MY BLOG

March 27, 2011  Addis Ababa – Ethiopia Ethiopia is no easy travel destination.  Every day is a struggle, hardly anything ever works or m...

Ahhh, a weekend in San Francisco for a dental convention is always more interesting than the Anaheim option.  Staying at the youth hostel...

May 27, 2008   Central Highlands, Vietnam Ahhh, back to civilization after 2.5 days of jungle hiking in the central highlands. The firs...

Long day of travel and transfer today.  Our driver showed up at 7:30am to take us to the airport for the Kathmandu-Lhasa flight.  No view...

September 25, 2007   Kathmandu, Nepal Let me first say that I am enjoying immensely the fine architectural details of my room here at Hot...

May 16, 2007   Madaba, Jordan and Palmyra, Syria Having moved on from Petra  through the mysterious rain and fog around Kerak Castle, we ...

Another windy road, this time in a bus which handled the curves a bit better even with smooth tires and was full of interesting people mo...

April 27, 2006    Cochin, India What did we expect to find at an Indian circus ?   I guess we were prepared for anything, mostly figuring...

April 5,  2006    Mysore, India Mysore is a town I wouldn’t mind visiting again.  It features a huge, centrally located palace which ligh...

August 30, 2005    Lake Victoria, Kenya I slept in until 7:30 a.m. this morning….vaguely recalling my episode with angry fire ants in the...

August 25, 2005   Lake Baringo, Kenya Must have been tired.  I slept like a rock for nine hours…with short interruptions by dogs sniffing...

May 14, 2005   San Diego, CA A warm desk lamp illuminated a scarred workbench and a man hunched forward, listening attentively to a struc...