fes even though it is older and equally as grand. I...
Malaysia: Penang video shop
Lakshmi Video, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. January 2011 Syncretism I just loved this sign. Lakshmi the Hindu Goddess of Wealth...
Italy: Hercanuleum
Ercolano January 2019 One of the problems of winter tourism is short days. Of course, I wanted to visit Pompeii and Herculaneum BOTH,...
India: Sri Meenakshi Temple
Sri Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, India. January 2015 Madurai is often mentioned as one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the...
Bahrain: Qal'at al-Bahrain
Bahrain Fort, Bahrain. March 2015 Bahrain Fort Most of Bahrain is NOT pedestrian friendly. On my visit there, I was looking for places...
Switzerland: ye ancestral village
Glattfelden,,Switzerland. March 1993 I'm comin' home Casper! On my great Spring trip to Germany visiting MAP in 1993 (my first real trip...
UAE: Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai
Dubai, UAE. January 2018 Dubai's Miracle Mile Sheikh Zayed Road is an iconic piece of Dubai - part Manhattan, part LA - the long strip...
India: religious tolerance
Tamil Nadu. January 2015 [from FB post: March 15, 2017] A prism is neither good nor bad. It is transparent. Whatever light you shine...
Oman: caustic language
Google Translate: noise [from FB post: March 14, 2016] Wow....you know I had a moment that I dreamed about in my mind. I was in a nice...
India: thali
Thali, Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu. January 2015 Thali One of the many things I am happy that Brian convinced me to do in life was travel to...
Italy: Caserta
Palace Entry Gate Grand Staircase Fountain, rear gardens, Caserta Palace. January 2018 Caserta. The only reason I knew about it by name...