Yangon Beginning
There is a patchwork of rich greens and browns as we fly into Yangon, above the Irrawaddy Delta of Myanmar/Burma. It is the end of the rainy season so the… Read more »
Author Archives: Varya
Myanmar/Burma 2016
There are few places on earth that elicit more of the sense of the exotic than the country that was once called Burma, with its heart in Rangoon, ruled by… Read more »
Ronda
We are on the public bus between Grenada and the small mountain town of Ronda. There are brown hills covered with golden grass and olive trees, rockier than my northern… Read more »
Granada
Granada is a bustling city with its main street lined with banks and stores and a sense of commerce on the move. Here, as in Madrid, it is hard to… Read more »
Cordoba Culture
The largest and most beautiful city in Europe in the 1200’s still shines but slightly tarnished by its political history. The culture that made it rich, the Arabic and Jewish… Read more »
Toledo
Like many old city towns which needed defense, the old heart of Toledo stands on a hill with a river on two sides and fortified walls on the others. It… Read more »
Visiting Moorish Spain 2016
Another visit to a land of great beauty and violent history, traveling to the important medieval cities of Spain, Toledo, Cordoba, Grenada, and Seville; seeing in person the wonders created… Read more »
On the Road Home
Along the road from Mpika to Lusaka on an 8 hour car ride (ah, sort of smooth asphalt) on the last leg of our journey and my last post for… Read more »
Bengwuelu Park & Mpika
I am in a tent under a full moon in the Bangweulu Wetlands Park in Zambia. We are the only ones camping here — we are the only car… Read more »
North Luangwa Park
Flying in a 6-seater chartered Cessna prop plane, Laura, Tom, Melanie and myself fly North to the least developed and isolated game park in Zambia, the North Luangwa Park. … Read more »