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Oman: Royal Opera House, Muscat

Photobombed. March 2015. the taxi driver who fell in love with me Even though Oman was great, it was like Saudi Arabia in that it had...

Belgium: a study in contrasts

Why Belgium? My colleague in Saudi, WBT, had done a yoga retreat in Ghent the summer before and raved about the city. Additionally I...

Puerto Rico: Old San Juan

La Rogativa. January 1982 May 2010 May 2010 In My Old San Juan - Noel Estrada (Trans.) In my old San Juan how many dreams I forge in my...

New Zealand: Mt Cook

January 1993 names in high places On the NZ vacation after meeting MAP on the West Coast riding the Kiwi Experience bus [see: Lake...

The Netherlands: Middelburg

City Hall Fish and Chips. August 2016 A wealthy dot One of the provinces of the Netherlands is Zeeland, a couple of fingers of land...

China: a return to Hong Kong (2008)

Harbor ha ha ha ha random temple somewhere in Hong Kong. December 2008 Back to Hong Kong When I lived in Japan and traveled regionally,...

Morocco: Jewish Cemetery, Meknes

December 2019 burial rituals Morocco had a vibrant Jewish community for centuries. The Jews were expelled from Spain alongside Muslims...

Czech Republic: Karlovy Vary

July 2019 Karlsbad After the fall of the Iron Curtain there were two places in then Czechoslovakia I wanted to visit - Pilsen and...

India: Kerala Backwaters

houseboat one of many canals. February 2010 Houseboat - Kerala backwaters -- we did this for 3 days. Kind of nice, but not as...

Malaysia: KL Monorail

near Maharajalela Station Station Entrance at KL Sentral. June 2015 From new, to normal, to retro When we lived in Jakarta and...

Germany: Aachener Dom

September 2015 Frankish language area (Wikipedia) Charlemagne. Karl der Große. Charles the Great. Father of modern Europe....

Belgium: Liège-Guillemins Station

September 2015 How is it that little Belgium holds two of Europe's most phenomenal train stations? Near the Dutch border in the north is...

Haiti: Labadee

Freedom of the Seas. May 2010 This is my only photo of Labadee, Haiti apparently. I guess it all was pretty blurry since we were on a...

Italy: Lago d'Averno

December 2018 Gates of Hell Lake Avernus according to the Romans was one of the entrances to Hades. The small circular lake sits in the...

Hungary: Győr

Győri Kármelhegyi Boldogasszony templom. April 2019 One of the day trips from Vienna was to Győr, Hungary. I never heard of the town,...

Germany: Dresden

Hausmannsturm Semperoper Fürstenzug Anleger der Elbdampfschiffahrt. July 2019 [from FB post: October 19, 2019] I visited East Germany in...

South Africa: Drakensberg Mountains

The Three Rondavels. July 1998 The Drakensberg Mountains are actually an escarpment that divides part of eastern South Africa into the...

China: the Bund, Shanghai

Balcony of the Peace Hotel, the Bund, Shanghai. April 1998 The Bund, Shanghai. April 1998 What to do with inconvenient history I am...

India: my holiday is your holiday

Kovalam Beach sunset. February 2010 [from FB post: September 7, 2013] Since FB chat tells you WHERE someone is chatting from, I finally...

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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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