Five Years of Travel Blogging…Now What?
Sometime in February, I passed the five-year anniversary of this blog. I thought of writing something about it then, but never got around to it,...
Day 3: Hiking from Kosovo to Montenegro
As we drove from the village of Drelaj toward Leqinat, the starting point for the third day of the Peaks of the Balkans trek, my...
Taking the Train from California to Chicago
After taking the train across Russia in 2011 and most of the way across Kazakhstan in 2012, I added another train trip high on my...
Where I’m Going in 2015
It is almost overwhelming how my travel plans are shaping up for this year. It is still only February and I have already been to...
Hippo Spotting at Sunrise on Lake Tengrela
It was still dark out when Ibrahim met me at my hotel in Banfora. An early start was crucial in order to be at nearby...
Open House Chicago: An Open Door to the Windy City
I have lived in Chicago for more than a decade, but there are still a lot of places I haven’t seen, things I haven’t done...
A Preview of Toronto
The only picture I took in Toronto on my last visit!I first visited Toronto last June for TBEX – a travel blogging conference. I flew...
Comparing 3 Classic Treks: Inca Trail, Grand Canyon & the Himalayas
When I was a kid, my dad would take my brother and I out to a park somewhere (maybe in Wisconsin?) to go “rock climbing.”...
Saturday Scenes: Kiev’s Independence Square
Kiev has been in the news quite a bit lately due to the increasingly violent protests against the government – popularly referred to as Euromaidan,...
Why I’m Not in Sochi for the Winter Olympics
Photo credit: Stefan Krasowski via Flickr.I should be in Sochi right now.At least, I could be in Sochi right now.Not as a spectator and certainly...