Hello from Argentina! We got in at 4:20 this morning, after a 14 hour flight with a plane change in New York. It goes without saying that...

As I had planned I spent the best part of the morning visiting the National Museum "Al Satului". I wish I had more time, as I only...

Insanely tiring day. I decided to skip visiting Craiova this morning, opting instead to head straight into Bucharest, expecting the drive...

My sister Laura, knowing I’d be coming to Bulgaria, asked me to go visit my brother-in-law’s birthplace of Chuprene. George, God rest his...

This morning I started out early, I wanted to have a full day in Sofia, Bulgaria's capital, knowing I only had a 2 hour drive, which was...

Had a lazy start this morning. I really didn't want to leave that beautiful room. Wish I had more time to spend there. I had booked the...

I've been unable to post anything on fb or here for the past three or four days on account of no Wi-Fi. But I'm now back with this recap,...

We ended up spending 28 hours in Miami, being bumped, on stand-by from three flights, and ultimately making into a fourth by sheer luck....

Fatigue and internet issues have kept me from posting these last couple of days, but I can now take advantage of an unintended ten-hour...

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,...