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Paris Skyline
For a big city–12 million people and counting–Paris doesn’t have the kinds of skyscrapers you might expect. Aside from a few carefully segregated clusters, most of Paris’s buildings aren’t more than five or six stories tall. That, of course, is quite deliberate. When the Tour Montparnasse was built…
A Washington Winter Wonderland
Washington’s weather is best known for being hot and humid in summer, but the region also gets a good dose of each of the other three seasons. It doesn’t get anything like the regular snow of places further north, but it can still get some big dumps…
The Hanoi Hilton
In case you’re tempted to think you’re in a place of sweetness and light, the ominous music playing over the sound system as you walk through the rooms is a not-so-subtle hint that this place has seen some misery. Southeast Asia is not renowned for the comfort…
Flores, Guatemala – A Caribbean Island 100 Miles from the Sea
…not far from Mexico and Belize. It’ll take you only 10 mins–maybe 15 if you’re strolling–to walk right around the island. From end to end it’s only a quarter of a mile. And ringing the island is a new paved walkway so you can take in an unobstructed view of…
Myinkaba Village’s Morning Market
Tucked away in a little dirt side street of Myinkaba Village, just south of Old Bagan, is the morning market. While the tourists and visitors flood to the Manuha Temple across the street, local women mind their makeshift stalls and shop for the day’s supplies. It’s very…
Lemosho Route / Day 1
Right, time to go for a bit of a walk. We’ve been talking about climbing Kilimanjaro for a couple of years. A lot of planning, ridiculous amounts of time and money spent at REI, and some long flights later, we’re here at the edge of Kilimanjaro National…
Pacaya Volcano, Guatemala
Oddly enough, the side of an active volcano turns out not to be the safest place to live. The last major eruption of Pacaya Volcano, not far from Guatemala City and Antigua, caused considerable damage to nearby villages and reshaped the summit. It scattered volcanic ash over…
Boston’s City Skyline at Night
…D100 with a Nikkor 35mm f/2.0D at ISO 100 at f/8 for 10 seconds. It was sitting on a Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod with a Manfrotto 329RCA Pan/Tilt Head. And I still remember the excellent seafood meal I had afterwards just down the wharf–one of the great things about Boston!…
The Belfry of Bruges
From the top, you can see most of Bruges. And from most of Bruges, you can see the Belfry. It has stood there, towering over the city, while the economy of Bruges boomed on Flemish textiles and trading, while the economy went bust when ships could no…
Istanbul’s Ancient Basilica Cistern
This isn’t just any old water tank. Buried under the streets next to Hagia Sophia might well be the most impressive water tank you’ll ever see. Its purpose was entirely functional. Built during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian (527-565), it provided water to the imperial palace…
Saucer Magnolias at the Enid Haupt Garden in Washington DC
I took this photo last spring during the very brief blooming of the saucer magnolias (or tulip magnolias) in Washington DC. They’re one of the spring’s first dramatic blooming varieties in the DC area, usually beating the more famous cherry blossoms by a couple of weeks. But this…
The Marina Grande Waterfront in Capri, Italy
Capri is one of those places I can’t wait to go back to. It’s been several years since I was there, but I loved everything about the place from the winding walkways through the village and along the tops of stunning cliffs over the Mediterranean (there are…
Granada’s Waterfront by Lago Nicaragua
It no doubt seemed like a good idea at the time. Take about 2KM of parkland along the lakefront and turn it into a public park, with a long beach, playgrounds and park benches galore, and numerous bars and restaurants. It’s close enough to be an easy…
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City’s Cathedral of Art
The Palacio de Bellas Artes was built in the early 20th century to house the national theater, but it has become more than that. Some call it the “Cathedral of Art in Mexico.” It has become a cultural hub of Mexico City–in addition to containing two theaters,…
The Mighty Maya City of Tikal
There’s a deep, guttural growl coming from somewhere out in the misty darkness of the jungle. Then there are more of them. And they’re loud. We’re still hours before dawn, but it’s already hot and muggy. All around us is jungle. There’s only four of us–three of…
The Standing Stones of Hintang
No-one is quite sure who put them here or why. The standing stones of Hintang (or menhirs, if you want to be technical) aren’t nearly as grand as their cousins like Stonehenge or Easter Island. And they’re even overshadowed by the nearby jars that give the plain…
Tayok Pye Temple
Tayok Pye Temple (also sometimes written as Tayok-pyi) is one of the larger temples in the eastern part of the Bagan Archaeological Zone. It’s notable for intricate stucco ornamentation on the outside (much of it renovated) and its painted murals inside. Precisely when it was built isn’t…
