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 →
Hello all. I last wrote from Pak Chong on Feb. 27, where I was employing private guides to visit the Khao Yai National Park, photographing birds and wildlife. I spent several more days in Pak Chong, and my final day in the park proved very successful; I was able to get a number of new … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello all. I last wrote from Chiang Mai where I had fun doing local birding with my high school classmate from India, David Bosch. David and his wife Leslie threw a dinner party for friends, inviting me, at a fine Italian restaurant their last day before they moved back to Oman. It was great fun; … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello all. I wrote a week and a half ago reporting on my initial visits to the great temples of Angkor. I spent another 3 full days visiting additional temples, and revisiting Ta Prohm and Angkor Wat. I will not further review the Angkor history, which I briefly discussed in the last report, but I … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello all. I last wrote a week ago upon reaching Siem Reap, which lies in the central western part of Cambodia. Siem Reap is just a few kilometers south of the ancient capital of what became known as Angkor, and the seat of power during the Angkorian Empire (800-1200AD) and the subsequent fragmentation and decline … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello all. I last reported from Can Tho, Vietnam, but had not yet visited the great Floating Market. Cai Rang, on a channel of the Mekong River, boasts the largest floating market in the Mekong Delta. I had hired a boatman and large boat for the 40 minute trip upriver, and left Can Tho before … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello all. I last reported from Kampot, Cambodia. I stayed in Kampot another day, and got to witness a wedding march past my hotel during breakfast. I revisited the Popokvil Falls in Bokor National Park where I finally had some luck finding interesting birds. My luck held. I arranged for transportation via a driver and … Click to View Photos & Read More →
I last reported 11 days ago from Phnom Penh after visiting the Silver Pagoda and Wat Phnom. Since, I have traveled first to Sihanoukville and then to Kampot, both on the southern coast. Before leaving Phnom Penh I spent a couple of mornings trying to photograph birds in the park around Wat Phnom, and spent … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello all. I left my home in Tucson 5am Jan 1 and arrived at the hotel in Phnom Penh close to midnight Jan 2 – 29 hours of actual travel plus crossing 10 time zones. Because I traveled West, with the sun, the entire trip occurred in one very very long day (crossing the international dateline accounts … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello everyone. I last reported on visiting Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah. From Bryce I drove just a little over an hour to the little town of Glendale, UT, where I stayed for a few days to catch up on mail, and visited Zion National Park. Like Bryce Canyon (and Arches, Canyonlands, Grand Canyon and the … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello all. I last wrote from Weed, CA. after visiting Crater Lake NP in Oregon. Since then I have driven across the Northeast corner of California, across Nevada on Hwy 50, and into Utah to Bryce Canyon. I first stopped for a few days to visit the little known Lassen Volcanic National Park in California. Consisting of a set … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello everyone. I last reported from Mt Rainier in Washington, but had not yet visited the Park. Mt Rainier is simply a stunning sight traveling southeast from Tacoma. At well over 14,000 feet and at a high latitude, it’s volcanic peak is covered with glaciers. I spent 5 days, splitting the time at two small … Click to View Photos & Read More →