Khwai in the Okavango
Some people think of Africa as a continent populated by dark skinned people who have adapted to living in a very hot climate. They have not been to Southern Africa… Read more »
Madikwe & Gaborone
African safaris as described in books and stories when I was young are not what can be experienced today. For a good reason. The open plains and forests where the… Read more »
Sossusvlei & the Dunes
One of the large drawing cards to Namibia are the great sand dunes of Sossusvlei, located within inland Namibia where sand was blown over millennia off of the ocean –… Read more »
Swakopmund & German Namibia
Way before I began learning world geography, there was a territory known as German South-West Africa, which became part of the British colonies after WWI. After independence in about 1980,… Read more »
On the Way Over: Sao Paolo
I often consider why traveling is so important to me. On this journey, as I move from Northampton, Massachusetts, down to New York City and then over to the Newark… Read more »
Southern Africa 2018
Welcome Along as I return to Southern Africa to explore some of the wonders of Namibia and Botswana. I will be meeting my friends Hedy and Lesley at the home… Read more »
Nara and Out
Our last day in Japan is spent visiting Nara, the earliest capital of a united Japan back in about 700 AD. As we stand before the oldest wooden building, Horyuji, … Read more »
Miho Museum Magic
When my son Liam spent some time in Japan in 1999, one of his most memorable experiences was visiting the Miho Museum outside Kyoto. This museum, designed by I.M.Pei, requires… Read more »
Kyoto Area “New” Architecture
Our adventure today is through the courtesy and arrangement of Bill: a personal tour of the original Yamamura House (now owned by Yodoko Steel Works) designed by Frank Lloyd Wright… Read more »
Kyoto Wanderings
We are finally in fabled Kyoto, the end of the great Tokkaido road from Edo, and the cultural capital of Japan. There is much to say and I will start… Read more »