Narita-San Temple
…Know Before You Go If you have more than a few hours layover at Narita Airport during the day, the temple makes for a great excursion. From Terminal 1, it’s about 10 minutes by train (2 stops). If you’re arriving by an international flight, you’ll have to clear immigration and…
Up Close and Personal with the Great Barrier Reef
Ever fancied a pre-breakfast swim with turtles and manta rays? If you’ve ever had a hankering to get up close and personal with Australia’s extraordinary Great Barrier Reef and are willing to forgo some of the mod cons of fancy resorts, there aren’t many better ways than…
Hoan Kiem Lake, Home of Hanoi’s Giant Turtle
There’s a lot to be said for having a body of water in the middle of a city. Hanoi has a lot of lakes, but Hoan Kiem Lake is in its cultural and historic heart. It may not be big–it’s much smaller than West Lake–but the Old…
Lisbon’s Royal Town Square
The royal palace used to stand here. Which is why, rather than its formal name of Praça do Comércio, locals know it as Terreiro do Paço, or Palace Square. King Manuel I moved the royal residence from Castelo Sao Jorge, the Moorish keep on top of the…
The Antikythera Mechanism, The World’s Oldest Computer
When sponge divers off the coast of the Greek island of Antikythera in 1900 stumbled upon a bronze hand with a finger missing, underwater archaeologists swept in to find an incredible collection of statues and coins. Working with the limits of early-20th-century underwater excavation, they recovered what…
Australia’s Blue Mountains
Australia has some incredible landscapes, but its mountains don’t hold a candle to those on other continents. At only 7,310 feet, Australia’s highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko, is less than half the height of the next continental highest peak (Western Europe’s Mont Blanc at 15,771 feet). And it’s…
Hanoi’s One Pillar Pagoda
The One Pillar Pagoda is almost a thousand years old. Sort of. In another in a long line of despicably pointless destructive acts committed by colonial military forces, the French destroyed the nearly 1000-year-old pagoda in 1954 on their way out. The Vietnamese government subsequently rebuilt it….
Waterloo Panorama Virtual Tour
The Panorama of the Battle of Waterloo is housed in its own purpose-built building next to the Lion’s Mound (Butte du Lion) at the battlefield. On the inside walls of the cylindrical building is a massive 360-degree canvas painted by Louis Dumoulin in 1912. It was commissioned…
Climbing Kilimanjaro: Tips, Gear Recommendations, and What to Expect
…Asolo TPS 520 GV Evo Hiking Boot – Men’s – 10 – Chestnut Check Price on Amazon You don’t need alpine mountaineering boots, but you do need good quality, supportive, waterproof hiking boots. Over the years I’ve used both these Asolo TPS 520 GV boots and these Zamberlan Vioz GT…
Yuri Gagarin Monument in Moscow
Yuri Gagarin is a Russian national hero. At a time when the space race was a bellwether of national prestige in the Cold War, then 27-year-old Gagarin became the first person in space on 12 April 1961, beating American astronaut Alan Shepherd beyond the stratosphere by almost…
The Musical Instrument Museum of Brussels
The Musical Instrument Museum (Musee des Instruments de Musique) in Brussels has a lot to see, but it has even more to hear. This is a museum for the senses. But not the usual ones. Sure, you can look at the exhibits. You can read them if…
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
One of the world’s most visited museums, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has an incredible array of original artifacts from the history of flight and space exploration. During its visitor numbers heyday in the late 1990s through the early 2000s, the Smithsonian‘s National Air and…
An Oasis in Texas
…of flying foxes. And you’ll see pretty quickly why Austin ranks in the top 10 fittest cities of the United States.[foot]“In Depth: America’s 10 Fittest Cities,” Forbes.com, 25 May 2010.[/foot] From the far bank, the city lights are set off beautifully by the reflecting water and the dusk sky….
Panorama of the Battle of Waterloo
Standing at the base of the Lion’s Mound (Butte du Lion) at the battlefield at Waterloo, the Panorama is one of the world’s few remaining panoramas, a type of tourist attraction that was once very popular. Few of them survive today–they can’t compete with moving pictures for…
Niagara Falls
…actually a couple of distinct waterfalls, with the water flow split by an island. The American Falls are the smaller of the two main sections, with somewhere between 6 and 10 percent of the water flowing over them. Much larger, and much more impressive, are the Horseshoe Falls on the…
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul’s Byzantine Jewel
…from the dome to within about 10 feet of the floor. Eight massive, wooden circular shield of black and gold hang from the corners, each inscribed with the name of an early Muslim religious leader. It is known in Greek as Hagia Sophia, in Turkish as Aya Sofia, and sometimes…
