“I’m embarrassed to be here. This is horrible,” I said as we were walking amongst the chock-a-block restaurants, massage parlors, bule bars, Circle Ks, T-shirt stalls, surf shops, travel agents, and hotels in Kuta, Bali.
All posts tagged: Travel
Travel Day, or The Bromo Bus Scam, or Viva La Revolucion
The travel day is a neglected day for travel bloggers and writers.
Hiking Mt. Bromo, an Active Volcano (16 Pics)
Sometimes, it is hard to argue with the logic of a 7-year-old.
My Top 10 Photos of 2014: People
Last year, I traveled to a variety of places, but my most prized photos are of the people we met along the way.
My Top 10 Photos of 2014: Places
In 2014, I had the great fortune to travel and photograph a wide variety of places on our great planet. I saw ancient sites like Borobudur, the world’s largest Buddhist temple that is over 1000 years old. I saw places like Glacier Bay that were buried […]
The People of Bali
Bali is different. This became evident as soon as we landed on the island and saw temples in front of every house, shrines in every rice field and offerings on all the sidewalks. A Hindu enclave in a Muslim country, it is much different in […]
The People of Yogyakarta
One of the first things that you notice about Indonesia, and something you are reminded of all through the day, is that these are some of the friendliest, kindest people on earth.
Vermont Fall Foliage – A Photo Essay
Somewhere on the flight to Vermont we slipped through a crack in the universe and entered a postcard. Bucolic Vermont, with charming farms, quaint towns and rolling hills festooned with kaleidoscopic fall foliage, was simply too perfect.
Touring Postcard Perfect Vermont, or I’m Canadian
Touring New England in the fall is a travel dream of just about every red-blooded American. It is something I’d wanted to do my whole life and I recently had a great excuse to do so when one of my best friends got married in the […]
Panoramic City Views From Around the World
I like to get high when I travel. Okay, that came out wrong. Too bad there isn’t a magical key on this keyboard that will erase or go back a space and eliminate what I just wrote. I guess I will have to explain.
The 16 Immutable Laws of Northern Lights Viewing
It is one of the most awesome sights in nature, but it takes a lot of suffering and luck to see it.
Bear Spray Stories Part 1: The Golden Grizzly Award
The other day I was having a drink with a park ranger, a man who drove tour buses in Denali for 30 years, and a veteran of the Alaska tourism industry. The conversation turned to bear spray, and the three of them recounted four of the […]
Planet Bell 