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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...

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Samsara

Observations of Life

"A stone with no moss" has been my motto.  My experiences and commentary from travels both near and far.  No hate, unfiltered.

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