…the climb themselves; others act as intermediary agents. Most offer package deals with wildlife safaris. We went with Serengeti Pride, and I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending them. You can learn more about them here. (I have no ties to the company other than being a very satisfied and…
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Napoleon’s Last Headquarters
…to claim Brussels and thence reclaiming much of Europe. If he lost, well . . . One suspects Napoleon didn’t spend much of that night contemplating what might happen if he lost. Napoleon dined alone, in a room in the farmhouse of Le Caillou. In an adjoining room, another table…
Up Close and Personal with the Great Barrier Reef
…and about 50 miles north of Bundaberg. It’s the southernmost island on the long chain of the Great Barrier Reef and the only one with an airstrip. But it’s also been a speck with a notoriously fatal attraction to ships, earning the island the nickname of “Shipwreck Island.” Over the…
Ocracoke Island Lighthouse on the Outer Banks
…Ocracoke Island isn’t what you’d call a buzzing metropolis. Fewer than 1,000 people call it home permanently, although the population swells significantly during the summer as tourists pour into town. On the southernmost point of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, it’s a sliver of sand now connected by a road…
The Battlefield of Waterloo
…Victor Hugo described it as the morne plaine (bleak wilderness). Nearly 33,000 men died on these fields. And it was here, on 18 June 1815, that Napoleon’s march toward nearby Brussels was halted and he lost his empire for a second time. Had he decided to launch his first…
Cruising Through Polar Bear Country in the Barents Sea
…with the ice pack with the engines off (I also captured that on timelapse and will post it separately). Because the ice moves so much, the Norwegian Ice Service issues daily ice charts that are essential reading for safe navigation up here. I took this while we were off the…
Panama City’s Casco Viejo
…something of a ghost town feel. A fancy new nightclub or hotel will probably share a wall with an abandoned shell of a building. On weekends, the areas new rooftop bars are the places to be, and traffic pours in and clogs the roads. Some hotels, like the American Trade…
Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar
…The dance of the Turkish carpet salesman begins, gently at first. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show. The welcome of a long-lost friend followed quickly by an oh-so-polite offer to join him for tea. Like that, a runner appears with a silver tray of tulip-shaped tea glasses with…
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
…and Jordaens and Teniers were painting ‘la view plantureuse’ (abundant life) of Flanders. [Washington Post, 1918]1 The Belgians take their art seriously. And for good reason. “Italian painters” and “Dutch painters” might roll off the tongue more naturally, but for a long time the Flemish were the pinnacle of the…
Lemosho Route / Day 4
…We awoke to frost covering our tents. And because we’re on the Western side of the mountain and in the shade, the morning sun takes a while to warm things up. Today we gained about 1,500 feet today in a fairly straightforward hike. On the way, we crossed from…
Holger the Dane at Kronborg Castle
…from the train station. Just follow the waterline around. It’s a charming but rather sleepy little town, so there’s no real chance of getting lost. Bus. You can also get there by bus, but given that bus routes, numbers, and schedules change, the best bet is to use this journey…
Lisbon’s Graffiti
…part of the Arte Periférica project. This 2015 work of street art on the side of a building in Belem is by Bordalo II and titled Guaxinao or Big Racoon. I have more samples of Lisbon’s graffiti here. And I have a post on the incredible graffiti in Athens….
