A Little Site-seeing and Adventure in Beautiful RioThe last few days I have had the opportunity to see Rio from some unusual, fun and exciting perspectives. It's hard to imagine a poor view anywhere in the incredible landscape this city occupies, but I have really enjoyed experiencing some of them in ways I think many people might not have the [...]

First Days in Fab Rio de Janeiro...Today is my birthday and I am spending it in the most marvelous city - Rio de Janeiro!! The only thing that would make it better is having family and friends here to share and celebrate with. Otherwise it's a pretty perfect place to be right now.When I left Aqaba earlier this past week, [...]

The Magic of Wadi Rum in South JordanAfter leaving Petra for Aqaba on the Red Sea, I stopped in for a day at Wadi Rum. I can't describe how wonderful, vast, magnificent and lonely this place is. It's like a combination of Moab, Yosemite and Joshua Tree all wrapped together.  The taxi won't take you all the way in either. [...]

Day One at Petra in Southern JordanIf you've ever seen Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, you have seen one of the better known monuments at the ancient archeological site of Petra. The giant monument seen near the end of the movie is carved right out of a huge cliff face and you first approach it down a long, narrow [...]

New Years 2014 in Sri LankaI arrived in Colombo Sri Lanka on New Years Eve for 2014 after a long transit time and two connecting flights in from Bali Indonesia. I ended up being awake for about 36 hours on this leg. Originally I was going to be in Sri Lanka for Xmas too, but two factors caused me to [...]

Munkee Fun in Fab BaliYes, yes I know that's not how you spell "monkey" but hey this is my blog and I'll slaughter the language if I feel like it. Let me say that monkeys are really cute, fun and playful… until they're not. I saw both sides of that equation during several encounters with our furry little simian buddies [...]