Early wake-up this morning. Diane let herself be convinced to do the climb with me. We both felt quite a bit of apprehension, not sure...

We have left the Ruta de Las Flores, thinking that it would be unlikely that other places in this small country would be equally...

Plan for the day #1. Visit the Imposible National Park. The clouds on the horizon looked ominous to undertake this trek which I was...

Could not post my blog last night due to internet problems caused by heavy thunderstorms. We are still in the Ruta de las Flores, taking...

We began our day still in Suchitoto, catching a boat on Lake Suchitlan, which is a man-made lake created in 1973 by flooding a vast area...

As you probably know, El Salvador went through an awful civil war that lasted from 1975 to the early1990s. Previewing videos about the...

It's not been an easy day. 3AM alarm, 6AM flight, connecting in Miami. But at last, we arrived at our destination, where a torrid day...

Wow. My latest post is dated February, 2020. It seems like an eternity. Having been required to stay put on account of COVID 19 feels as...

Sitting in the Qantas Lounge at Sydney's airport. Our morning flight from Queenstown was uneventful. My six week adventure to Oceania all...

Forgive me, but I don’t believe I’ve ever had a room with a view quite like this one. Have you? Yes, this is the view from our place in...

A very crazy day. A day of contrasts and opposites, of frustration and elation. A day of most awful rainy and very windy weather and yet,...

The road from Cardrona to Queenstown rises to the highest point of any road in New Zealand. It is a spectacle, one of the greatest roads...

Wow, what day of egregious views! It has also been another great day weather-wise, with some clouds moving in toward dusk, but otherwise...

A day of spectacle and awe as we took in astonishing views of New Zealand's Southern Alps. This national park is a jewel and well-worth...

Let me start today's post with an update on Christchurch. So, as I had said, I did venture out at about 11 PM to check out the scene at...

After spending five weeks in Australia, we have only scratched its cultural surface, however, as many Aussies have told us, we have seen...

We're back in Sydney (for the third time). Today was yet another of those days where most of the time was spent flying or at airports;...

Greetings from the Desert Palms in Alice Springs. Early departure today from Uluru; our return trip to Alice Springs took however a quite...

Full day at Uluru today. The resort we are staying at provides morning and early afternoon lectures about different topics. We each chose...

After having traveled to the Easternmost, South-easternmost, North-easternmost and Southernmost reachable places on the continent, you...