Tagged With "James Oliver"

In all my travels to SE Asia, I haven't made it to Borneo yet. You describe it just as I imagined it to be.

Samantha visits a famous Oahu destination, and shows us how much more there is than just how pineapples are grown.

Gumbo was visiting home of James and Sallie Dooley, known as Maymont. The mansion is located at 1700 Hampton Street, Richmond, Virginia.

DrFumblefinger came across this beautiful car, used in the Bond movie Spectre, on his last day in Dubai.

Gumbo was visiting the James Madison Museum in the city of Orange, and exploring its broad and often unique exhibits.

George G shares details of a visit to Montpelier, the home of President James Madison and his spouse, Dolly Madison, in Orange County, Virginia.

Jonathan L takes us on a tour of the national maritime museum in Newport News VA

Antigua is one of Guatemala's oldest cities, and has some of its best-preserved colonial buildings—at least in part because after 1776 it was nearly-abandoned for 150 years. LestertheInvestor shows us around.

Peter Phillips, the Queen's grandson, helped organize a Patron's Lunch street party at The Mall in St James’s Park ,London on Sunday June 12th for the the Queen's 90th birthday celebrations.

Samantha shares her visit to Split Rock Creek and Park in South Dakota. It was interesting and she learned a little bit about Jesse James and some of his adventures in the area.

Samantha shares her visit to historic Faneuil Hall Marketplace and Quincy Market in Boston, Massachusetts.

My first quest in any vacation is to pick and eat the local fruit. Has to be less than an hour between plucking from it's home and tasting - Can it be done there too ? Love the pix !

Great photos and wonderful descriptions! We visited Antigua many years ago, but it was shrouded in the day we were there and we didn't get to see the famous volcanoes. It seems I missed much on my exploration of the city, but some of these sites are familiar. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to part II.

I really enjoyed this post and the beautiful photos of Guatemala!!

Thank you for your comments and photos, Rod. Much appreciated! Hope you are enjoying your retirement.

Thank you for the interesting article on St. James's Park, London. I agree that it can be crowded at times, although these days it is a pleasure to see plenty of people together without masks. I attach a picture of spring flowers and the lake. Until recently, the Royal College of Pathologists' office building was overlooking the Mall (it has since moved), and in 2011 Fellows were able to watch the Royal Wedding procession from the balcony. Just nearby is an unusual memorial to Giro (A...

DrFumblefinger visits St James Park in Westminster, a popular royal park adjacent to Buckingham Palace.

Excellent history lesson and beautiful photography,

Gumbo’s mystery destination for the week is the historic Marshall Gold Discovery site where it all began, on the American River in Northern California’s Gold Country.

Samantha and her husband saw these cool statues at Slack Plaza while strolling around downtown Charleston, West Virginia.

Jonathan L takes us on a tour of the Oliver House in South Bend, home to the man who patented the process to "cold cast" a plow.

The impetus for my trip to Borneo came, as it often does for me, from a casual reference or suggestion, in this case both.  First was a phrase I’d seen in passing, "White Rajas of Borneo". 

Paris had an unusual parade on Sunday, as 20 cars from the past 40 years of films featuring the fictional British spy were driven down the Champs Elysee and past the Eiffel Tower.