This beautiful mountain, with its dramatic hanging glacier, proved yet again to be just a small challenge to the TG travel detectives. Member Andredeya was the first to identify this peak correctly (from her Romanian home nearly half a globe…
Thunder Bay’s 50 million ton city mascot is known as the Sleeping Giant, the panoramic Sibley Peninsula, a formation of mesas and sills that juts out on Lake Superior and forms the body of water that is Thunder Bay. When viewed from the City,…
Join Islandman on an epic Australian rail journey that calls to mind the epic trains of Europe and Asia
I think there are few animals more appealing to look at than “bandit-masked” raccoons, which are about the size of a big cat. A North American animal, you can find them in many habitats, from forests to prairies to cities. Raccoons…
While everyone enjoys the beautiful large animals of Africa, there’s a plethora of bird life that’s easy to overlook when studying the splendid lions and kudu and giraffe.
This is the second in a three part series on Florida’s unique Everglades ecosystem. The first part focused on the Cypress forests of the Everglades, which you read about here. This post deals with a visit to the coastal…
Calgary, a city of about 1.1 million people, is situated in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. It’s in the region where the Great Plains of Central Canada abutt the mountains. Calgary is about 1 hour’s drive east of beautiful Banff…
Dramatically colored clouds, looking thick enough to touch, split the blue sky over the Oslofjord in Norway on a summer afternoon. And a more serene view of clouds from above, shortly before landing in Mexico City.
The Ring of Kerry is a loop drive that circles the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry. It’s just 110 miles (176 km) long but is not a fast drive as it’s narrow and winding. And there’s lots of beautiful scenery and historic…
Situated in Western Australia, Nambung National Park is well known for its eroded rock columns, known as “The Pinnacles”. It’s a fascinating desert landscape, yellow sand with thousands of these erect limestone pillars like a stone…
This beautiful mountain, with its dramatic hanging glacier, proved yet again to be just a small challenge to the TG travel detectives. Member Andredeya was the first to identify this peak correctly (from her Romanian home nearly half a globe…
Thunder Bay’s 50 million ton city mascot is known as the Sleeping Giant, the panoramic Sibley Peninsula, a formation of mesas and sills that juts out on Lake Superior and forms the body of water that is Thunder Bay. When viewed from the City,…
Join Islandman on an epic Australian rail journey that calls to mind the epic trains of Europe and Asia
I think there are few animals more appealing to look at than “bandit-masked” raccoons, which are about the size of a big cat. A North American animal, you can find them in many habitats, from forests to prairies to cities. Raccoons…
While everyone enjoys the beautiful large animals of Africa, there’s a plethora of bird life that’s easy to overlook when studying the splendid lions and kudu and giraffe.
This is the second in a three part series on Florida’s unique Everglades ecosystem. The first part focused on the Cypress forests of the Everglades, which you read about here. This post deals with a visit to the coastal…
Calgary, a city of about 1.1 million people, is situated in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. It’s in the region where the Great Plains of Central Canada abutt the mountains. Calgary is about 1 hour’s drive east of beautiful Banff…
Dramatically colored clouds, looking thick enough to touch, split the blue sky over the Oslofjord in Norway on a summer afternoon. And a more serene view of clouds from above, shortly before landing in Mexico City.
The Ring of Kerry is a loop drive that circles the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry. It’s just 110 miles (176 km) long but is not a fast drive as it’s narrow and winding. And there’s lots of beautiful scenery and historic…
Situated in Western Australia, Nambung National Park is well known for its eroded rock columns, known as “The Pinnacles”. It’s a fascinating desert landscape, yellow sand with thousands of these erect limestone pillars like a stone…
