I LOVE to travel. I can only stay put for a few months before I get the urge to head out for another one of the distant, exotic places that I haven’t yet checked off my list. Unfortunately, I can’t travel all the time. Once in a while I have to stick around and make … Read more
I admit it. I’m a coffee snob. I fancy myself to be something of an expert on good coffee. Once, in Kauai, I spent an entire day touring a small coffee plantation to learn how the beans were grown, harvested, sorted, graded, roasted, packaged, and marketed. I know that, at $160 per pound, Kopi Luwak … Read more
A few weeks back I was invited by Darren Cronian of Travel Rants to participate in a Travel Blog Carnival. Each week, those of us lucky enough to be invited email Darren a link to a travel article that we have posted during the past week. Darren then picks one of us each week to … Read more
The band, Five For Fighting, has generously agreed to donate $0.49 to Autism Speaks every time a video is viewed on this site: What Kind Of World Do You Want? The funding goes toward research studies to help find a cure. When you have a moment, please visit the above link to watch the video … Read more
A few days ago, Forbes Magazine released their 2008 list of the top ten most dangerous travel destinations in the world. Among them, in position #9, was Zimbabwe, Africa. I am extremely familiar with the problems in Zimbabwe, since it was one of my destinations during my around-the-world trip last year. I had always dreamed … Read more
