Delhi Prologue
New Years Eve in Delhi: It is already 11:50 when I leave my friend Sue at her hotel and get into my Uber car for the ride back to… Read more »
New Years Eve in Delhi: It is already 11:50 when I leave my friend Sue at her hotel and get into my Uber car for the ride back to… Read more »
We are off again, this time with a group of 10 friends to travel across South India, from Chennai to Kerala, experiencing some of the many extraordinary facets of this… Read more »
It is difficult to describe the beauty of the beach we just left at Cerro Brujo on San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos archipelago: the softest white sand and the… Read more »
Every day is a wonder of natural beauty on this tour around the eastern islands of the Galapagos on our luxury ship, La Pinta. With only 14 passengers on board… Read more »
The Ecuadorean cloud forest is magnificent. The difference between a cloud forest and the rainforest is that the cloud forest is at a higher altitude (3,00-5,000 feet) and is… Read more »
I have a day to myself in Quito before I join my tour group and I decide to spend it walking around the old part of town. One of the things… Read more »
It is 6:30 am as my plane rises over the northern hills of Quito heading south toward the old city of Cuenca. In this country of perpetual 12-hour days,… Read more »
Quito is a world-class city. And consequently it has major rush hour traffic problems. It is surrounded by hills and volcanoes and large apartment complexes now climb steeply up most… Read more »
This morning our Black Monster steam locomotive cuts a narrow swath through an idyllic landscape. We clatter along through rich agricultural land, rectangles and strips of land growing various produce,… Read more »
Our train is passing through a landscape of primeval heavy woods, fed by the waterfalls and constant dripping moisture from the forest canopy absorbing the water coming from the Pacific… Read more »