My Travel Stories

Mexico travel during Covid19

It had been six months since my last trip, which has to be a record for my three decades-plus in the travel industry, so it was with great anticipation that I embarked on a visit to Mexico earlier this month. Along with several of my colleagues from travel agencies in the upper Midwest, we booked...Read more.

Journey to the Hashemite Kingdom

The official name of our host country is the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The Hashemites are the ruling family of Jordan, who can trace their lineage back to Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, the great-grandfather of Islam's prophet, Muhammad. Hashemite leaders were at the forefront of the Arab Revolt of 1916,...Read more.

Trekking in the Andes!

 A couple years ago, I was reading the latest issue of Men's Journal magazine, which focuses on exploring the great outdoors. They always feature articles about adventure travel, and one of them caught my eye. Sue and I had been talking about taking an adventure trip to jointly celebrate our 60th...Read more.

The land of the Blue Dragon

Like every American of my generation, I'd grown up with the Vietnam War, when everything we heard about that exotic land was associated with conflict and destruction. But the war ended more than 40 years ago, and ever since, I'd been curious. What is Vietnam like today? What are its people like, its...Read more.

Victoria Falls

After breakfast we headed to Victoria Falls, an excursion included in our package. The first European explorers heard the native name, used by the Kololo tribe: Mosi-oa-Tunya, which translates as "the smoke that thunders". Over 500 million cubic meters of water go over the falls every minute, over...Read more.

Chobe River in Africa

Our next flight was a bit longer, an hour and twenty minutes to Kasane, an actual airport. Our other stops at the camps saw us landing on airstrips in the bush. We were met by Ali, our new guide, from Sanctuary Chobe Chilwero. We were now deep in the wilderness of Botswana, overlooking the magnificent...Read more.

Penquins at the Boulder Colony

Boulders Penguin Colony in Simons Town is home to a unique and endangered land-based colony of African Penguins. This colony is one of only a few in the world, and the site has become famous and a popular international tourist destination. The Boulders section of TMNP consists of 3 pristine beaches,...Read more.

City of Nazareth

Our final stop on this day is the city of Nazareth, so we head east back up into the hills, about 25km from the Sea of Galilee. Again, Hollywood has failed us; instead of a dusty little village in the desert, Nazareth was built on the hills. Today it is a city of 65,000 and has the largest Arab population...Read more.

The Great Pyramids of Egypt

These structures are truly engineering marvels. About 455 feet tall, the Great Pyramid was built so well that the four sides of its base have an average error of only 58 millimeters in length. The base is horizontal and flat to within 21 millimeters. The sides of the square base are aligned to the...Read more.