Kronborg Castle’s Chapel
…But as you get close, you see that each is topped with a painted headpiece. Each is unique, and some are quite striking. They depict various aspects of the royal coat of arms and religious figures and symbols. The most ornate decorations are around a set of three windows in…
Fireworks in Chichicastenango
…puffs of black-powder smoke. [National Geographic, 1960.][^fn1] Guatemalans sure love their fireworks. It’s something I found in several places I visited, both in smaller towns and in the crowded cities. But it was most striking in Chichicastenango in the Guatemalan highlands. The sound of sporadic fireworks in the streets around…
Kronborg Castle’s Royal Apartments
…a full range of bureaucratic tasks that came with governing Denmark. There are large cabinets that held the king’s correspondence. (It’s believed that Frederick II was probably dyslexic, so there are few letters surviving in his hand. Most were dictated.) Other cabinets and chests held archives of anything form receipts…
Trinity Church, The Church at the Bottom of the World
…Trinity Church is not the only church in Antarctica, but it may well be the most elaborate. Featuring ornate iconostasis that you might expect to find in Russia but is oddly out of character with all the other boxy, utilitarian, prefabricated buildings on an Antarctic scientific research base, it’s…
Lemosho Route / Day 3
…better view of Kibo Summit, by now towering above us. And it’s starting to get cold now. A light drizzle at dusk turns to freezing rain by dark. By morning, our tents are covered in frost. The Scott Fischer memorial plaque. Giant Lobelia. Rose Crowns. Shira 1 Camp. Moir Hut…
Tarangire National Park
…the wet season, when the animals are less constricted in where they find water, they disperse across the Maasai Steppe. Depending on the time of year you’re there, you won’t go long without seeing zebras, wildebeest, waterbucks, warthogs, cranes, giraffes, dick dicks, ostriches, baboons, and velvet monkeys. And there are…
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul’s Byzantine Jewel
…In after years, in the quiet of the stranger’s home, it is the colossal form of Sancta Sophia which stands out most distinct on the canvas of Constantinople memories. (National Geographic, May 1915) The beautiful interior tiling of the Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmed Mosque), which shares the peak of the…
Flores, Guatemala – A Caribbean Island 100 Miles from the Sea
…Peten Itza in 360 degrees. Only one small causeway connects Flores to the mainland and its sister town, the larger and more modern Santa Elena. So you’ll have to try very, very hard to get lost. The island was once one of many Maya settlements in the areas near the…
Australia’s Picture Postcard Beach
…lens, processed in Lightroom, and stitched in PTGUI. Even though the sun and sand and sea would normally be an ideal place for a polarizing filter, I didn’t use one because they can play havoc with blue sky banding in panoramas (I have a post on using polarizers here)….
Dhammayangyi Temple
…Dating back to the 12th century, Dhammayangyi Temple is the largest temple in Bagan. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s the most impressive. It was never fully finished, and it hasn’t received the same restoration attention as many of the other large temples (which might be a good…
Zihuatanejo, a Gem on Mexico’s Pacific Coast
…A vibrant village market forms a fascinating maze to get lost in, and the beach fish market is both unique and quintessentially local. It is quite a gem. ANDY: Think you’ll ever get out of here? RED: Sure. When I got a long white beard and about three marbles left…
The River Outpost of Nong Khiaw
…steep limestone cliffs, or karsts, that frame the surrounding forest in a most picturesque way. The main part of town is at the base of a mountain that towers another 3,300 feet above it.1 And the bridge is no rickety walkway made of bamboo like you see in some other…
9/11 Commission Hearing 10
Tenth public hearing of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States held its tenth public hearing April 13-14, 2004, in Washington, DC. The two-day hearing examined the performance of law enforcement and the Intelligence Community…
The Karakoy Waterfront
…hundreds of fishermen along the Galata Bridge compete for the daily catch. There’s also freshly cooked fish to be had at a series of makeshift fish cafes along the water’s edge. This isn’t luxury dining. In most cases, they’re simply wooden tables and chairs that have been set up outdoors….
