Hello everyone. I am on the road again, for the third time in 2015. I am intending to spend just under 3 months exploring much of Greece, though my first week has left me a little shaken. I flew Sept 16 from the US through Amsterdam directly to Thessaloniki, 2nd largest city in Greece. The … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello again. Almost 2 weeks ago I left Montrose Colorado and drove to Green River, Utah, a small western town off of Interstate 70 which straddles the Green River (the Green River, which originates in Wyoming, is not only the major tributary of the Colorado River, but actually is longer than the Colorado segment, and … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello all. I last wrote from Dolores, CO, not knowing where I would head next. Well, I haven’t gone far. I drove northeast over the Goatshead Pass through the mountains by Telluride, and down into the Uncompahgre Valley to the town of Montrose, CO. – and here I am 8 days later. The town itself … Click to View Photos & Read More →
The morning before I left Kanab, UT, I drove out to see the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park; the morning sun, coupled with the blooming rough mulesear flowers and sage, made for some magical color photos of the pink-orange dunes. From Kanab I drove back east, down into Arizona to Page, by the Glen … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello everyone. I am on the road again, literally, hauling my tiny Scamp RV north from Tucson, escaping the summer heat and seeking photo opportunities. I left just before the July 4th weekend, headed North to the Verde River Valley which runs through central Arizona below the Mogollon Rim. I always stay at the Dead … Click to View Photos & Read More →
I last reported on Goa, from where we drove over the Western Ghats to Badami, Pattadakal and Aihole, where for two days we visited the archaeological remains of the great Hindu Chalukyan Empire which controlled much of south-central India from the 6th through the 8th centuries. Badami served as the capital from 543-757 AD. Four … Click to View Photos & Read More →
I reported last from Kanha National Park where our first 2 safaris saw us pretty much riding through rain in an open jeep. After two nights and 1 day of heavy rain, our final day turned out beautiful, but the Park cancelled the morning safaris because of downed trees and mud; so we really were … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello everyone. From Nepal I flew the 17th of February to Calcutta, where I stayed just two nights before flying on to Guwahati, Assam in the far northeast of India. My free day in Calcutta I spent about 4 hours in the very old Indian Museum, which dates from the 1850s. It is the oldest … Click to View Photos & Read More →
From Delhi I flew to Kathmandu 9 days ago; I again had a little trouble clearing security – my daypack is filled with camera and hiking items, most of which have metal. The Indian security, much tighter than in the USA, requires every item with any metal to be removed and put in separate containers … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Since my last posting, I have visited the more famous tourist spots of Jaipur, in Rajasthan, as well as the small National Park of Sariska, and the first of the great Indian National Parks and Tiger Reserves, Corbett, in the Himalayan foothills. First Jaipur: I traveled to the “Pink City” where I spent just a … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello everyone. Again I have been many days without internet access, so am forced to file travelogues less often; more pictures per report for those who may look at the site just to glance at the pics. I visited a number of sites in Agra, mostly Mughal tombs, but just one so overwhelms all others … Click to View Photos & Read More →
On Jan. 6 my flight left Tucson, arriving in Delhi Jan. 8 at 1:30 am. Without much thought, I had booked my first 4 nights hotel for the 8th through the 12th, missing the fact I was arriving at the hotel in the wee hours of the morning on what for the hotel was the … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello all. After a month on the road around 4-corners, I have returned home to a hot and stormy Tucson – on Thursday afternoon, in less than 30 minutes, we had a huge rainfall just over the few blocks around my house. An official local rainfall meter just blocks away showed over 3/4 of an … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello everyone. Since last I wrote from the Petrified Forest and Homolovi, I have re-visited 3 areas in northern Arizona and one in southern Utah, all unified both by their stunning monumental bluffs and canyons and by their having served, around a millennia ago, as homelands to the Ancestral Puebloans (“Anasazi”). All are within or … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello all. I last posted a travelogue while traveling in Cambodia and Thailand last winter. I spent several months over Spring in Tucson taking care of house issues, and then exploring some medical issues. I became bored and decided to pack up the little Scamp RV and head north towards the 4-corners. I have been … Click to View Photos & Read More →