Over two decades ago my family and I visited Las Vegas, one of many vacations there. Our trip happened to coincide with the opening of a brand new hotel on the Strip called the Mirage. It was after dark when we drove…
Volcanoes never cease to fascinate me! Something about their massive size and primal earth shaping power appeals to my sense of curiosity and awe. So it’s not surprising that I find Haleakala to be Maui’s most interesting place.
There are few destinations that evoke more traveler’s fantasies than the Hawaiian Islands; of these, Maui is thought by many as THE island to visit. I have a genuine fondness for the Big Island, but Maui also has its charms.
My final blog post on the Big Island covers the driest (less than 25 cm of rain a year) and oldest parts of the island — the northwest and central regions. (Petroglyphs, King’s Trail, Waikoloa village) The Kohala…
(Volcanoes National Park — plume of volcanic smoke from Halema’uma Crater) There are many places in the world I wish everyone could visit. At the top of this list is Hawaii. It’s a great travel destination and for me retains…
(Godafoss waterfall, northern Iceland) Our journey around the Ring Road continued as we headed north on the eastern shore of the island towards northern Iceland. (I’ve again chosen to describe our experiences here in sequential…
(Black sand beach in Vik, Iceland) Many think South Iceland offers the island’s most spectacular scenery. It’s hard to argue with this except to say that we found all of Iceland to be filled with…
Over two decades ago my family and I visited Las Vegas, one of many vacations there. Our trip happened to coincide with the opening of a brand new hotel on the Strip called the Mirage. It was after dark when we drove…
Volcanoes never cease to fascinate me! Something about their massive size and primal earth shaping power appeals to my sense of curiosity and awe. So it’s not surprising that I find Haleakala to be Maui’s most interesting place.
There are few destinations that evoke more traveler’s fantasies than the Hawaiian Islands; of these, Maui is thought by many as THE island to visit. I have a genuine fondness for the Big Island, but Maui also has its charms.
My final blog post on the Big Island covers the driest (less than 25 cm of rain a year) and oldest parts of the island — the northwest and central regions. (Petroglyphs, King’s Trail, Waikoloa village) The Kohala…
(Volcanoes National Park — plume of volcanic smoke from Halema’uma Crater) There are many places in the world I wish everyone could visit. At the top of this list is Hawaii. It’s a great travel destination and for me retains…
(Godafoss waterfall, northern Iceland) Our journey around the Ring Road continued as we headed north on the eastern shore of the island towards northern Iceland. (I’ve again chosen to describe our experiences here in sequential…
(Black sand beach in Vik, Iceland) Many think South Iceland offers the island’s most spectacular scenery. It’s hard to argue with this except to say that we found all of Iceland to be filled with…
