From my first post on Travel Gumbo, November 10, 2013: “ From time to time a single photograph of a striking place or building will be the irresistible impetus for a trip to see the thing in person.”
I love honesty in advertising! When a place as historically famous as Mission San Juan Capistrano tells you it’s “Worth a Visit”, it’s not only a believable claim but likely one of the most understated in all of California.
Traveling around the countryside and to small towns and markets in Asia, in this case Southern China, I’m constantly amazed at the ingenious solutions people come up with to take care of their transport needs.
The last of the great urban rail terminals to be built, Los Angeles Union Station is celebrating its 75th anniversary this years. It’s not the largest of big city terminals; the age of the automobile was well under way, and the aviation age was…
PortMoresby visits the market in Kuching, Borneo, one of the last to continue as an open-air economy
What’s more fun than going whitewater rafting on a beautiful summer day? Not much — at least for me. I’m was lucky enough to live in Spokane for 8 years, the heart of beautiful Inland Northwest , an under…
BLOGS November 10, 2013: The Tulou of Fujian Province November 17, 2013: The Worst Train in the World November 24, 2013: Buddhas of Bagan December 7, 2013: The Heart of Nyaungshwe December 12, 2013: Lawrence and the Pirates December 16, 2013: Walking the Buffalo January 23, 2014: Gallery: Fuli Town Market, Guangxi, China February 5, 2014: Gallery: A Beautiful Building in Bangkok February 12, 2014: Gallery: Details, Guangxi…
The Batang Rejang, or Rejang River, at about 560 kilometers, is the longest river in Borneo. It’s a highway for the movement of people and goods, as well as the logs cut from the rain forests of the interior.
I flew from Kota Kinabalu, KK in local parlance, northern Borneo in the State of Sabah, Malaysia, to Sibu in Sarawak, for the sole purpose of traveling by public express boat up the Batang Rajang, the river that serves as the primary highway into the fabled rain forest of Borneo.
After an unusually long and cold winter in most of North America, spring has finally arrived, even in Canada! A photo gallery to share the coming of the flowers! A celebration of the season as seen in my backyard in Calgary…
From my first post on Travel Gumbo, November 10, 2013: “ From time to time a single photograph of a striking place or building will be the irresistible impetus for a trip to see the thing in person.”
I love honesty in advertising! When a place as historically famous as Mission San Juan Capistrano tells you it’s “Worth a Visit”, it’s not only a believable claim but likely one of the most understated in all of California.
Traveling around the countryside and to small towns and markets in Asia, in this case Southern China, I’m constantly amazed at the ingenious solutions people come up with to take care of their transport needs.
The last of the great urban rail terminals to be built, Los Angeles Union Station is celebrating its 75th anniversary this years. It’s not the largest of big city terminals; the age of the automobile was well under way, and the aviation age was…
PortMoresby visits the market in Kuching, Borneo, one of the last to continue as an open-air economy
What’s more fun than going whitewater rafting on a beautiful summer day? Not much — at least for me. I’m was lucky enough to live in Spokane for 8 years, the heart of beautiful Inland Northwest , an under…
BLOGS November 10, 2013: The Tulou of Fujian Province November 17, 2013: The Worst Train in the World November 24, 2013: Buddhas of Bagan December 7, 2013: The Heart of Nyaungshwe December 12, 2013: Lawrence and the Pirates December 16, 2013: Walking the Buffalo January 23, 2014: Gallery: Fuli Town Market, Guangxi, China February 5, 2014: Gallery: A Beautiful Building in Bangkok February 12, 2014: Gallery: Details, Guangxi…
The Batang Rejang, or Rejang River, at about 560 kilometers, is the longest river in Borneo. It’s a highway for the movement of people and goods, as well as the logs cut from the rain forests of the interior.
I flew from Kota Kinabalu, KK in local parlance, northern Borneo in the State of Sabah, Malaysia, to Sibu in Sarawak, for the sole purpose of traveling by public express boat up the Batang Rajang, the river that serves as the primary highway into the fabled rain forest of Borneo.
After an unusually long and cold winter in most of North America, spring has finally arrived, even in Canada! A photo gallery to share the coming of the flowers! A celebration of the season as seen in my backyard in Calgary…
