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Six Great Rock’n’Roll Destinations
I’ve been a music nut since before I was born. My mother claims she listened to the Beach Boys throughout the nine months she carried me. By the time I…
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Cappadocia, Turkey: In the Land of the Fairy Chimneys
I arrived at night so the landscape only revealed itself in the small glowing pockets of intermittent streetlights and the graceful sweep of headlights as the bus weaved along the…
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Turkish Coffee: Its Past and Your Future
Though you can find coffee beans around the world, from Sumatra to Guatemala, they originated in Ethiopia. The popular theory is that shepherds found their flocks eating the berries, making…
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Japan’s Iconic Clothing: The Kimono
The translation of the word kimono is simply “clothing.” If there is any quintessentially Japanese apparel, this would be it. The Geisha and the Japanese woodblock prints popular in the…
Latest Photo Galleries & Videos
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The Shanghai Hustle (Video)
This is just a very short video compilation of various street hawkers along Nanjing Road in Shanghai. I gathered it in about as much time as it will take you…
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Photo Gallery: Cappadocia, Turkey
I’m certainly not the first to say Cappadocia blew my mind. I’ve been there twice, the first time in 1998, the second just a couple years ago, and both times…
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Birds of Kenya: Photo Gallery – Page 2
Some will say Lake Nakuru National Park is one of the best for birding, but much of that praise is from the abundance of flamingos. Life-list birders should have better…
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Studying Spanish in Guatemala
Posted on October 8, 2011 | 3 CommentsMany of us come back from our vacations with a memory card full of photos and the peeling vestiges of a sun tan we knew would never last. I came... -
Evil Eye Protection in Turkey
Posted on October 3, 2011 | 3 CommentsWhen I first moved to Turkey, I was having dinner with my friend İffet. After the meal we ordered some Turkish coffee. Our drinks came out strong and gritty and... -
Book Review: Balthasar’s Odyssey by Amin Maalouf
Posted on August 24, 2011 | 2 CommentsI loved history enough to major in it in college, and literature enough to give it an equal study. So to find a novelist that blends the two so well... -
Spending the Night on Lake Titicaca
Posted on August 18, 2011 | 1 CommentI was standing on an artificial island at the top of the world. It hadn’t been fashioned of rocks or concrete, laid out with massive earthmovers or dredges; it was... -
Bang! Bang! Chop! Chop! – Thai Cooking School in Krabi
Posted on August 3, 2011 | 2 CommentsI love Thai food and I love to cook, but for some reason the two passions never quite got along in my kitchen. So on my last vacation, I decided... -
Birds of Kenya: More Safari Photos (page 1)
Posted on July 31, 2011 | 5 CommentsObviously, there is much more to the wildlife of Kenya than just the Big Five (Lion, Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Leopard and Rhino), and for those who don’t get obsessive about... -
Best Stays in Jamaica: Five of the Coolest Hotels on the Island
Posted on July 23, 2011 | 3 CommentsJamaica has a wide range of places to stay from rental villas to all-inclusive resorts to small Ma and Pa operations. Here are just a few of what I would... -
Palermo: The Flower of Sicily
Posted on July 21, 2011 | No Comments“Is this your first time to Palermo?” The fellow next to me smiled but looked with masked concern at the cappuccino I was drinking at noon, a cardinal sin for... -
Book Review: Best Tent Camping Michigan
Posted on July 20, 2011 | No CommentsMichigan, like my own state of Wisconsin, has a lovely outdoors scene. I think of Hemingway’s Nick Adams stories, of Great Lakes shorelines (four of them!), and the fascinating dunes... -
Kyoto As You Like It: Private Tours in the Heart of Japan
Posted on July 18, 2011 | 1 CommentCan you imagine a Rasputin-esque Buddhist monk sleeping with the Empress of Japan whispering political intrigues that would end up in effect ending female rulers in the Empire? Or the... -
A Calatrava Masterpiece: Milwaukee Art Museum
Posted on July 18, 2011 | 1 CommentIt rises up out of the lake, spreading its bright white wings ever so slowly in the sun. Crowds gather every day to see its majestic performance. It is not... -
Long Weekend in Memphis – What to Do?
Posted on July 13, 2011 | 1 CommentBlues and Barbeque The Mississippi flows south along the edge of Memphis, but musicians traveled north out of the Mississippi Delta and the South to arrive here in the twentieth... -
Hornbills of Kenya (Photos)
Posted on July 11, 2011 | 2 CommentsA great addition to the life list of any birder and just a fascinating bird to watch for any wildlife enthusiast, the hornbill was thankfully abundant on our safari trip... -
Visiting the Lighthouses of Door County
Posted on July 9, 2011 | No CommentsThe door resembles a bulkhead and I duck and ease myself out. The sudden force of the wind compels me to tuck my baseball cap into my jacket pocket. Over... -
Pils-grimage: Meet Your Wisconsin Brewers
Posted on July 9, 2011 | 1 CommentI roll into Ashland, Wisconsin just around quitting time and head straight to Deep Water Grille just a block off the highway, a stone’s throw from Lake Superior. The restaurant... -
The Mad Traveler In Search of the Equator (Video)
Posted on June 28, 2011 | No CommentsThere are some things you think you can trust. Like maybe where the equator is? Nuh uh. Using pretty crappy scientific method, I prove it’s not where they say it... -
The Mad Traveler Takes a Ukulele Lesson (Video)
Posted on June 28, 2011 | No CommentsMy most popular video! 45,000 YouTubers can’t be wrong (except maybe the 5 sour pusses who disliked it — grrr) -
The Mad Traveler in the Galapagos Islands (Video)
Posted on June 28, 2011 | 2 CommentsThere’s nothing quite like an expedition cruise in a place as incredible and otherworldly as the Galapagos Islands. Have a look at my video from the experience or check out... -
Austin: Heart (and Soul) of Texas (Video)
Posted on June 28, 2011 | 5 CommentsAustin, Texas isn’t called the Live Music Capital of the World for nothing. Great food and drink also comes along with the show. Check out this video of Austin’s yummiest... -
Roadside Attraction – Santa Barbara (Video)
Posted on June 28, 2011 | No CommentsWell, they say it takes all kinds. Many will talk of unplugging, disconnecting, dropping out and all sorts of other rebellions against the status quo, but few are those who...