Ngorongoro Crater
…population of wildlife, including lions, zebras, wildebeest, Thomson’s gazelles, ostriches, buffalo, hippos, hyenas, and flamingos. There’s a small bush area in one corner with some elephants. And there’s a large salt lake in another corner where flamingos gather. The crater is famous for its rare black rhinos, but they’re notoriously…
Granada, Nicaragua
…for a while. The pace is leisurely, the locals friendly, and the food and drink good. In terms of Central American travel, it doesn’t get much easier. Sharing similarities with Antigua, Guatemala, and Valladolid, Mexico, and a host of other Spanish colonial towns throughout Central America, the historic heart of…
Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum
Even Uncle Ho needs a holiday. Mind you, and as much as I like the place, I can think of more picturesque places than Moscow as that city heads into winter. Each year, in October and November, Ho Chi Minh, not exactly under his own steam, ventures to…
Istanbul’s Spice Bazaar
…most famous markets, second only to the Grand Bazaar. It’s also known as the Egyptian Market, it’s smaller than the Grand Bazaar, but it can be just as busy. You don’t come here for Turkish rugs–the Grand Bazaar is better for that–and there’s a much stronger emphasis on food offerings…
Wordie House, An Antarctic Home Very Far Away from Home
…testing themselves against the most forbidding environment on earth, following in the pristine snowy footsteps of epic adventurers like Scott, Amundsen, and Shackleton. And yet once they got there they found so much of their time taken up with the mundane–feeding the dogs, repairing the sleds, measuring the speed of…
An Oasis in Texas
…“How many Austinites does it take to change a light bulb? Four: One to change the bulb, and three to talk about how cool the old one was, before the yuppies came along and changed it.” [Joe Yonan, “Austin, Tex., Keeping It Weird,” Washington Post, 14 January 2011.] Austin…
Vietnam’s War Remnants Museum
…thinking this might be an American museum. It’s as if to say, “Look at all this technology and military firepower the Americans had. And yet they still lost.” That theme is reinforced inside with a table showing an accounting that shows just how much military hardware the United States poured…
Tulum, The Original Maya Riviera
…south in Guatemala did not have any obvious defenses. Of course, even in this case, the wall was only protecting the royal and religious parts of the city–most of the people lived and worked outside the walls. Like most Maya cities, the site radiates from a Castillo, the tallest building…
The View from Ancon Hill
…It’s not especially large, really, at only 654 feet, but you can spot Ancon Hill from all over Panama City. It’s about the only large hill in town. As well as radio towers, it’s the one with the massive Panamanian flag. But Ancon Hill is most important not because…
Panama City’s Biomuseo
…cost you more than $3-$5 one-way (it’s always worth agreeing on a price before you get in, because Panamanian taxis don’t use meters). There seems to be enough taxis dropping people off that it’s not hard to get a return cab whenever you need one. If there are none around,…
The Antikythera Mechanism, The World’s Oldest Computer
…that consensus has developed on them. As impressive as the statues and coins are, it’s these fragments, collectively known as the Antikythera Mechanism, that are the most extraordinary. It’s often referred to as the first analog computer. With incredible precision of creativity, engineering, and manufacturing, its 36 or so cogs…
Our Lady of Pilar Basilica
…the King Philip V of Spain in 1705 to build the church. King Philip authorized the construction with a crucial caveat: Bustinza would have to fund the full cost of the construction himself. Bustinza agreed, but died a year later, before he could see the funds raised. His cause was…
Kronborg Castle / Hamlet’s Castle
…than happy to pose for photos in character. The actor playing the part of Hamlet posing for photos with visitors. The Hamlet performance schedule posted in the courtyard. Holger the Dane One of the most famous attractions of Kronborg Castle is a large statue of Holger the Dane by Hans…
Tom Kean: The Politics of Possibility, a documentary film
…of CN Communications, respectively, Tom Kean: The Politics of Possibility is supplied by The Community Foundation of New Jersey and presented by American Public Television through the Exchange service at no cost to public television stations nationwide.” “In 20 years in and out of Washington, I’ve never seen anything like…
La Recoleta Cemetery
…streets and avenues. Most of the crypts are above ground, but some have small stairwells leading to underground basements. A few of the tombs are old and unkempt, well on the way to looking like an abandoned pile of rocks. But most of the tombs are much more lavish and…
Iglesia de Santa Ines
…It’s not the most lavish of the many churches in Mexico City’s Centro Historico district, but it is one of the more tastefully decorated. That’s not to say it’s plain–it isn’t. But its color scheme of gold and tan is tastefully restrained and, compared to many other Central American…
