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USA: the Alamo

Alamo, San Antonio, TX. January 1984 Misión San Antonio de Valero On my winter trip to Texas in January 1984 I spent a lot of time in...

Oman: Al Muttrah

Seaside Esplanade, Al Muttrah. March 2016 If in the pre-modern age, Muscat was really Oman, then Al Muttrah port was really Muscat. ...

Philippines: Boracay

Second Station Beach, Boracay. February 2011 That Boracay Vacation Chinese New Year was approaching and we wanted to get out of...

Eastern York County: flights of fancy

Over York County. May 2022 (photo credit SW) Hats off to old high school pals SW and BC for posting to FB a glorious set of photos of...

Qatar: Doha

Doha. March 2015 I wasn't even supposed to visit Qatar. I had a whole trip planned to Bangladesh, but there was political unrest and my...

Vienna: Art History Museum

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. April 2019 What a strangely translated name into English, but in German it must sound less didactic...

Spain: Antequera

Alcazaba, Antequera, Spain. January 2018 The Heart of Andalucia Even southern Spain in January is cold, and Antequera is not on the...

King Khalid University

King Khalid University, Abha. October 2013 [from FB post: December 7, 2013] Yesterday I went to the "new KKU" campus. First of all, it...

Vienna: Albertina Museum

Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria April 2019 One surprise discovery on my mostly rainy Vienna holiday was the small Albertina Museum. ...

Australia: Byron Bay

Cape Byron, New South Wales, Australia April 2006 On the Brisbane trip to Australia, one of the highlights of that journey was to be...

Italy: Alassio

Spotti Cafe, Alassio. February 2019 It was late February on the Ligurian coast so I really couldn't hope for balmy weather. Based in...

Bahrain: Amwaj Island

Amwaj Island, Bahrain. March 2015 Final hours in Bahrain I started my short time in Bahrain with my Saudi friends from Abha, but ended...

Malaysia: Batang Ai

Longhouse, Batang Ai, Sarawak, Malaysia. February 1997 Headhunters!!! On the Big Borneo Adventure we ended up at a Hilton property in...

Saudi Arabia: holidays

Abha from Nahran Mountain. December 24, 2013 [from FB post: May 12, 2014] I don't know what to make of Saudi Arabia in terms of...

Morocco: Voyageurs Station, Casablanca

High speed rail terminus, Station Casa-Voyageurs, Casablanca, Morocco. December 2019 The Casa-Voyageurs Railway Station was directly...

Hungary: Palatschinke

Palacsinta, Baross Gábor utca, Györ, Hungary. April 2019 [from FB post: May 16, 2019] "Palatschinke" - this brought back great memories ...

Iraq: a very short story

From the Albertina Collection, Vienna. May 2019 Lalish Yazidi Temple, Duhok Province June 2020 [from FB post: May 3, 2019] Revan At...

Czech Republic: Brno

Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul, Brno, Czech Republic. April 2019 Pivovar Lucky Bastard, Brno. April 2019 When I was kid, I think in...

Central Java: Candi Sewu

Candi Sewu, Central Java, Indonesia. April 2016 The Prambanan Plain under the ever-erupting Mt Merapi in Java is strewn with temples. ...

Italy: Livorno

Latte macchiato, Mediterraneo, Quartiere la Venezia Fortezza Vecchia Fried Calamari, Il Chiosco del Porto February 2019 Leghorn Leave...

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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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