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Thye Hong Food Stall

Thye Hong Stall, Food Republic, Wisma Atria, Orchard Road. December 2012 Singapore is all about food, and naturally some food is better...

Switzerland: Rheinfall

Falls of the Rhine, Schaffhausen/Zurich Canton border. March 1993 The falls of the Rhine in Switzerland effectively block the river from...

UK: Richmond, London

Richmond, London. April 2012 On one of my visits to London, Adrian FVdR and I were exploring along the banks of the Thames and ended up...

Turkey: Sirkeci garı

Sirkeci Station Main Entrance Sirkeci Station lobby Former portal to the boats across the Bosphorus behind Sirkeci Station. August 2020...

South Street Seaport

South Street Seaport. July 2010 I am usually the guy who hates the touristy places that everyone else visits, but I give an exemption to...

Al Hadaba Park, Asir: escape!!

Al Hadaba, Asir. May 2018. [from FB post: May 25, 2016] The hardship of being far away from home: in this case, I am a contract...

Milford: living large in little Milford

Broad Street, Milford. October 2009 [from FB post: May 29, 2010] Just back from a lovely dinner with friends at Hotel Fauchere. It's...

Yamagata Zao

Skiing, Yamagata Zao. February 1986 Zao-san, a mountain straddling Honshu's spine was locally famous in both Sendai and Yamagata-city...

Slovakia: Trencin Castle

Trencin Castle. April 2019 On my mostly rain-cursed stay in Vienna, I did have a few sunny days. I made the most of them by taking day...

India: Varkala Beach

Varkala Beach, Kerala. February 2010 Notes from the Kerala Holiday: After finishing the famous Kerala Backwater tour on a traditional...

France: Strasbourg

Cathedral entrance La Petite France La Petite France, Strasbourg. March 1993 First visit to France! On Matt's First Big Trip to...

USA: Space Shuttle Launch

Somewhere a few miles from the Kennedy Space Center. March 1988 We were in Orlando visiting Disney and heard there was to be a space...

Saudi Arabia: car accident

Arab News, August 1, 2015 [from FB post: May 14, 2014] Am I worried about MERS? no. I am worried that I live in the country with the...

Spain: Alhambra

Alhambra Palace, Granada. January 2018 The highlight of my week in Antequera [see: Antequera] was the visit to Alhambra in Granada. ...

Switzerland: Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen. March 1993 After visiting the famously disappointing Rheinfall [see: Rheinfall], on our way back to Germany we had to pass...

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...

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"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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